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Potosí´s National Mint
Sucre City
Potosí City
Local workers in the active mine of Cerro Rico
Salt Flats Sunset

7-Day Tour to Explore Bolivia from La Paz to Uyuni

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Price is AU$1,152 per adult
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Overview

Walk by Sucre most colonial city in Bolivia. Experience true life inside Potosí´s iconic silver mine . Take wacky pictures in the famous Salar de Uyuni.
Venture through Bolivia stopping to enjoy quaint colonial towns,go deep insede the rich silver mines, embark on an unforgettable expedition through the vast and blinding-white salt flats of Uyuni.

Activity location

  • Terminal de Buses La Paz
    • Avenida Peru
    • La Paz, Bolivia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Terminal De Buses Lapaz
    • Avenida Perú
    • La Paz, Departamento de La Paz, Bolivia

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7-Day Tour to Explore Bolivia from La Paz to Uyuni
  • Activity duration is 7 days7d7d
  • English
Starting time: 7:00 pm
Price details
AU$1,151.70 x 1 AdultAU$1,151.70

Total
Price is AU$1,151.70

What's included, what's not

  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance fees to Isla Incahuasi (30 BS)  Entrance fee to Reserva Eduardo Avaroa (150 BS)

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Activity itinerary

Day 1: La Paz to Sucre
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Not included
Terminal de Buses La Paz
  • 14h
  • Admission ticket included
Bus from La Paz to Sucre at 7:00 pm.
Day 2: Sucre
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: 3 Star Hotel
Sucre
  • 4h
Arrival in Sucre at 9:00 am. Check in at hotel in Sucre at 12:00 pm. Day off to walk around the city or if you prefer to stay in the hotel to rest.
Day 3: Sucre
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: 3 Star Hotel
Sucre Cathedral
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
Pick up from your hotel at 8:30. Learn about Sucre's history and traditions on this walking tour. See this capital's main attractions, interact with locals, and taste traditional Bolivian food with a local guide.
Sucre
  • 3h
Bus night from Sucre to Potosi.
Day 4: Potosí
  • 3 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: 3 Star Hotel in Uyuni
Potosi
  • 3h
Active mine adventure The mines visited are located at the base of the historical Rich Hill of Potosi. Inside, appreciate the system of miners´ work that has not suffered great changes after so much time of exploitation.  Touring the different galleries and interior levels of the mines, visitors can meet some places where the miners-built statues that represent to their gods as The Uncle of the Mine (the devil). Visitors also can see the mineral veins that are a group of rocks and chemical formations of minerals, chimneys, apart from having an experiential sharing time with the miners and observing the different work methods that they carry out every day.  Be ready at 8:30 a.m. at the lobby.
Casa Nacional de la Moneda
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Potosi´s Mint (entrance ticket) A museum full of history where most coins used in the 15 to 1700´in South America and Europe were coined in this very place. A total unique experience and worth visiting DepartureTimes: 13:30 at the gate, ticket will be dropped off at the hotel.
Potosi
  • 4h
Bus Potosí to Uyuni at 4:00 pm.
Day 5: Uyuni
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Salt hostel
Villa Candelaria
  • 8h
Your tour will begin at 10:30 am, from our office. The first stop will be Uyuni's 'train graveyard', to see the first locomotives in Bolivia. You’ll then visit the small settlement of Colchani (salt miners’ workshops next to the salt flats). The tour will continue onto the great Salt Flats of Uyuni, which are at an altitude of 3650m.   Following this jam-packed morning, after lunch you’ll carry on to “Isla Incahuasi” (Fish Island), where you will have time to take a hike to the top of the island to see giant cactu, and rock formations made of petrified coral. Make sure you and your group pose for some fun perspective- and proportion-distorted photos, taken against the backdrop of the striking white surface of the salt flats.  Then, we’ll head to Pia Pia island, to see the beautiful sunset over the salt flats. Finish off at the village of Villa Candelaria, and enjoy the unique experience of spending the night in a hotel made almost entirely of salt, called "La Escondida".    
Day 6: Uyuni
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Basic lodge (dorm of 6 beds shared bathroom without light)  There is no electricity (only for 3 hours)
Huayllajara
  • 8h
Start the morning off at 7:00 am with breakfast, before going to visit the Chiguana Desert, located on the south side of the Uyuni salt flats. It is surrounded by volcanoes, such as the Ollague Volcano (5840m), one that is still active, and that can be seen from the lookout.     Next, we’ll continue along a rocky road - Pasito Tuntun - to the beautiful Andean lagoons, inhabited by 3 species of Andean flamingos. Marvel at three lagoons on the way: ‘Cañapa’ where you’ll spot the first pink flamingos, ‘Hedionda’ where lunch will be served, and ‘Chiarcota.   We’ll then enter the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve, and visit the Desert of Siloli, at 4550m (the highest and driest desert in the world). Make sure you take a photo next to the 'Rock tree', a lava rock formation. Before arriving to your final destination of the day, we will stop at the view point by the Red Lagoon, where you can spot more pink flamingos in their natural habitat, and admire this intense, red-coloured lake.
Day 7: Uyuni
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Not included
Uyuni
  • 8h
At 5 a.m. Have early breakfast. Later start with a visit to Sol de Mañana Geyser, at 5,000m. You’ll walk alongside fumaroles, and steaming craters filled with boiling pots of mud at 150-200 Cº. Continue to the open air hot springs, and take a bath in 35ºC water.    The first place to visit is the Dali Desert, where Salvador Dali found inspiration for his work from the scattered boulders in the middle of the desert. You’ll then see the Green Lagoon - toxic copper water at the foot of the big Licancabur volcano, which sits at 6000m, a few kilometers from the Bolivia-Chile border.     Finally, you’ll head back to Uyuni, passing beautiful scenery along the way, and eating a picnic lunch next to the roadside. You’ll go by the Valley of the Rocks, the Alota settlement, and the San Cristobal Village. We’ll get back to Uyuni by 6:30 pm.  Night Bus back to La Paz.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESTerminal de Buses La Paz
    • Avenida Peru
    • La Paz, Bolivia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLETerminal De Buses Lapaz
    • Avenida Perú
    • La Paz, Departamento de La Paz, Bolivia

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