If you want to have one of our experiences, you'll find out our journeys are not as expensive as other travel agencies. Maybe the first thing you could thing is the ”equivalence quality - price” but it’s not the case here, the fact is we can offer you a very good quality service without necessarily [...]
The majestic Huayna Potosi, one of the guardians of the city of La Paz, with its summit at 6088mts (19,973 ft) attracts mountaineers from around the world, you can't say you've lived until you've climbed and reached its summit. When the sun rises at dawn it is something spectacular and unique, because as well [...]
One of the full day activities is cycling down the death road, it is definitely worth it, but you should go with an organised group to enjoy it. You may have heard of the death road in documentaries or in TinTin's adventures, this road has gained its fame over time but why? If you like [...]
1.- YOU CAN VISIT THE UYUNI SALT FLAT TWICE IN THE SAME YEAR AND SEE TWO VERY DIFFERENT LANDSCAPES. That's right, if you come between December and March you will find a shallow lake, this is because of the intense rainy season, it is at this time that we have the biggest mirror in the [...]
1.- EL “CHE” WAS KILLED IN BOLIVIA Ernesto Che Guevara arrived in Bolivia in 1966 to initiate an ambitious campaign for the Latin American liberation, the government of that time presided by Rene Barrientos aligned with the American policy started a campaign to capture him, this added to the fact that Che's ideology was not [...]
YELLOW FEVER VACCINE Yellow fever is a zoonotic disease found in some tropical regions of South America and Africa. Its aetiological agent is the yellow fever virus, an arbovirus of the genus Flavivirus (family Flaviviridae). Transmission occurs through the bite of some species of mosquitoes: In the jungle areas of the Americas, by mosquitoes of [...]
Bolivia is an Andean country which means that the Andes mountain range crosses the country from north to south. In Bolivian territory the mountain range is divided into several ranges such as the Cordillera Real and the Cordillera Volcanica, others we can mention are the mountain ranges of Frailes, Apolobamba, 3 cruces. Within these mountain [...]
1.- LA PAZ IS NOT THE CAPITAL OF BOLIVIA Although La Paz is where the congress and the president are located, the constitutional capital is Sucre where the supreme court of justice is located, this is due to a civil war that Bolivia had between 1898 and 1899. 2.- 60% OF THE COUNTRY IS RAIN [...]
Trekking is an activity in which we walk over different types of terrain (with or without trails); in the Bolivian Andes we will sometimes walk over llama trails but sometimes over scree or morrein, the weather is also a factor with winter (May - September) being dry and stable in terms of weather. Having said [...]
ECO - SUSTAINABLE JOURNEYS After the pandemic many things will change forever, one of them regarding our habits, the idea of having an eco-sustainable travel is becoming an obligation not an option. Thus Bolivian Routes approached this time like an opportunity to think in new ways to make our expeditions truly sustainable, especially when [...]
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