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Bolivia
Bolivia. How can I talk about this country without falling into the trap of simplistic superlatives, or, more difficult still, without sounding contradictory? A few days ago, Apolino, an Amazonian boatman, summed up this unfathomable country for me by saying “BOLIVIA? TODO POSIBLE, NADA SEGURO!” In other words, here, everything is possible (very true) but nothing is (ever) certain! Because Bolivia is everything and its opposite: fascinating and alluring, but also wearing because of the inevitable surprises, and puzzling, or even disconcerting, for a resident such as myself. One thing is certain, Bolivia stands out for its contrasts and extremes. First of all, the geography. Twice the size of France, Bolivia offers incredible diversity. Altiplano, Llanos (the great plains of the east), Lake Titicaca, Yungas, Lipez, the Amazon, each designates a unique landscape. A high plateau perched at 4000 metres and surrounded by mountain peaks over 6000 metres high, infinite plains stretching to the borders of Brazil and Argentina, deserts of rock and volcanoes where the temperature can range from +20 to -25 degrees in the space of 24 hours, lush tropical valleys… It is not unusual to start a day on a glacier wearing crampons, at an altitude of over 5000 meters, and to finish on the banks of a stream, a papaya juice in one hand, listening to the parrots singing. Then, the population: over 8 million inhabitants, including 6 million American Indians, who often have nothing in common other than the same passport. An Aymara of the highlands has, really, nothing to do with a Yungueño, and even less to do with an Indian of the Amazon Basin. Skin color, language, traditions - everything is completely different. In this respect, Bolivia is, without doubt, the last refuge of many American Indian cultures: Quechua, Aymara, Guarani, Tacana, Pano, Aruaco, Chapacura, Botocudo… You only have to take a stroll around La Paz, that incredible melting pot of a city, and to follow a rainbow poncho, or a cholita busy in one of the many popular markets, among the apparent chaos of dozens of sweet-smelling, colorful stalls. video of Bolivia : click here
TRIPS
- CLASSIC LIPEZ
Uyuni salt flats - Lipez desert - CONDORS' ROAD
Starting from Tupiza - 4WD CORDILLERA EXPEDITION
- 4WD DISCOVERY TOUR
Andean deserts and jungles - THE GOLDEN LOOP
- LAGOONS & VOLCANOES
- SALAR & TUNUPA
- SALAR & VOLCANOES
- SOUTH LIPEZ AND IMPERIAL CITIES
Salar, Sucre, Potos - ANDEAN TRILOGY
Peru, Chile, Bolivia - BEST OF ADVENTURE
- CONDORIRI CLIMBING
- FUN ASCENTS
Mountaineering in the Cordillera Real - GREAT ASCENTS
Mountaineering in the Cordillera Real - THE GIANTS
Alpinism: ascent of giants Ancohuma and Illampu - HUAYNA POTOSI TREK & CLIMBING
- HUAYNA POTOS CLIMBING
- ILLIMANI CLIMBING
- ILLIMANI CLIMBING & TREKKING
- POMERAPE & PARINACOTA CLIMBING
- SAJAMA VOLCANOES CLIMBING
- OBJECTIVES : VOLCANOES
Mountaineering in the Cordillera Occidental - THE CHE'S PATH
Between Samaipata and Sucre, in the guerillero?s footsteps - JESUIT MISSIONS
The incredible heritage of the Company of Jesus - LA PAZ, NATURAL SPACES
- LA PAZ MARAVILLOSA, BETWEEN CULTURE & TRADITIONS
- LA PAZ, CITY OF THE ANDES
- MYSTICAL CIVILIZATIONS
- AMBORO PARK
Samaipata fortress and Amboro Park - SUCRE AND SURROUNDINGS
Tarabuco - Candelaria - Maragua - ANDEAN ENCOUNTERS
Quala Uta - Tuni - SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN TUNI
Immersion in an Aymara village - CARAVAN OF LLAMAS
- CROSSING CORDILLERAS
- FLORA AND FAUNA
- EXPLORING HEALING TRADITIONS
Apolobamba trek, land of the famous Kallawayas - SALAR & SAJAMA
- A JOURNEY BETWEEN SKY AND GROUND
The best of Bolivia in 15 days - ANCOHUMA TREK
- CHORO TREK
- CONDORIRI TREK & LAGUNAS TOUR
- ILLAMPU TOUR
- ILLIMANI AND MURURATA
- INCA TREK
- TREK MARIA LLOCO
- CORDILLERA REAL - NORTH
- SAJAMA TREK
- CORDILLERA REAL - SOUTH
- TAKESI TREK
- TITICACA PASSION
- TRANSCORDILLERA TREK
Trekking in the Royal Mountain Range - YUNGA CRUZ
Trek of the Inca: from the Andes to the Yungas - LANDS OF MYSTERY
Peru, Bolivia - BALA CAMP
At the heart of the Amazonian pampa - CHALALAN ECOLODGE
At the heart of the Amazon Rainforest and Madidi park - AMAZONIAN FOREST AND PAMPA
Rurrenabaque - Bala Camp - NAVIGATING RIO BENI
Descent to the heart of the Bolivian Amazon by pirogue - THE ANDES BY BIKE
- FAMILY TREASURE HUNT
- GOLD RUSH
Coroico - Guanay - Rurrenabaque - SALAR & SOUTH LIPEZ BY BIKE
- TORO TORO PARK
- ANDEAN TRIATHLON
- TUPIZA AND ITS CANYONS
- THE YUNGAS BY BIKE
Coroico - Chulumani - THE BEST OF ALTIPLANO
Argentina, Chile, Bolivia - TRAIN OF THE ANDES
Argentina, Bolivia, Peru - GOLDEN TRIANGLE
Chile, Argentina, Bolivia