Things to do in Rurrenabaque
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La Perla de Rurre
Everyone in Rurre will tell you that this is their favorite restaurant and ‘The Pearl’ does indeed serve up some mean fresh fish and chicken dishes. The surroundings are simple but the service is excellent.
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Jungle Bar Moskkito
Peruvian-run, English is spoken here. There’s a positive vibe, cheery service and the foliage that hangs from the roof makes you feel like you are in the jungle, whether there are ‘moskkitos’ or not. Throw some darts, shoot some pool and choose your own music – the extensive menu of CDs is played by request. Happy hour runs from 7pm to 9pm on selected cocktails.
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Pachamama
Set in an old house, this is a restaurant-cum-cultural center where there is always something going on. There is a lounging area on the ground floor, and two movie rooms (B$20 per film) and a billiard table upstairs. There’s also a book and music exchange and frequent art classes and shows. The food is good and you can even have a barbecue with your friends in the garden.
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San Buenaventura
Sleepy San Buenaventura sits across Beni River watching all the busy goings-on in Rurre. It's worth taking the ferry across for a stroll. If you're looking for fine Beni leather goods, visit the well-known shop of leather artisan Manuel Pinto. The Centro Cultural Tacana has a handicrafts shop and celebrates the Tacana people's unique cosmovision.
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Restaurant Camila
Camila's gets more popular by the year and has the best value breakfasts in town. The walls are plastered with photos of happy punters, matched by smiling real-life customers. Choose from muesli breakfasts, juices, salads, pasta, burgers, vegetarian lasagna, burritos and chicken dishes, plus unbeatable milkshakes.
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Restaurant Tacuara
This open-air eatery with shaded sidewalk seating has an ambitious menu, covering breakfast to dinner. It’s friendly and popular, especially for its lasagna. The Mexican dishes won’t have you tossing your sombrero into the air, but the sandwiches are huge.
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Casa del Turista
As interesting for its rickety bamboo structure as for the menu of Italian, Mexican and Bolivian dishes that it serves up. It feels a bit like the House that Jack Built, so be careful on the staircase after indulging in the exotic frozen cocktails during the nightly happy hour.
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Casa de Campo
Healthy food is the name of the game here, with all-day breakfasts, homemade pastries, vegetarian dishes, soups, salads, you name it. The friendly owner is keen to make her guests happy, but her breakfast is the priciest in town.
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Pizzería Italia
The most popular thing about this hangout is the pool tables, but the pizza and pasta are pretty poor. Wine is available as are vegetarian options. It shares the palapa with the Jungle Bar Moskkito.
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Luna Café
Another palapa roofed bar-restaurant (mains B$20-B$35), this is a mellow place with a chilled atmosphere that is equally as welcoming for a tasty lunch as it is for ice cold beers in the evening.
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Café Piraña
This Piraña has bite, with a great chill-out area, delicious vegetarian and meat dishes, yummy breakfasts, lovely fresh juices, a library and film screenings every night in the back garden.
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Monkey’s Bar
An imitation of the successful Moskkito bar, it’s very much along the same lines with a bouncing atmosphere, good pizza and great cocktails. Try the Anaconda en el Río.
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Club Social
With an atmospheric, open-air riverfront setting, Club Social is a good place to enjoy a cocktail. It serves up meat, chicken and à la carte international dishes for dinner.
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Butterfly Pool El Mirador
The Butterfly Pool El Mirador, is a fabulous spot where you can swim and sigh over the beautiful views of the Beni lowlands. Reservations can be made at the Butterfly Pub.
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Banana Club
If you want to try salsa dancing or Bolivian-style grooving, this slightly sleazy club has Cuban doctors shaking their booties, locals getting drunk and gringos joining in.
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Mini Mercado
For groceries, try the tiendas (small shops) along Comercio or the Mini Mercado, where you'll find a selection of canned rations, snacks and alcohol.
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Cherrie’s Ice Cream Shop
Sometimes you just need one, don’t you? This little kiosk has a variety of flavors, plus inventive sundaes and milkshakes to whet your appetite.
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Artesanías la Cambita
Artesanías La Cambita has a good selection of local handicrafts.
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Bala Tours
Has its own jungle camp, Caracoles, and a comfortable pampas lodge on Río Yacumo.
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El Chorro
A few kilometers upstream from the town, El Chorro is an idyllic beauty spot with a waterfall and pool. You can reach it by boat only; enquire at the harbor. On a rock roughly opposite El Chorro is an ancient serpentine engraving, which was intended as a warning to travelers: whenever the water reached serpent level, the Beni was considered unnavigable.
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Camila’s
Camila’s gets more popular by the year with the best-value breakfasts in town. The walls are plastered with photos of happy punters and jungle murals, and oropendola-nest lampshades complete the effect. There is a nightly bottled beer happy hour.
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