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SampayaThis is a beautifully preserved village where the homes are built with flat stones joined in an earthen mortar. There is a stone church on the hilltop…
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Calle Jaén MuseumsLa Paz’s best-preserved colonial street is home to four small museums. They are all clustered together and can generally be bundled into one visit. Buy…
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Museo y Convento de Santa TeresaThe fascinating Santa Teresa Convent was founded in 1685 and is still home to a small community of Carmelite nuns who have restored the sizable building…
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Cristo de la ConcordiaThis immense Christ statue standing atop Cerro de San Pedro (2800m) behind Cochabamba is the second largest of its kind in the world. It's 44cm higher…
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Convento de Santa TeresaThe noble, timeworn Convento de Santa Teresa is straight out of a Gabriel García Márquez novel. Guided tours (around 45 minutes) of this gracefully…
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Jardín BotánicoSanta Cruz's lush botanical gardens, 12km east of the city center, make for a tranquil escape from the urban scene. Covering more than 200 hectares, the…
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La Capilla Sixtina del AltiplanoLike its famous counterpart in Vatican City, the interior of this lovely adobe-and-thatch church is covered with frescoes. But unlike the other Sistine…
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Museo Nacional de Etnografía y FolkloreKnown locally as MUSEF and housed in the impressive former Banco Nacional building, this museum brings together a series of fascinating temporary…
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Santuario Mariano de la TorreIntricately carved wooden pillars and doors displaying a fascinating combination of motifs are the star attraction at this moving memorial, completed in…
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Museo Etnoarqueológico Kenneth LeeNamed for the gringo querido del Beni, the beloved white man of the Beni, this small museum north of the center is considered the city's top cultural…
- PParque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado
The wonderfully remote and globally important Noel Kempff Mercado National Park is home to a broad spectrum of Amazonian flora and fauna and has a wide…
- RReserva Barba Azul
Thanks to the efforts of the conservation NGO Armonía, the endangered blue-throated macaw or barba azul has become something of a regional celebrity in…
- CCañon de Torotoro & El Vergel
Three kilometers from Torotoro, the ground drops away into an immense and spectacularly beautiful canyon, more than 250m deep. From the mirador (lookout)…
- YYumani
Yumani is the main village at the south end of the island. Most boats drop you at the village’s dock, about 200m downhill from the town proper. The small…
- CCiudad de Itas
Though the weirdly shaped set of caverns, once the refuge of isolated communities, are striking, they aren't the main reason to make the 21km, often white…
- TTajzara Lagoons
Along the eastern shores of the lagoons, the wind has heaped up large arenales (sand dunes). An interesting climb takes you to the symmetrical peak of…
- PParque Nacional Sajama
With expansive high-plains views, rare wildlife (including flamingos and graceful vicuña), geyser fields, hot springs, the world's highest forest, and…
- TTumichucuá
Tumichucuá is a small community about 25km south of town (B$30 by moto-taxi) toward ‘El Triángulo’ (the road junction to Cobija). There is a lake for…
- AArea Protegida Municipal Aquicuana
This lush jungle reserve 22km north of Riberalta (B$30 by moto-taxi) is a great spot for bird-watching, wildlife watching (particularly caimans and…
- MMirador Wila Kollu
This vertigo-inducing lookout 3035m above Sorata is, quite literally, breathtaking. To reach it, walk (or hire a taxi, B$80) up the road to Laripata. Just…