Multi-Sport Adventures

Reception at El Alto’s international airport and transfer to the hotel. Free time to enjoy the hotel's spa which offers massages, facials and other services. The hotel has an indoor pool, a gym, trendy bar and excellent restaurants. In the afternoon, depart to Moon Valley. Hike through its geological clay labyrinth and deep gaps. It is artwork. It looks like a stalagmite desert. Return to the hotel.

Meet your guide in the lobby of the hotel and go to the historic city center of La Paz. Your tour starts at the central station of the red cable car. In addition to your English speaking team, a "special" guide will show you the city in his own way. A shoe shiner will accompany you all morning. After a cable car ride, you will visit different markets. At the potato market, you will experience the distinctive smell and taste of a variety of dehydrated potatoes, like las tuntas and los chuños. You will experience the fish market, where goods arrive every morning between 3.30 and 5am as the cholitas prepare their stands. Afterwards, you will visit the shops where the cholitas paceñas buy their outfit’s colorful pleated skirts worn over layers of petticoats, embroidered shawls held by a brooch, and small bowler hats. As you will learn, being in fashion is expensive! We then take a break for lunch. We will eat at Ali Pacha, the universe of plants. Let yourself be surprised and enjoy its unique menu made from exotic Bolivian ingredients. In the afternoon, you will walk the city, visiting its colorful markets, colonial district, Murillo main square and the art galleries of Jaen street. We close the day with dinner at Gustu, one of the best restaurants in South America. Its "tasting" menu will delight your taste buds, blending ancestral knowledge of traditional cuisine with Bolivian grown and harvested food.

We depart in the morning from the hotel by private vehicle to the village of Chuquiñapi located off the beaten path on the shores of Lake Titicaca. Our first stop is the José Ferrari Monastery located in the middle of the Andean countryside overlooking the Lake. After lunch at the monastery, we drive to the island of Sunata south of Chuquiñapi (20 minutes). From here we start an easy hike. After exploring the small island of Sunata, we go north along the banks of the Lake, returning to the monastery on foot. From there, you can continue hiking or relax and enjoy the tranquility of the place. Dinner is at the monastery. Return to hotel.

We head towards the Lake and take a catamaran out for a sail. Views of the massive glaciers of the Royal Cordillera are amazing. We return to the monastery at the end of the morning and help the community prepare lunch. After lunch, departure in the morning to join the small Aymara village of Tuni at the foot of the Condoriri massif. Encounter with the families of the community. Help in the preparation of the typical Andean dinner.

We depart for the Laguna Chiarkhota. We head west along the Laguna Tuni and go up a valley towards the northeast. We gradually climb to a beautiful valley at the foot of the Condoriri massif. We pass the Laguna Chiarkhota, base camp at the “Head of the Condor,” and the “Pequeño Alpamayo”. Just seeing these magical places is worth the effort to get there. We explore the glacier that leads to the Pequeño Alpamayo, where we get a breathtaking view of the “Head of the Condor” and its majestic glacier. We take a progressively more difficult trail to bypass the Laguna Chiarkhota to the Col Austria at the foot of the Condoriri (5140 m /16,863 FT). A steep and screed slope awaits us as we climb up to Pico Austria (5300m /17388 FT. Again, the effort is worth it. The view is amazing, and it feels as if we were there standing on the massif. We return to Tuni by the same path and spend the evening enjoying the music from a folkloric group from the neighboring village of Chuñawi (subject to availability).

We start the day with a traditional breakfast of buñuelos (Andean donuts) api (a drink made from purple corn) and other local delights. Our day is spent accompanying the community on its daily activities, including harvesting and tending llamas. Together with our local hosts, we prepare a “huatia” (meal cooked in an underground oven built with large hot, stones) for lunch. We continue are community-based activities during the afternoon and depart for La Paz before evening.

We head to the airport and take a flight to Uyuni (variable hours). Upon arriving, our local guide picks us up and we take off towards the Lipez region. Along the way, we visit the train cemetery on the outskirts of Uyuni, and go through San Cristobal, a village that was relocated after a mining company arrived. Of special note is its church, which was rebuilt stone-by-stone at a cost of almost half a million dollars. We stop to explore the Valley of Rocks. Erosion created strangely shaped rocks several meters high, almost as if by magic. Before reaching our destination, we take a short photo-op at a panoramic viewpoint of a magnificent canyon. We arrive in the village of Villamar in the late afternoon.

Our journey runs along the Salar de Capina, mined for borax. We stop at the thermal baths of Polques (4.000 m above sea level / 13.123 FT), where you can brave a swim with the Laguna Chalviri in the background. We drive through an area aptly named the "Dali Desert” for its almost supernatural landscape in earthy, ocher tones with rocks scattered throughout. We arrive at Bolivia’s border with Chile and the emerald colored Laguna Verde (4.300 m above sea level / 14.108 FT) at the foot of the Licancabur Volcan The wind blusters here. We explore the "Sol de Mañana,” characterized by geysers, fumaroles or mud puddles. We continue the Laguna Colorada, home to colonies of pink flamingos. We take an extended break here. Our journey then follows the Siloli desert road and its geomorphological formations, like the stone tree,” a local favorite, to the Hotel del Desierto, where we spend the night.

We continue towards the north on the "1001 Lagoons" road, where one beautiful lagoon after the next appears (Honda, Ch'arkota, Hedionda and Cañapa). Some are home to flamingo colonies. In the background, the colors play on the mountains creating impressive and changing landscapes. We stop after a while to stretch our legs and be awed by the majesty of the Ollaguë and Tomasamil volcanoes. Our day’s journey ends as we cross the Salar de Chiguana and arrive at the village of San Pedro de Quemez.

We depart early in the morning to the Iruputuncu Volcano at the Bolivia-Chile border (4.465 m above sea level / 14.649 FT). Fumaroles are visible at the top. We make the ascent, climbing up a steep scree, to the edge of the crater (4950 m above sea level/ 16.240 FT) and the heart of the volcano. An old mining operation lies in ruins. Fumes in the air create amazing colors. Weather permitting, we go beyond the crater to a pass located above it. The summit offers an incredible panorama on both the Bolivian and Chilean sides. We descend by the same path to the crater, through the scree and to the car. We return to San Pedro de Quemez by late afternoon.

As we make our way to the Salar of Uyuni, we stop at the cave of the Galaxies, a unique place. The Salar of Uyuni blows us away. Even better than pictures or what we could have imagined. Its snow white surface, speckled with islands, play with our perception and awe us with beauty. We explore the island of Incahuasi and its unique cacti that seem to have come out of nowhere and into interesting poses. Time permitting, we visit a small salt farm in the village of Tahua and the museum in Chantani. We enjoy the sunset over the salar and spend the night in Tahua.

We leave the Salar in the morning, crossing to the west to the village of Bellen at the foot of the Sillajhuay or Alto Toroni volcano. Our journey takes us through Llica and Chacoma, a ghost town and fields of quinoa. The large expanses of desert offer splendid views of the mountains, particularly of Sillajhuay or Alto Toroni, with its open crater and snow-covered peaks and ridges. We descend to the Sillajuay mining camp and set up our camp overlooking the mine and close to a stream at 4735m above sea level (15.535 FT).

We depart and drive to a pass located at 5510m above sea level/ 18.077 FT. From there, we continue on foot along a ridge to the first summit at 5740 m 18.832FT, often referred to as the lookout tower for its view of the main summit. We make a shot but steep descent heading up to the summit ridge (5800m, 19.028FT) and the summit. The view is breathtaking, with the Coipasa and Uyuni salars and the Chilean side volcanoes in our sight. We descend to the car, passing through and the Salar of Uyuni as we drive out. We arrive in the village of Jirira on the banks of the Salar and spend the night in the Kachi Lodge in the middle of the Salar.

We depart in the morning to the neighboring village of Coquesa, located at the foot of the Tuna volcano. We explore this site, including its pre-Columbian mummies dating from 700 BC. We take a leisurely hike to the overlook and enjoy the splendid view of the volcano crater and the Uyuni Salt Flats. We descend by the same route, arrive at the Uyuni airport and return to La Paz. Our staff picks you up at the airport and takes you to your hotel.

Free day. You can enjoy the hotel’s amenities or explore Zona Sur.

We head out in the morning and start an ascent to the cumbre (4.750 m above sea level/15.584 FT). The descent by bike is crazy, twisting and turning, with steep precipices off the side of the road. You will understand why it is referred to as the Death Road. As we descend, the landscape becomes greener, the air more humid, and the wind warmer. We lose more than 3,500 meters in elevation between the summit and Yolosa (1,100 m alt.). We get in a car and head up 7 steep kilometers (650 m height difference) to Coroico, a paradise of a village in the Yungas where we enjoy a good buffet. We spend the night in "Las Cascadas” Ecolodge, located below the Rio Coroico valley.

We walk to the Rio Coroico and start an adventure by kayak or raft (your choice). The climate is tropical as we go downriver to Chojña. Before returning in the afternoon to the Ecolodge, we stop at the “Ensueño" waterfall to enjoy a refreshing swim.

In the morning, we visit an exotic waterfall where we can rest and cool off. We eat lunch at the Ecolodge and head back to La Paz in the afternoon.

Transfer out to El Alto’s international airport in private vehicle. (3 hours before the international flight departure time).