Human encounter in Tuni

A unique experience of sharing and exchange within an Aymara community located in the earth of the Cordillera Real in Bolivia

Overview

Duration 3 days
Transport Driver and private car
Site fees Comprise
Guide English or Spanish speaking guides
Altitude Between 3.600 m and 4.500 m
Best time From April to October
From 280 €

Indicative price, excluding international flights. All nights, meals, guides and transfers included.

Plan my trip

Main stops

Immersion in an Aymara village at the foot of the Real Cordillera
Participation to the daily activities (sewing, cooking, hikes in the surroundings…)
Discovering of the habits, traditional customs and ancestral know-how
Encounter in a spirit of intercultural exchange with the inhabitants

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Day 1

LA PAZ - TUNI

Start 08:00 am
Accommodation Night in a ecolodge
Meals Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Altitude Between 3.600 m asl and 4.450 m asl
Transport 3 hours approx.
Walk / Bike NA

Departure in the morning, to reach the little village of Tuni, located at the foot of the Condoriri massif. Meeting with families of the community. Assistance in the preparation of a typical Andean lunch. In the afternoon, activities in the village: introduction to the weaving techniques, fetching llamas and alpacas in the fields...

Day 2

TUNI

Start NA
Accommodation Night in a ecolodge
Meals Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Altitude 4.450 m asl
Transport NA
Walk / Bike According to your desires

Traditional breakfast with buñelos (kind of doughnut) and api (drink prepared with purple korn). Activities in relation with the community life (harvesting in the fields, lamas,..).Cooking of the huatia (Meal cooked in a kind of “oven” built underground with big warm stones).In the afternoon, walk with a local guide in the surroundings areas. Musical evening with a local band from the neighbouring village of Chuñawi (Subject to availability).

Day 3

TUNI - LA PAZ

Start 04:00 pm
Accommodation NA
Meals Breakfast, lunch
Altitude Between 4.450 m asl and 3.600 m asl
Transport 3h
Walk / Bike According to your desires

Breakfast. Departure to the Laguna Chiarkhota. We’ll first walk to the west to go around the Laguna Tuni, and then walk up a valley in north-east direction. Then we will calmly go up a gorgeous valley to the Laguna Chiarkota, at the foot of the Condoriri massif, base camp for Condor head and Pequeño Alpamayo climbing.Only the scenery in this magical place is worth the effort. There you can see the glacier which leads to the Pequeño Alpamayo, but most of all, this place offers a breathtaking view on the Condor head and its majestic glacier. We will walk back to Tuni using the same track. Then we’ll go back to La Paz by road with a private transport.

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