Bolivia Nature Uyuni
What you'll see
The journey, one day at a time
Arrive La Paz
Arrive in La Paz, met and transferred to your accommodation. La Paz's setting — a city in a canyon beneath the Andes — is one of South America's most dramatic.
La Paz
A day in La Paz before the flight to the Amazon.
To Madidi National Park
Transfer to Madidi National Park. Rainforest trails for monkeys, peccaries and birds. A river safari and a macaw clay lick.
Madidi National Park
A river safari and a macaw clay lick. Deep-forest wildlife by day and night. Madidi's altitude range gives it a species richness matched by almost nowhere else on earth.
Madidi National Park
Deep-forest wildlife by day and night. A full day in one of the world's most biodiverse forests.
Madidi National Park
A full day in one of the world's most biodiverse forests.
To Pampas del Yacuma
Transfer to Pampas del Yacuma. A boat safari for dolphins, caiman and capybaras. Wildlife-packed river days and an anaconda search.
Pampas del Yacuma
Wildlife-packed river days and an anaconda search. Waterbirds, monkeys and dolphins on the Yacuma. The open Pampas reveals caiman, capybaras and dolphins with a clarity the rainforest rarely allows.
Pampas del Yacuma
Waterbirds, monkeys and dolphins on the Yacuma. A full day in the flooded savannah.
Pampas del Yacuma
A full day in the flooded savannah.
To Uyuni Salt Flats
Transfer to Uyuni Salt Flats. Cross the blinding white salar and its cactus islands. Flamingo lagoons and high-desert landscapes.
Uyuni Salt Flats
Flamingo lagoons and high-desert landscapes. In the wet season the Salar de Uyuni becomes the world's largest mirror — a landscape like no other.
To Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Transfer to Santa Cruz de la Sierra. A lowland city night before Amboró. Prepare in Santa Cruz for the eastern forests.
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Prepare in Santa Cruz for the eastern forests. City comforts between wildlife legs. Santa Cruz is the springboard for Amboró and Bolivia's eastern wildlife.
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
City comforts between wildlife legs.
Departure
A final morning in Santa Cruz de la Sierra — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Peak season
The dry season — clear Andean skies and easy travel.
Good season
A year-round high-altitude capital and hub.
Hand-picked camps & lodges
Atix Hotel
A sleek design hotel in the Sopocachi district, La Paz's most contemporary stay.
Chalalán Ecolodge
A pioneering community ecolodge on a lake deep in Madidi, a wildlife classic.
Palacio de Sal
The original hotel built of salt blocks, on the edge of the salar.
Los Tajibos, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel
Santa Cruz's grande-dame hotel, set in tropical gardens with a spa.
Casa Grande Hotel
A polished all-suite hotel in the smart south of the city.
Sadiri Lodge
A community lodge in the Madidi foothills, strong on birds and forest trails.
Make it yours.
Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.