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Ultimate Bolivia Wildlife

La Paz · Madidi National Park · Pampas del Yacuma · Santa Cruz de la Sierra · Amboró National Park
Duration
15 Days · 14 Nights
The route
La Paz · Madidi National Park · Pampas del Yacuma · Santa Cruz de la Sierra · Amboró National Park
Style
The complete Bolivian wildlife circuit
Best season
May – October · best
The route

14 nights, 5 stops — the complete bolivian wildlife circuit.

La Paz → Madidi National Park → Pampas del Yacuma → Santa Cruz de la Sierra → Amboró National Park.

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What you're tracking

What you'll see

Andean gull
On the Altiplano lakes.
Andean condor
In the surrounding mountains.
Jaguar
Along the rivers and trails.
Red-and-green macaw
At the clay licks.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Arrive La Paz

Arrive La Paz

The journey begins.

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.

02La Paz

La Paz

A full day in the field.

A day in La Paz before the flight to the Amazon.

03La Paz → Madidi National Park

To Madidi National Park

On to the next.

Transfer to Madidi National Park. Rainforest trails for monkeys, peccaries and birds. A river safari and a macaw clay lick.

04Madidi National Park

Madidi National Park

A full day in the field.

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.

05Madidi National Park

Madidi National Park

A full day in the field.

Deep-forest wildlife by day and night. A full day in one of the world's most biodiverse forests.

06Madidi National Park

Madidi National Park

A full day in the field.

A full day in one of the world's most biodiverse forests.

07Madidi National Park → Pampas del Yacuma

To Pampas del Yacuma

On to the next.

Transfer to Pampas del Yacuma. A boat safari for dolphins, caiman and capybaras. Wildlife-packed river days and an anaconda search.

08Pampas del Yacuma

Pampas del Yacuma

A full day in the field.

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.

09Pampas del Yacuma

Pampas del Yacuma

A full day in the field.

Waterbirds, monkeys and dolphins on the Yacuma. A full day in the flooded savannah.

10Pampas del Yacuma

Pampas del Yacuma

A full day in the field.

A full day in the flooded savannah.

11Pampas del Yacuma → Santa Cruz de la Sierra

To Santa Cruz de la Sierra

On to the next.

Transfer to Santa Cruz de la Sierra. A lowland city night before Amboró. Prepare in Santa Cruz for the eastern forests.

12Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Santa Cruz de la Sierra

A full day in the field.

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.

13Santa Cruz de la Sierra → Amboró National Park

To Amboró National Park

On to the next.

Transfer to Amboró National Park. Cloud-forest and foothill birding for endemics. A full day on Amboró's bird-rich trails.

14Amboró National Park

Amboró National Park

A full day in the field.

A full day on Amboró's bird-rich trails. Lowland and montane birding where Andes meet Amazon. Amboró's habitat range gives it one of the greatest bird lists of any park on earth.

15Depart Amboró National Park

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in Amboró National Park — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

May – October

Peak season

The dry season — clear Andean skies and easy travel.

Year-round

Good season

A year-round high-altitude capital and hub.

Wildlife you may see
Birds Primates

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.

Field notes, now and then.

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