Wild Bolivia Photography
13 nights, 4 stops — rainforest, wetland and birding for the camera.
La Paz → Madidi National Park → Pampas del Yacuma → Amboró National Park.
Round trip · returns to La Paz
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.
To Amboró National Park
Transfer to Amboró National Park. Cloud-forest and foothill birding for endemics. A full day on Amboró's bird-rich trails.
Amboró National Park
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.
Amboró National Park
Lowland and montane birding where Andes meet Amazon. Photography and birding across Amboró's habitats.
Amboró National Park
Photography and birding across Amboró's habitats.
Departure
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.
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.
Where this journey goes
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.
Refugio Los Volcanes
A spectacular lodge in a sandstone valley on Amboró's edge, superb for birding.
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.
Mashaquipe Ecolodge
A well-run ecolodge in the Pampas, central to the dolphin and caiman safaris.
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.