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We are staying at Hotel Cortez in Santa Cruz the end of July. Due to flight schedule changes, we are now arriving much earlier than expected (1:44 am). We have a meeting at 5 pm that day at the hotel. We will be 11 women and 1 man--most with little to no Spanish and little experience traveling abroad. Range in age from 19 to 62.

1. Besides catching up with some sleep, and hanging by the pool, any suggestions for safe sightseeing for a few hours?

2. ...

Hi,

I am flying into la paz next week and plan to spend a few days there then work my way up, via lake titicaca, to cuzco where I will be volunteering. Most of the trip is set, but being that I am a yong woman traveling alone was wondering whether my plan of visiting Val de Luna and Tihuanaco independantly (without a tour) is a good idea. My concern stems from the possibility of being out on a trail without much foot traffic/that's out of view from anyone else... I assume this...

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We’re planning a trip to Bolivia and Peru for august- september. We would do cusco, machu pisshu, arequipa, titicaca lake, la paz and salar uyuni.
The tickets are a lot cheaper for us if we would fly in in bolivia and fly out in Peru. So start with uyuni and end our trip with machu picchu.
But really all the itinerarys that I red, go from Peru to Bolivia. I was wondering if there is a reason for it. Mayby it has to do something with the altitude? Does anyone has...

Hi all,

I want to climb a few mountains in August 2019, the first two weeks is when I'll be there. I'm hoping to share a trip to sajama national park, let me know if you are interested in joining.

Thanks

John

Has anyone climbed Chachacomani? If so, can you share some insights? How technical is it? How exposed is the Ruta Normal?

Thanks.

Hi all,
I’m just wondering if anyone has been to la Paz lately and tried doing one of the prison tours that the prisoners used to run.
I can’t find anywhere online saying f it’s possible to do them anymore.
I know they aren’t officially allowed but I would be very interested in doing one.

Any info would be appreciated. Thank you.

Ola :) I’m planning a month traveling solo in Bolivia and Peru in October – November.
My interests are nature, trekking, mountains, scenery, wild places, out of the beaten path, wildlife, authentic experiences, culture and connecting / meeting with local people. I’m not so keen on cities or big towns or touristy places. I am not after luxury or comfort, I travel with a backpack and stay in hostels or with local people. I don't speak Spanish (only French and English), but am trying...

I am organising a big trekking trip, and would like to know what the law is on access to protected or indigenous areas. For example, will I legally need to use a guide to pass through certain parks?
I would also like to know the average price to hire a local guide per day in more remote areas of Bolivia.
Thanks in advance!

Hi, I am going to Bolivia in June, and have my flight to Rurrenabaque already booked. I have a week there, and out of that I want to go on a 4 night/5 day combined jungle and pampas tour. A lot of people are saying it is much cheaper to buy a tour there, based on international agents charging a lot online. However, I have found a local tour with Indigena and it seems a very fair price to me at $410 for the 4 nt/5 day tour jungle and pampas. Does anyone know if it would be massively...