Customized 9-Day Bolivia Private Tour to Explore Isla del Sol

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrival in La Paz, Airport Pick-up
1 stop
1
La Paz
Welcome to La Paz to enjoy the 9 days Bolivia salt flats tour! Our professional guide along with a driver will wait for you at the airport. Upon arrival, you will be escorted to check-in a comfortable hotel immediately.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Visit Tiwanaku Ruins
1 stop
2
Tiwanaku
Today, a local guide and a driver will be waiting for you and then drive 2 hours to Tiwanaku Ruins, the world's largest city ruins of the pre-Columbian civilization, full of carved monoliths, archways and arcades, along with two museums telling the history. After that, we will send you to the hotel in La Paz.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Visit Copacabana, Stay in Isla del Sol
2 stops
3
Copacabana
After breakfast, the guide and the driver will send you to the Copacabana town on the shore of Lake Titicaca. It takes about 3.5 hours on the way.
3 hours 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
4
Isla del Sol
After getting to the town, we will take a boat to the Isla del Sol. Enjoy a special local lunch after going ashore and then you will be guided to visit Pilkokaina Temple, an Inca ruin complex said to have been constructed by the Incan emperor, Tupacinca Yupanqui. We will also climb the Escalera del Inca steps, where we will see the spring of "Eternal youth", said to be where Incas performed baptisms. After the sightseeing, our guide will accompany you to hike about 1.5 hours up to the hotel on the island for check-in.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Sightseeing Tour to Isla del Sol
1 stop
5
Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana
After breakfast, we will go back to Copacabana by boat and go sightseeing at Basilica of Our Lady, a Spanish shrine in the 16th century containing the portrayal of Virgen de Copacabana. After lunch, we will drive back to La Paz.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Fly from La Paz to Uyuni, Enjoy Amazing Uyuni Salt Flats Tour
6 stops
6
Uyuni
After breakfast, a private car transfer to La Paz airport will be scheduled for you to catch your flight to Uyuni. After 50-minutes flying, you will meet our local guide and a driver at Uyuni airport, who will later accompany you to start Uyuni salt flats tour.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
7
Train Cemetery
The first stop will be Train Cemetery full of rusty abandoned trains. This is an unmissable tourist place and you can enter into the train carriage or climb to the old trains to take impressive photos.
40 minutes • Admission ticket free
8
Colchani
Then we will continue to drive around 30 minutes to Colchani Village. In the village, you can see some artifacts made of salt and textiles made from camel and alpaca wools. Here we will also visit an old salt hotel.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
9
Salt Sculpture Museum
The next stops are the Salt Museum, where you will find various items made of salt.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
10
Salar de Uyuni
Then, we will access the highlighted Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
11
Isla Incahuasi
Isla Incahuasi in the central salt flats is a magical place. It features a group of huge cactus.
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Visit Lagoon Area and Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve
1 stop
12
Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa
This morning, we will drive to the southern area of Salar del Uyuni, also the border between Bolivia and Chile. We will pass by Cañapa, Hedionda, Chiarcota, and Honda lagoons. And finally arrive at the Siloli Desert to view various rock formations. At last, you will be guided to the Red Lagoon (Laguna Colorada).
5 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 7
Full day tour with amazing Salvador Dali Desert Tour
3 stops
13
Sol de Mañana
In the early morning about 5 am or depending on seasons, we will drive to Sol de Mañana Geyser with pre-packed breakfast. It is 150 km far and takes 2-2.5 hours by car. Sol de Mañana Geyser is the highest point of the tour at an elevation of about 5,000 meters (16,404 ft.), also one of the most beautiful geyser areas you can see on the planet. It will be a little cold at such a high level but it will be worth when you see the geysers, mud lakes and steam pools with bubbling mud. You will also enjoy bathing in the sulphur springs.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
14
Next, we will drive to Salvador Dali Desert in 50 minutes, and visit the Laguna Verde (Green Lagoon) at the foot of the Licancabur Volcano.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
15
Uyuni
When the visit is over, we will drive back to the hotel in Uyuni for 6 hours. Along the 350 km (217 mi) distance, we will visit the Valley of the Rocks.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 8
Fly from Uyuni to La Paz, Visit Tiwanaku Ruins
6 stops
16
La Paz
Today the driver will pick you up from the hotel and escort you to the airport. You will take an hour-long flight to La Paz. After arrival, the local guide and driver will transfer you to the hotel.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
17
In the afternoon, we will first drive to the Colonial section which is only 2.5km (1.6 mi) away from your hotel. The most striking architectures here are government palace, National Congress, and Basilica de San Francisco, a church blending Spanish baroque and native art.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
18
Mirador Killi Killi
Then head to Mirador Killi Killi to overlook the whole city.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
19
Valley of the Moon
Later, continue the tour to the Moon Valley where will marvel at the moonscape-like stone forms.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
20
Mi Teleferico
Bolivia is the only country on the planet to use the cable car as a major transport mean. You cannot miss experiencing the unique cable car called Teleferico. Our guide will lead you to take the cable car and view the city from another perspective.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
21
The Witches Market
After that, we will stroll in Witches' Market and return to the hotel.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 9
La Paz Departure, Airport Drop-off
1 stop
22
La Paz
After breakfast, our driver will convoy you to the La Paz airport according to your flight schedule. Hope you have enjoyed the Uyuni salt flats tour! Welcome to Bolivia once more and we are looking forward to serving you again.
1 hour • Admission ticket free

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• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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