BOLIVIA: LA PAZ, TIWANAKU & TITICACA LAKE – 4 DAYS 3 NIGHTS

Arrival in La Paz and private transfer from the airport to your hotel with guide assistance. In the afternoon at 14pm we will pick your up from your hotel to start a city tour. We will visit the colorful, mystical and typical markets. Tour through the historical downtown, with remarkable architectural richness. Amazing panoramic views on board a modern cable car. Return to the hotel. Overnight in La Paz, standard room

Breakfast at hotel and departure from you hotel between 07:30-08:30 to begin the tour in shared transportation across the immense Altiplano (High Plateau Ranges) to the town of Tiwanaku, where we find the most important archaeological complex of the country. First, we will visit the local museum for an introduction about Tiwanaku’s heritage. Then we begin the visit to the archaeological site whose main attraction is the “Puerta del Sol” (Sun Gate) one of the most important archaeological pieces of the continent. We will also have the chance to visit some other very important ruins of this enigmatic pre-Incan culture in terms of architecture and iconography: the Temple of Kalasasaya, the Templete Semi-subterraneo and the Akapana pyramid, structures that make Tiwanaku one of the most popular places to visit in of Bolivia. Return to La Paz at 16pm. Overnight in La Paz, standard room (B)

Breakfast. We will pick you up from your hotel between 07:00 and 07:30 hrs and we begin our trip to the Titicaca Lake, we will travel through the Altiplano (High Plateau). After a 2 hour trip we arrive to the narrower section of the lake: the Strait of Tiquina, we will cross it in a the rudimentary local ferry along with local people. Arrival to the town Copacabana at 12:00 and we will have lunch in a local restaurant. After lunch we will get on board in our boat to travel through the Titicaca Lake, along with other tourists and town people, to the Sun Island. In Sun Island we will visit Yumani, there we will visit “Escalinata Del Inca” (Inca’s stairs) which leads us to the “Fuente de las 3 aguas” (the Fountain of the 3 Watersheds), the tradition dictates that if you drink from its water you can have eternal life. You will have some time to take pictures of the lake and the astonishing Royal Range of the Andes and we will go back to the boat to return to Copacabana, there we will make a quick visit to the town, enriched by the combination of the Andean and the Christian points of view, the religious sanctuary in honor of Candelaria Madonna, an important pilgrimage site for Bolivians, is located in this town. Bus to La Paz city at 18:30, arrival to La Paz bus station at 22:00 approximately, where our transportation will be waiting to take you to your hotel. Overnight in La Paz, standard room (B, L)

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to the airport. (B)