The province of Sur Lipez is a desert at an altitude of 4,000 metres.

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Bolivia

Sud-Lipez

At 760km from La Paz, Uyuni is lost in the middle of nowhere. It's here you'll find one of the most incredible sites in the world - the vast Salar or salt flat.

Salar de Uyuni

In the Cordillera Real, the Huayna Potosi is one of the most accessible 6000-metre peaks in the world. 

Huayna Potosi

Leaving by boat from Rurrenabaque, the Madidi National Park is home to the most beautiful tropical forest in Bolivia. An unknown world to be discovered over the more than 18,000 kilometres squared of the park.

Madidi NP

Chulumani is the capital of Bolivia's Sud Yungas region and is situated three hours by road from La Paz. As it's located in a zone which gradually merges into the Amazon rainforest, Chulumani reaches an altitude of 'only' 5700 ft, making it a much hotter place than La Paz.

Chulumani

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I spent a few days staying with a couple of French-Bolivian friends in La Paz, and it was them who suggested I go to Chulumani for the weekend. So off we set together as a small group for a three-day trip. Though Chulumani is only around 75 miles from La Paz, it still took us a good three hours of travel time to get there! The road taking you to Chulumani is not exactly what you'd call wide, and many accidents occur along it. With the scenery and landscapes changing as we progressed further, and the climate increasing in humidity, we gradually found ourselves travelling further into the Yungas region, which marks the beginning of the Amazon rainforest. We stayed at a village on the first night. Since the place was well off the beaten track, we were the only tourists there! The village was full of life due to the fact that there was a large market open around the main church square. There were some excellent cheese empanadas, which you had to queue up to buy. We spent the next two days walking about the surrounding area and doing some camping in the wild (it was so so difficult to find somewhere to camp that was acceptably flat and had a water source nearby!). The climate was humid and there were quite a lot of mosquitoes. We encountered a few local country people and came across numerous fields of coca plants: this is Bolivia's main coca-growing region, with the famous leaves sold all across the rest of the country once harvested. I have to admit I was kind of looking forward to experiencing the cool freshness of La Paz again once we were ready to head back at the end of the three days.

Chulumani is the capital of Bolivia's Sud Yungas region and is situated three hours by road from La Paz. As it's located in a zone which gradually merges into the Amazon rainforest, Chulumani reaches an altitude of 'only' 5700 ft, making it a much hotter place than La Paz.

Chulumani Vacations

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