Coca Museum

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Red Lagoon

The Red lagoon (Laguna Colorada) is a shallow lake within the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and close to the border with Chile. The lake is famous for its strong red colour caused by algae that provide food for large flocks of pink flamingos.

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Green Lagoon

Green lagoon (Laguna Verde) is a high-altitude mineral lake in the Eduardo Avaroa Reserve, known for its beautiful green color. It sits at the foot of 2 volcanoes, Licancabur and Juriques, which straddle the border with Chile and are reflected in the water when the weather is calm.

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Rock Tree

The Rock Tree (Árbol de Piedra) is a tree-like rock formation in the Siloli Desert desert that offers great photo opportunities!

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Chincana Labyrinth

Elevations

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Gold Museum

The Gold Museum (Museo de Oro) is a small museum located in the North Side of the Sun Island.

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Siloli Desert

The Arbol de Piedra (Stone Tree) is a volcanic rock formation in the Desierto Siloli in Bolivia. The rock is unique because it resembles a tree. The Desierto Siloli is considered to be part of the Atacama Desert in neighboring Chile.

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Town center of Cobija

The panoramic beauty of Cobija seems like a work of art painted by the most capricious and audacious of artists.

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Santa Ana de Yacuma

Santa Ana of Yacuma is known as the cattle capital of Beni, with green prairies suitable for agricultural activity and raising cattle. The suburban area is a tourist attraction because its rivers are ideal for sport fishing.

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Guayaramerin

Guayaramerin

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Trinidad Cathedral

Trinidad Cathedral

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San Jacinto Dam

The San Jacinto dam was built in 1978 to generate hydroelectric power and to regulate the irrigation of 3300 hectares of crops. The artificial lake that it houses has become one of the favorite places for the tarijeños to go to disconnect, walk or get out of the city.

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San Juan Church

San Juan Church

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San Roque Church

San Roque Church

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Metropolitan Cathedral of Tarija

Metropolitan Cathedral of Tarija

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San Francisco Church

San Francisco Church

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Las Americas Avenue

Las Americas Avenue

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Tarapaya Lagoon

Known also as "The Inca's Bath", the Tarapaya Lagoon is an extremely famous and constantly visited natural attraction. The lagoon is filled with thermal waters, which give origin to other spring water sites. It has the shape of a perfect circle. The lagoon's water has been attributed several heal...

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La Puerta del Diablo

La Puerta del Diablo (Devil's Door) is located six kilometers from Potosi and presents an interesting geological structure made of red sand-stone, a construction that extends all the way to the entrance of the cave. Although it is particularly difficult to enter into the cave itself, it is still ...

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Casa Nacional de la Moneda

The Casa de la Moneda is a vast, elegant, and strikingly beautiful building that takes up a whole city block.

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Kari Kari Lagoon

In 1575, the viceroy Toledo ordered to build several artificial lagoons east of the city that would be useful to accumulate water during the rainy season, with the intention of using them in the dry periods. The artificial lagoons of Potosi known as the 'lagunas de Kari Kari' are considered to be...

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Casa de las Tres Portadas

his construction is also known as "Las Recogidas" (The Cloistered Ones). It used to be a community house for lay sisters, most of whom were Natives. This religious construction belongs to the Franciscan Order. It basically consists of three portals, all of which have very original designs. The Ca...

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Lake Poopo

Lake Poopo is located at 65 kilometers from Oruro, on the route that leads to the neighboring department of Potosi. The biggest attraction is the island of Panza, an ideal place for hunting and fishing.

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Chullpares bridge

From Chullpares bridge, built in the colonial time, the beauty of the highlands can be appreciated. The pre-hispanic necropolis of Chusaqueri, with its stone and mud funeral monuments, is located in its vicinities.

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San Jose mine

The silver, lead and tin that were extracted of their tunnels were very important for the economy of the country. The mine, located at 5 kilometers from downtown, began to be exploited two centuries ago.

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Yarvicoya Church

The Yarvicoya Church is another remarkable example of the halfbreed Baroque art. It is located a few kilometers from Oruro. The church was declared a national monument.

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San Miguel de la Rancheria Church

San Miguel de la Rancheria is one of the oldest churches in the city. It keeps paintings and sculptures of enormous sacred value. One of these pieces, which has the image of Saint Michael Archangel, is attributed to Don Francisco de Medrano who had financed its construction.

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Lighthouse of Conchupata

One can enjoy a panoramic view of the city of Oruro from the national monument called Lighthouse of Conchupata, where the current national emblem was hoisted for the first time on November 7th, 1851, during the government of Manuel Isidoro Belzu. Conchupata (previously called Corrralpata) is loca...

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Sanctuary of Socavon

Santuario del Socavon is a religious temple of special devotion for the inhabitants of Oruro, where the Candlemas's Virgin is worshipped. She is the local patron of the miners and receives the name of Virgin of the Mineshaft. It is an extraordinary image, painted on some clay bricks that were pro...

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Cretaceous Park (Cal Orck'o)

65 million years ago the site of Sucre's Fancesa cement quarry, six kilometers from the centre, was the place to be for large, scaly dinosaurs. When the grounds were being cleared in 1994, plant employees uncovered a nearly vertical mudstone face bearing over 5000 tracks, some of which measure up...

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Churches in Sucre

Iglesia de San Lazaro

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Museums in Sucre

Museo de la Catedral (Calle Nicolas Ortiz 61)

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La Recoleta Convent

This construction dominates the landscape of the city, resting at the bottom of the Churuquella mountain.

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University of San Francisco

University of San Francisco

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Sucre General Cemetery

One of the best options of places to visit that may inform you about the historical and political characters of Sucre, is the General Cemetery where the remains of important figures rest, whose stories are told by local children who serve as tour guides of this sacred site. They take the visitors...

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Chuquisaca Prefecture

Chuquisaca Prefecture

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Glorieta Castle

Glorieta Castle

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16 de Julio Market

In the lively La Ceja (Brow) district - which commands one of the highest real-estate prices in the region for its commercial value - you'll find a variety of electronic gadgets and mercantile goods. For an excellent market experience don't miss the massive Mercado 16 de Julio, which stretches fo...

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La Paz Cemetery

As in most Latin American cemeteries, bodies are buried in the traditional Western way or placed in a crypt. Within 10 years, they are disinterred and cremated. After cremation, families purchase or rent glass-fronted spaces in the cemetery walls for the ashes, affix plaques and mementos of the d...

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Flower Market

The Flower Market appropriately located opposite the cemetery at the top of Batista, is a beautiful splash of color amid one of the city's drabber and less safe areas.

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Cathedral and Plaza Murillo

Bolivia tourist attractions - Cathedral and Plaza Murillo

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Casa de Murillo

Once the home of Don Pedro Domingo Murillo, a leader in the La Paz Revolution of July 16, 1809, the Casa de Murillo displays collections of colonial art and furniture, textiles, medicines, musical instruments and household items of glass and silver that once belonged to Bolivian aristocracy.

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Plaza Colon and El Prado

The Alameda Colonial de Ingavi, was transformed into today's Plaza Colon and the Prado Avenue which is often host to parades and urban recreation. Historically there was a small forest here that invited passers-by.

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La Recoleta

On the Northern side of the Rio Rocha is La Recoleta and Avenida Pando. This is a modern and chic area, center of nightlife, where you'll find Cochabamba's 10-pin bowling alley, 10-screen movie theatre, a Mercedes-Benz dealership and many restaurants, cafes and nightclubs.

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Archeological Museum

The Archeological Museum displays approximately 40,000 archaeological, ethnographic and paleontological pieces mostly from the Department of Cochabamba and some from Bolivia's other regions.

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Cathedral of Cochabamba

The Main Plaza Cathedral's facade reflects a mestizo fusion of Spanish Baroque and indigenous architectural styles.

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La Chiquitania

Located at a distance of a little more than 200 Km from the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, capital of the Department of Santa Cruz, the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos, which have survived for more than three centuries, emerge imposingly. La Chiquitania is a vast and extraordinary territory in wh...

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Boat trip in the Amazon region

The Reina de Enin Ecological Cruiser is a riverboat that navigates on the Mamore River, the largest river in Bolivia, and a tributary of the Amazon River. The cruiser offers 2-6 day tours during which time you will be in close contact with wildlife and nature. It is possible to take hikes, go hor...

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Los Espejillos

Los Espejillos is a hidden gem located just 2 hours West of the city of Santa Cruz. This remote tropical paradise, with its sparkling waterfalls and natural pools is truly a wonder of nature.

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Cabañas del Pirai

The Cabanas del Pirai (Cabins on the Pirai River) is a long dirt road lined with small palm leaf-covered huts on either side where you can taste delicious local baked items at tea time. The road ends at the river which, during the rainy season, will swell to great depths and will not have a beach...

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Municipal Zoo

The Municipal Zoo in Santa Cruz is one of the most complete zoos on this part of the continent with a variety of typical fauna of the region.

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Metropolitan Cathedral

The Metropilitan Cathedral of Santa Cruz was built by Brother Mercedario Diego de Porres during the times of the Spanish Viceroy Toledo. In 1770 Bishop Ramon de Herbosos reconstructed the Church and commended this task to Don Antonio Lombardo. In 1838 the old temple was replaced by a new church o...

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Jesuit Missions

Prior to the colonial times the area of Chiquitos was populated by various indigenous jungle tribes. These were Evangelized by missionaries from the "Compania de Jesus" (Company of Jesus). Shortly afterwards various Spanish communities were constructed in the middle of the jungle. This ...

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Tariquia Flora and Fauna Reserve

The reserve is located to the Southeast of Tarija (South of Entre Rios town), and is close to the border with Argentina. The municipalities involved are Padcaya, Entre Rios, Carapari and Uriondo. It has a surface of 246,870 hectares (2,469 km2).

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Manuripi Wildlife Reserve

The National Reserve of Amazon Wildlife Manuripi is located to the Southwest of the Pando Department and covers part of the Manuripi Province. It involves to two municipalities: Puerto Rico and Philadelphia. It has an extension of 7,470 km2.

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Silver Mines of Potosí

"Cerro Rico de Potosi" (Rich Mountain - Silver mine of Potosi)

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Colonial Cities

Sucre

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Dinosaur footprints

Cal Orcko - Dinosaur tracks

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Salar de Coipasa

Coipasa is a salt flat in the arid but colourful Altiplano of Bolivia, about 100 miles (160 km) southwest of the city of Oruro, near the Chilean border. At an elevation of 12,073 feet (3,680 metres), the salt flat is Bolivia's second largest (after the Uyuni Salt Flat), occupies 856 square miles ...

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Amazing Lagoons

Laguna Verde (Green Lagoon)

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Town of Uyuni

Uyuni town is located 241 Km far from Potosi city. The town was very important for being the distribution hub for the trains carrying mineral on their way to the Pacific Ocean ports. Currently Uyuni is also significant due to its proximity to the Magnificent Uyuni Salt Flat, a favourite Bolivian ...

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La Paz City

The city of La Paz was founded on October 20th, 1548 under the name of La Ciudad de Nuestra Senora de La Paz (The City of Our Lady of Peace).

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Tunari National Park

The Tunari National Park with more than 400,000 hectares and its numerous lakes provides most of the water to the whole metropolitan area.

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Torotoro National Park

The Park is located to the north of Potosi, in the province Charcas, though it is more easily accessible from Cochabamba city. It has a surface of 16,570 hectares (166 km2). It is an authentic paradise for the lovers of geology and paleontology since tracks of large reptiles of the Mesozoic era a...

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Sajama National Park

The National Park Sajama is located to the Northwest of the Oruro Department in the Sajama Province. The municipalities involved are Turk and Curahuara de Carangas. The park has a surface of 100,230 hectares (1,002 km2).

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Noel Kempf Mercado National Park

The National Park Noel Kempf Mercado has been declared Natural Patrimony of the Humanity by the UNESCO in 2000. It is part of Santa Cruz, (Velasco province) and of Beni. The municipalities involved are San Ignacio of Velasco in Santa Cruz and Baures in Beni. The park borders to the east with Brazil.

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Madidi National Park

Madidi National Park is the world's most biodiverse nature reserve. Spanning an impressive 19000 square kilometers (about 7336 square miles), it has cloud forests, lowland jungle, rivers, streams, swamps. It even has glaciers.

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Cotapata National Park

The National Park Cotapata is located to the Northeast of the city of La Paz, approximately to 20kms away. The park has high mountain range, snowfields, periglacier areas and cloudy humid forest. One of its greater attractions is the pre-Colombian road of the Chucura or Choro or Inca Road that cr...

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Carrasco National Park

Carrasco boasts incredible cloud forests and mountain scenery, deep valleys and canyons, torrential rivers, waterfalls, and exuberant vegetation. There are reports of an uncontacted indigenous group called the Tuki who may live deep within the inaccessible regions of the park. Some of the main at...

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Apolobamba National Park

The National Park Apolobamba is located to the West of the department of La Paz, specifically at the Bautista Saavedra, Franz Tamayo y Larecaja provinces. The park surrounds the municipalities of Pelechuco, Curva, Charazani and Guanay.

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Amboro National Park

The National Park Amboro presents a great scenic beauty: deep valleys, the torrential rivers and the water falls. It is located to the West of Santa Cruz, among the Ichilo, Manuel Maria Caballero, Florida and Andres Ibanez provinces. The archaeological ruins of Samaipata and the pictographs of th...

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Witches' Market

Right in the middle of downtown La Paz, there is the Witches Market. This is one of the main and most impressive attractions within the city limits. This market spreads through three different colonial-style streets, it basically has a series of shops mounted over the sidewalks, some of these sho...