Tourist Attractions
Eduardo Avaroa Reserve, Potosi
The Reserve Eduardo Avaroa is located to the South of the Department of Potosi, in the Province South Lipez. It borders to the South with Argentina and to the West with Chile. The Reserve has a surface of 7.147km2.
The Eduardo Avaroa park has an exceptional beauty, the reason why it is considered as one of the most important tourist attractions of Bolivia. It was proposed as Natural Patrimony of the Humanity in 2000, and is the most visited area by tourists (around 30,000 visitors/year). Ecologically it is characterized by the extensive cold deserts and the Altoandina Semidesert field. There are salty lagoons of glacial origin. Among these are the Laguna Colorada and the Laguna Verde. The enormous flamingo colonies constitute another attraction of the park Eduardo Avaroa. The climate is cold and extremely dry.
The vegetation is marked by patches of yaretales and quenua woods, species at present threatened. In the reserve there are 96 species of registered fauna. The most important species are the vicuna, Andean cat or titi, suri, horned stump, choca and the three species of flamencos that nest in enormous colonies. The reserve occupies almost the 40% of the territory of the municipality of San Pablo of Lipez, whose population is only 2,412 inhabitants and concentrated chiefly in the Northeastern region.
The entrance ticket to Eduardo Avaroa's Reserve is 150 Bs.- = 22 usd.
Recommended Tours:
San Pedro de Atacama - Eduardo Avaroa National Park - San Pedro de Atacama Day Tour, Full Day
Private tour San Pedro de Atacama - Eduardo Avaroa National Park - Uyuni Salt Flat, 2 Days, 1 Night
Uyuni Salt Flat and Thunupa Volcano Private Tour, Full Day
Private Tour from Calama to the Salar de Uyuni, 3 Days, 2 Nights
Private Tour Majestic Uyuni Salt Flat, 1 Full Day
Uyuni Salt Flat - Eduardo Avaroa National Park - San Pedro de Atacama Private Tour , 2 Days, 1 Night
Private Tour Uyuni Salt Flat and Colored Lagoons, 3 Days, 2 Nights
San Pedro de Atacama - Uyuni - Calama Private Tour, 3 Days, 2 Nights
Private Tour Salar de Uyuni - Sunset , Stargazing and Sunrise, 1 Full Day, 1 Night
San Pedro de Atacama to Uyuni Shared Tour, 3 Days, 2 Nights
Salar de Uyuni - Calama Private Tour, 3 Days, 2 Nights
Private Tour from San Pedro de Atacama to the Salar de Uyuni, 3 Days, 2 Nights
Private Tour San Pedro de Atacama - Salar de Uyuni - San Pedro de Atacama, 3 Days, 2 Nights
Private Tour Uyuni Salt Flat and Minor Lagoons, 2 Days, 1 Night
Twighlight reflections and Tunupa Vulcano - 2 Days / 1 Night, 2 Days, 1 Night
Private Tour Uyuni Salt Flat and Lagoons - San Pedro de Atacama, 3 Days, 2 Nights
Majestic Uyuni Salt Flat Shared Tour, 1 Full Day
Uyuni Salt Flat and Lagoons Shared Tour, 3 Days, 2 Nights
La Paz - Uyuni Salt Flat Full day - La Paz Shared Tour by Bus, 1 Full Day, 2 Nights
Uyuni Salt Flats - Biking - Sunset and Stargazing, 1 Full Day
Private Tour La Paz - Uyuni - La Paz, 3 Days, 4 Nights
La Paz - Uyuni Salt Flat - La Paz Shared Tour by Bus, 3 Days, 4 Nights
La Paz - Uyuni Salt Flat - La Paz Shared Tour by Train, 5 Days, 4 Nights
La Paz - Uyuni Salt Flat - La Paz Shared Tour by Plane, 3 Days, 4 Nights
Uyuni Salt Flat - Lagoons and San Pedro de Atacama (Chile), 3 Days, 2 Nights
Private Tour Uyuni Salt Flat and Lagoons - Calama, 3 Days, 2 Nights
Private Tour Sucre - Uyuni Salt Flat and Lagoons , 5 Days, 4 Nights
Andinism on Volcanoes in Uyuni, 6 Días
Private Tour Uyuni Salt Flat and Lagoons - Potosi or Sucre, 3 Days, 3 Nights
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