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    Luxury Bolivia Family Tours
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    A bespoke Bolivia family adventure
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    Salar de Uyuni

    See the world’s largest salt flats

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    Lake Titicaca

    Stand on sacred islands with Inca ruins

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    La Paz

    Explore the highest capital in the world

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    Sucre

    Learn about textiles and Indigenous

    Luxury Bolivia family tours: otherworldly scenery and rich culture

    Bolivia offers an extraordinary journey through incredibly diverse landscapes: windswept high altitudes eventually give way to lush tropical lowlands, via cities that are rich in tradition and culture.

    Visiting the high-altitude city of La Paz is an adventure. It’s situated in a deep canyon with the snow-capped Cordillera Real mountains all around. Experience walking tours that lead to lessons on traditional herbs and medicines in markets, and then hop aboard the Teleférico cable car that promises excellent city views.

    From La Paz you can access two completely different ecosystems: the Amazon rainforest and the wildlife-rich Pampas wetlands. While in the Amazon children can spot pink river dolphins and capybaras.

    Just a few hours away are the Bolivian shores of Lake Titicaca at 3,812 metres (12,507 feet). Your private guide will take you on boat trips to visit sacred Inca ruins and islands where Indigenous communities live on handwoven platforms. Further south, the Salar de Uyuni – the world’s largest salt flat – stretches as far as the eye can see. During the wet season you might spot flamingoes in the surrounding lagoons, when a thin layer of water transforms the flats into a giant mirror, blurring the line between earth and sky.

    Near the eastern edge of the Altiplano, the town of Sucre, with its whitewashed buildings and chocolate museums, sits at a more comfortable elevation for acclimatising. Meanwhile, in the eastern lowlands, the economic powerhouse of Santa Cruz – warm, modern and tropical – offers a striking contrast to high-altitude destinations, and families who want to avoid the high elevation of La Paz can access the Amazon from here instead.

    Talk to your travel designer about combining your Bolivia family adventure with Peru and Machu Picchu, or Chile and the Atacama Desert.

    Highlights

    Take a private hydrofoil to Moon Island, or Isla de la Luna, a small, sacred island on Lake Titicaca

    Discover the extreme high altitude landscape of Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve with its puna desert, active volcanos and hot springs

    Soak in stunning panoramic views of La Paz and the surrounding mountains from the Teleférico La Paz – El Alto aerial cable car

    Stay in Airstream deluxe campers on Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flats

    Enjoy a private transfer from Santa Cruz through a breathtaking landscape to the pre-Incan site of El Fuerte (the fortress)

    There’s nowhere else quite like Bolivia in the world – for geography or culture – and many of the places you’ll visit feel genuinely off the beaten path. Bolivian culture is a wonderful mix of Indigenous, European and Andean influences, and there’s a packed calendar of festivals and celebrations to experience.

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    Delfina Russo

    Travel Designer

    Luxury family-friendly accommodation in Bolivia

    There are many incredible places to stay in Bolivia. Here are some of our favourites, handpicked by our travel designers:

    Why book with Jacada?

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    Personalised design

    We’ll plan your trip around your specific interests, tastes and preferences, providing helpful tips and honest advice based on first-hand knowledge of the destination.

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    Authentic experiences

    Our expert guides and brilliant travel concierges are hand-picked to provide a genuine experience, bringing your destination to life with care and passion.

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    Responsible travel

    Our luxury trips are designed with responsible travel principles that prioritise travel experiences that are both good for you and good for the planet.

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    Whatever you want from your Bolivia tour, our team of expert travel designers are ready to help.

    Where to go in Bolivia

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    Eduardo Avaroa Reserve

    At Bolivia’s southernmost tip, bordering Chile and Argentina, the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve is an otherworldly protected area at an altitude between 4,200 metres (13,800 feet) and 5,400 metres (17,700 feet).

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    La Paz

    In the shadow of Mount Illimani’s immense triple snow-capped peaks and at altitudes reaching 4,000 metres (13,100 feet), Bolivia’s cultural capital has earned the moniker ‘Tibet of the Americas’.

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    Santa Cruz

    Located beyond the last Andean foothills in the tropical lowlands, Santa Cruz is Bolivia's economic powerhouse. This isolated frontier town until the mid-20th century is now the country’s largest city.

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    Sucre

    Sucre, also known historically as Charcas, La Plata and Chuquisaca, is Bolivia’s constitutional capital and symbolic heart, considered by many the nation’s most beautiful city.

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    Titicaca

    As one of the world's highest lakes, shared between Bolivia and Peru, beautiful Lake Titicaca rightly claims the title ‘Sea in the Sky’.

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    Uyuni Salt Flats

    Arguably Bolivia’s most stunning landscape, the Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt flat in the world, a patterned crust of salt left behind by evaporated prehistoric lakes.

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    When to visit Bolivia

    May to October offers the best time to visit Bolivia, with dry weather and warmer temperatures throughout. The Bolivian winter in the highlands can be very cold, with temperatures dropping below freezing at night in places like the Altiplano and Salar de Uyuni, especially in June and July.

    The dry season from April to October is ideal for sightseeing, trekking, mountain biking and outdoor activities in the highlands. Visit from November to March, however, and you’ll see the flooded Salar de Uyuni transformed into a giant mirror, as well as lush Amazon scenery.

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    Carnaval de Oruro

    February–March

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    Highlands trekking

    April–October

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    Lake Titicaca

    April–October

    When is the Best Time to Visit Bolivia?

    When is the Best Time to Visit Bolivia?

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    Plan your trip to Bolivia

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    If you book to travel with us but your plans are impacted by circumstances you can’t control, we’ll change your reservation or cancel your booking for a full credit towards future travel.

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