Puno – Tiwanaku – La Paz
Transport from your hotel located in the centre of Puno to Desaguadero. The trip will take approximately 2.5 hours.
Then transport from Desaguadero to La Paz, Tiwanaku visit on route.

VISIT TO TIWANAKU ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE (from Desaguadero to La Paz)
Visit the ruins of Tiwanaku located near Lake Titicaca in western Bolivia. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000, Tiwanaku is an ancient archaeological site named after one of the most important civilizations prior to the Inca Empire. The ruins are made up of impressive architectural structures such as palaces, temples and pyramids, as well as giant monoliths and figurative representations. The site was originally populated as an agricultural village, due to favorable climate with abundant and predictable rain, which made the location ideal for farming and large-scale agriculture. Tiwanaku grew in spiritual and administrative importance and became the heart of the Tiwanaku Empire.

Nowadays, Tiwanaku remains an enigma for science, much of the stone creations defy explanation, posing more questions to archaeologists than answers. For example, the site is strewn with enormous blocks of stone weighing up to 25 tons that no known pre-Columbian culture had the technology to transport. Over 28 centuries, the Tiwanakus created some of the most impressive stone monoliths in the world, engineered an ingenious irrigation system and gained advanced understanding of astronomy and the workings of the sun. The fascinating civilization was truly advanced beyond their years.
Included meals: Lunch

La Paz: City Tour
CITY TOUR WITH CABLE CAR EXPERIENCE & MOON VALLEY (Half day)
Private Services
When you visit the highest capital city of the world, La Paz, you are welcomed by extreme geography, fragrant markets, chaotic streets and colorfully dressed Bolivians roaming around the city. La Paz is known as “Nuestra Señora de La Paz” and is located in Western Bolivia.
During the city tour you will visit the Plaza Murillo where the Bolivian government is based, as well as an important and immense cathedral and the Presidential Palace. There are also very interesting markets to visit such as the “Mercado de las Brujas” where community healers will offer an array of medicinal plants as well as potions, powders, incense, amulets and talismans that ensure good health, luck, beauty and fertility. You will also see locals practicing traditional rituals such as reading the fortune in coca leaves.
Then, you will visit Moon Valley, aptly named, this site is unique for its features of lunar-like landscapes and bizarre geological formations. The Moon Valley is not actually a valley but a maze of canyons and giant spires. The clay and sandstone formations were formed by the erosion of mountains because of strong winds and rains. One of the most breathtaking features of the place is its varied colors ranging from clear beige tones to sections of red and dark purple due to the different mineral content between each individual mountain. Several species of cactus grow among the stalagmites, including the hallucinogenic Choma, or San Pedro cactus.

La Paz has the largest cable car system in the world. It’s a great and handy way of transportation as well as the best way to enjoy the amazing views of the city and its surrounding mountains. Exploring La Paz by cable car is absolutely unique!
Included meals: Breakfast

Uyuni Tour: Salt Flats
Option 1: Morning flight
Transfer from your hotel to the airport in the city of El Alto, about 17.5 km from La Paz and it will take approximately 50 minutes to arrive.
Morning flight to Uyuni.
At arrival to Uyuni, meeting by staff and start of Uyuni tour.

Option 2: Night Bus with morning arrival (depart night before)
Take the night bus La Paz – Uyuni the night before.
The journey takes about 10 hours.
Bus schedule: 21h30 – 06h30 (+1).
Notes:
*Your seat will be on the second floor.
* You will spend the night on board of the bus.

UYUNI SALT FLATS
The tour starts at 10:00 a.m. Today you will visit one of the most remarkable places on earth: Uyuni Salt Flats!
Start your tour with a visit to the emblematic Uyuni Clock and continue your visit to the Train Cemetery, the same ones that date from the 1930s approximately. Then you will go to the community of Colchani, located 20km from the city of Uyuni, to visit the artisanal salt factory and later you will enter the majestic salt flat, where you can see how the salt is collected, as well as the first salt hotel “Playa Blanca”, also Dakar monument, and futher inside, you can make your perspective or optical illusion photo session.
Continue your visit to the Incahuasi Island, quechua word that means “Casa del Inca”, where you can appreciate the majesty of gigant cacti (Echinopsis atacamensis) typical of the place. Then, the last stop in the salt flat to wait for sunset, accompanied by a toast with Andean liqueurs.
Included meals: Breakfast, lunch

Uyuni Tour: Tunupa Volcano and Incahuasi Island
Start of the day with a visit around the Thunupa volcano, which has a height of 5,432 meters above sea level, from the Coqueza community located at the foot of the volcano. Then, you will visit to the indigenous community of Ayque where ruins and “chullpares” or pre-Columbian mummies will be appreciated.

Then return trip to Uyuni with the visit of the Incahuasi Island and its incredible giant cacti en route.

Option 1: Night in Uyuni and flight the following day
Night in Uyuni.
Morning flight the following day.

Option 2: By Night Bus
Transfer from your hotel to the bus station.
Public bus from Uyuni to La Paz. The journey takes about 10 hours.
*Bus schedule: 21h30 – 06h30 (+1).
Notes:
*Your seat will be on the second floor.
* You will spend the night on the bus.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch

La Paz
Option 1: Morning flight to La Paz.
Transfer from your hotel to the airport.
Morning flight to La Paz.
At arrival, transfer to hotel (approximately 50 minutes).

Option 2: Arrival with Night Bus
Transfer from your hotel to the bus station.
*Bus schedule: 21h30 – 06h30 (+1).
Early check in at hotel in La Paz

Rest of the day at leisure.
Included meals: Breakfast

Departure
Transfer from your hotel to the airport in the city of El Alto, about 17.5 km from La Paz. It will take approximately 50 minutes to arrive.
Included meals: Breakfast