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Salar de Uyuni salt flats in Potosi Province, Bolivia (Digital Vision)

Bolivia Overview

Bolivia, a vast, isolated country locked in the heart of South America, seems to encapsulate all that is good and bad about this continent. Blessed with spectacular scenery, huge natural wealth, and a warmhearted people, it is nevertheless plagued by poverty, corruption, and social unrest. Landlocked by the Andes to the south, north, and west, and by the jungle to the east, it is a difficult country to reach and flights are infrequent. To make matters worse, because the air is so thin in La Paz (3,900m/12,792 ft. high), the airport can't accommodate large jet planes. Read More

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Coca Is It!
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Welcome to the new Bolivia, where former coca grower Evo Morales has made the leaf a symbol of his two-year-old government. Now everybody's growing it, everybody's chewing it, and the war on drugs has taken a very strange turn.
Sites Unseen
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Unique, irreplaceable, and still largely unknown—our must-see-now list of the UN's latest World Heritage picks
The Book
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You can't buy it in any store, can't send away for it online, can't meet the author (there are thousands), and you probably won't be able to read it if you do find it, since much of it is written in Hebrew. PATRICK SYMMES follows the trail of an underground global legend: the everywhere-and-nowhere travel bible of Israel's combat-fatigued, footloose vagabond youth.
High Rollin'
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The Lost World: Found
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Exploring the back of beyond in Bolivia's Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado

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GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

Bolivia Ultimate Altitude Training Camp
Global Adventure Guide
from $3500, 14 days
Once in a while an opportunity comes along with all the aspects that make for the experience of a lifetime. ...
Bolivia Mountain Biking
Global Adventure Guide
from $2800, 13 days
Our Bolivia Mountain Biking Tour crosses the mighty Andes mountain chain, riding along the shoulders of sky-scraping volcanoes such as Sajama,...
Altiplano Expedition
G.A.P Adventures
from $2449, 31 days
A month long, jam-packed tour of Peru and Bolivia with unlimited adventure opportunities. The Andean altiplano is a land of intense landscapes and rugged beauty, where indigenous culture is at its most authentic and few tourists venture. ......
South American Explorer
Budget Expeditions by Tucan Travel
from $4653, 112 days
Explore authentic South America and discover everything from ancient Inca ruins to cosmopolitan Latino cities. We visit many popular attractions and...
Bolivian Backroads
Adventure Life Journeys
from $1695, 11 days
Enjoy Hacienda Candelaria, travel across the largest salt flat in the world, and visit the mines of Potosi. ...