Uyuni, Potosi & Sucre

• 6 days

DAY 1: La Paz / Uyuni

Trip from La Paz going southwest through the highlands in bus to Oruro (3 ½ hours), then train to Uyuni (6-7 hours), crossing a large portion of the highlands. Overnight in hotel.

DAY 2: Full day Uyuni Salt Flats

Trip to Colchani, to see locals producing salt, enter this natural wonder of nature with over 10,000 km2, crossing to “Isla Incahuasi” (2 hours), a special habitat of volcanic rock and giant cactus. Then north to see the mummies of Coquesa in the foothills of the Tunupa volcano. Return to Uyuni (2 hours), overnight in hotel.

DAY 3: Uyuni / Potosi City Tour

Bus trip crossing branches of the Andes Range with great landscapes, old mines and Indian villages to Potosi (4 hours). In the afternoon visit of the colonial city, seeing the Mint House, colonial churches and the local market.

DAY 4: Cerro Rico Mines / Sucre

Visit a mine to see remains of the silver production in the famous Silver Mountain. Afternoon bus to Sucre (3 hours), nice colonial city, set in the lower valleys.

DAY 5: Sucre City Tour

Half day city tour, visiting the cathedral and church of la Recoleta and its museums, the cemetery, and the Indian Textile museum of ASUR. Pm at leisure.

DAY 6: Sucre / La Paz

You will be collected from your hotel at the appropriate time and transferred to the airport for your onward flight.

Chimu Adventures undertakes a number of sustainability measures within its operations including:

1) Only using local guides and office staff to both maximise local employment opportunities and minimise carbon footprints. Local guides also ensure you benefit from the intimate knowledge, passion and culture of the country you’re visiting.

2) Where possible, using locally owned and operated boutique hotels to maximise the return to the local community.

3) Chimu’s “Pass it on” programme has provided funding to hundreds of local community projects in Latin America. Our aim is to empower local communities, helping them to develop their own infrastructure for the future. Since 2006, we have been working with Kiva (a well-known Non-Governmental Organisation), providing hundreds of loans to local businesses all over South America.

4) In our pre tour information we provide a range of tips and advice on how to minimise your impact on both local environments and communities.

5) Chimu Adventures’ offices also take a number of sustainability measures including carbon offsets for company vehicles and most staff travel. Chimu Adventure’s internal processes are also structures to create a paperless office and to reduce waste. There are also internal programmes to help staff minimise their carbon footprint such as our staff bike purchase assistance plan which encourages office staff to commute to work via bicycle. Currently almost half of our office based staff commute to work via bicycle.