La
Paz Arrival. City tour visiting the most interesting
places in La Paz, typical places like the Witches Market,
artisanal markets, the colonial calle Jaén with its
impressive, residential areas of the south and the well known
Moon Valley , where erosion has given place to the most exotic
and curious surface forms.
Next day, excursion to Tiwanaku archaeological
place. It was the center of a powerful, self-sustaining empire. The roots of
the Tiahuanaco capital can be found in the early village underlying the 1.5-square-mile
civic-ceremonial core.
Traditionally it is thought to have been built by the predecessors of the Inca
Civilization over 2,000 years ago. It is a mysterious ruined city of extremely
ancient origins.
Then a flight will take to Rurrenabaque, the town where the 4 day tour to the
Madidi National Park starts.
Madidi is one of the most biologically diverse protected areas on the planet.
The park is home to over 1,000 bird species, representing a whopping 11% of the
world’s 9,000 bird species.
Madidi is also culturally and historically important. The Madidi landscape is
home to at least seven indigenous groups, as well as more recent mestizo and
colonist arrivals.
More plant and animal species grace Bolivia’s new Madidi National Park
than any other preserve in South America.
Visit to San Miguel del Bala an indigenous community in the
Bolivian Amazon rainforest
on the banks of the Beni River, near Rurrenabaque. San Miguel is a small
community of 32 families. San Miguel is Spanish for Saint Michael. "Bala" means
"bullet" or "Cannon ball".
Returning from Rurrenabaque, follows
and
excursion
to Copacabana
- Sun Island where according the Mythology the Inka Empire founders Manco
Kapac and Mama Ocllo, came into existence. The Sun Island is a high island, with
9.6 Km length and 4.6 Km width, located one hour navigation by boat from Copacabana.
In the Island we can find important archaeological pre-columbian monuments like
Pilkokaina, Chinkana, Yumani and many inka-terraces. Views from the Sun Island
are spectacular.
From La Paz to Cuzco is a pleasant trip, with some visits in the way. Cuzco the
Inca's main city is a town full of history. There are still Inca building remains
and foundations, which have been in some cases been proved to be stronger than
the foundations built in the present day Peru. Among the most noteworthy buildings
of the city is the cathedral of Santo Domingo.
The major nearby Inca sites are Pachacuti's presumed winter
home, the "fortress" at Ollantaytambo and the "fortress" of
Sacsayhuaman in the Sacred Valley of
Incas. Naturally the main attraction is Machupicchu The
site was designated as a World Heritage
Site in 1983 when it was described as "an absolute
masterpiece of architecture and a unique testimony to the Inca
civilization.
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