Bolivia travel directory and tour supplier index

Sections:

Travel planners
General information to help plan a better trip, country`s weather and what to pack currency, getting their, customs, visas & vaccinations, culture, wildlife and other tools to help prepare your vacation.

Lodging
A guide to hostels, bed and breakfasts, hotels, residences, country inns, haciendas, estancias, homestays, and all other properties that can offer lodging during your stay.

Restaurants
Dining is an important part of every trip, we try to make it easy with our comprehensive guide of restaurants, bars and cafe´s.

Transportation Suppliers
How do you get to your next tour? Is it necessary to take a flight or can I go by bus? - these questions are answered & how to overland with some important tips.

Cruise Lines
Find those unique river and ocean cruises on small specialty yachts, gullets, sailboats, catamaran´s, schooners and expedition ships. Navigate into small fjords, lakes, rivers, archipelagos and hidden nature reserves. Book from the boat owners.

Bolivia Tour Operators, travel wholesalers and adventure outfitters.
Looking for a unique trip tailor made to your needs, find local operators that are all about custom vacations. Find a travel wholesaler near your home, they can offer realtime support in planning your travel itinerary and can assist you in planning multiple excursions and multi-country tours due to their partnerships with many local suppliers. White water rafting, trekking, mountain biking, mountain climbing and other multisport and specialty outfitters all in listed in our directory for your convenience.

Bolivia Travel services and Attractions
Main tourist attractions, hidden treasures and hints on what to see and explore when visiting this beautiful country.

Spanish Schools
Learn Spanish with native speakers, you get to travel and have a good time, meet new friends.

A Travel guide to Bolivia

Bolivia land of Andean music, the Altiplano, Uyuni salt fields, Amazon, cradle of pre - Incan cultures and of course Titicaca lake.

General Information about Bolivia

Capital city

La Paz (Administrative) and Sucre (Constitutional):

Official Language: Spanish, Quechua and Aymara.

Government Type: Democratic.

Religion: 90 % Catholics, but freedom of worship is guaranteed by law.

Environment: A safe country. Index of robbery and theft to tourists is the lowest in South America, Bolivia is probably the safest country of Latin America.

Shopping : Distinctive handicrafts at bargaining prices, gold, silver, alpaca wool, etc.

Altitude: Eat and drink moderately and take your time at first.

Seasons: Rainy from December to March, rest of the year mild and sunny.

Monetary: 6.7 Bolivianos per American Dollar.

Business Hour: 9:00 to 12:00 in the morning, 14:30 to 18:30 in the afternoon. Government and some financial institutions are now working strait from 08:30 to 16:30.

Local Time: 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), Bolivian Time is constant throughout the year and throughout the country.

Electric currency: La Paz runs on 220V and 110V current. The rest of the country is 220V, the current is in 50 cycles AC.

Accommodation: From first-class hotels to typical lodgings.

Entrance Ways: By air with several carriers, operating to Bolivia. However, the most attractive and usual way to enter Bolivia is from Peru, crossing the Sacred Lake of the Incas by catamaran. A Titikaka Catamaran Cruise Line offers daily connections from Cusco/Puno to La Paz.

Holidays: New Years day - January 1st.
Carnival - Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.
Good Friday - Friday before Easter.
Labor Day - May 1.
Corpus Christi - 60 days after Good Friday.
Independence Day - August 6.
All Saints Day - November 2.
Christmas Day - December 25.

Search through our websites theme or country sections to find a travel supplier for your next trip

Responsible Tourism

The below section on our home page has been reserved to post news regarding community travel projects, these are efforts by indigenous communities and families to promote their surroundings, this benefits not only the people directly involved but all of us as well. Many hectares of rainforest are saved every year because and Amazon tribe decides to stop cutting trees and run their own lodge. If you have a community project you want us to promote for free, please email us all the details at:
editor@southamericatour.net

Rural based tourism in Bolivia

Coming soon we are looking forward to promote a responsible tourism operator in this area for free.

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