The most indigenous country nestled at the heart of South America, Bolivia has the highest rates of remote countries in South America. Bolivia is pre dominated by the great range of Andes. Among the tourist Bolivia is known as the 'Tibet of the Americas'. The mysterious and the exotic continent have wide range of scenic beauties and wide number of amazing landscape to explore.
Tourists are welcome to explore the majestic icebound peaks, dense rain forest, and the vast savannas of the Amazon basin. If you are planning for a holiday break at any beautiful location that is well grounded by the breath taking landscapes and climatic condition then Bolivia is the right place to be in. Discover and experience the varied natural environment and the ethnic cultural diversity of the country's locals, generally the locals of Bolivia are of indigenous descent origin.
However, you may find Bolivia as one of the economically poor country but it has the richness of cultural wealth and the varied Amazonian and Andean landscapes and the remnants of mysterious ancient civilizations tops the hit list. La Paz and Santa Cruz forms the two major international airports of Bolivia, majority of the travelers would enter the country for the La Paz- one of the major airport in the world.
As soon as you reach Bolivia you can experience the mark that has been left by the Spanish on the nation's religion, language and architecture. Even though there is an existence of Catholic religion majority of the Bolivians still equally performs offerings to the mountain gods or some strange rituals. Geographically the mighty Andes are studded with snowcapped peaks and stretching up to the height of about 6000 meters. To the north east of Altiplano lie the tropical rainforests and savannas.
Bolivia is one of South America's countries having the most indigenous population on the continent and the existence of such indigenous peoples should excites the travelers to give repeated visit. The locals are mostly shy by nature welcoming their visitors in their colorful traditional dresses. You will be surprise to see how they have still managed to maintain their tradition by staying in traditional houses, using old methods of agriculture, food production for living, wearing traditional clothes made up of ancient techniques of weaving.
Bolivia is paradise of the nature lovers! Large number of varied topography is grounded to support the extraordinary diversity of flora and fauna. Home to over 830 species of bird, Parque Nacional Amboró is a must place to visit. In a way delay in becoming a well known modernize country and lack of infrastructure has become a boon for the environment conservation. The Spanish founds most of the cities in Bolivia. Potosí and Sucre had a past history of American settlement but now the backwaters and the past memories have occupied it.
As a result of mass migration from the countryside places like La Paz and Santa Cruz have develop enormously. It has now become as one of the bustling commercial hub. Tourists can spend their memorable days in the wonderful city of La Paz- the capital city of Bolivia. One can discover the unique cultural combination traditional indigenous and modern urbanism. Sharing borders with Peru the wonderful high-altitude lake of Lago Titicaca is placed near to La Paz. Spend some time while taking part in various activities like rock climbing, mountain biking, trekking at the Cordillera Real- the gigantic range of the Andean peaks.
The deep valleys of the Yungas is all set to take your breath away with its dramatic scenery and sudden changes in the climate condition and vegetation. Enjoy your perfect relaxing destination at the Yungas towns of Coroico and Chulumani. Go for a nice expedition from the La Paz to the Bolivian Amazon. The best visiting place in the Amazon is the town of Rurrenabaque having wildlife-rich Río Yacuma and Parque Nacional Madidi. If you look out from the geographical point of view, you can see that generally the climatic condition of the region varies due to the existence of the high altitude and the topography.
The southern Altiplano situated at the South of La Paz forms the highest plateau stretching for the eastern and western chains of the Andes. Well-known silver mine of tragic city- Potosi will give you an idea about the past legendary and the tragic history of cruelty during the colonial era. The colonial architecture of Cerro Rico is worth visiting. Adventure lovers should try out their expeditions at Uyuni, which has some astonishing places to visit. |