Backpacking Bolivia: 12 best places to visit
The most rewarding stops for backpackers in Bolivia, ranked and mapped. Tap any place to drop it into a free, day-by-day route built around how you actually travel.
Plan a Bolivia trip- 1
Salar de Uyuni
Potosi
The mirror-like salt flats.
- 2
La Paz
La Paz
Cable cars over a canyon city.
3
Copacabana
La Paz
Lake Titicaca beach town.
4
Sucre
Chuquisaca
White colonial capital.
5
Isla del Sol
La Paz
Sacred Inca island in the lake.
6
Death Road
La Paz
The infamous downhill ride.
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Potosi
Potosi
Historic silver-mine city.
- 8
Rurrenabaque
Beni
Amazon and pampas gateway.
9
Tupiza
Potosi
Red-rock canyons and horses.
10
Samaipata
Santa Cruz
Ruins and cloud-forest valley.
11
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Bolivia's lowland boom city.
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Toro Toro National Park
Potosi
Caves, canyons, dinosaur tracks.
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