The Cordillera Real of the Andes is Bolivian most imposing mountain range.
It stretches for 160km/100mi from the near the city of La Paz all the way to the village of Sorata. Has 6 mountains over 6000m/19,600ft and offers climbing destinations for various levels of experience. In remote times, pre-Inca and Inca cultures designed trails through many of the valleys and villages of the Andes, cloud forest and tropics in Bolivia. Nowadays, these trails make for fascinating treks, where you can enjoys breathtaking glacial landscapes giving way to thick, virgin cloud forest and visit communities, many of which remain unchanged for thousands of years. Most of the country's pre-colonial trails lay in this Cordillera, making it optimum for trekking
activities from 2 to 15 days long. Most of our biking tours also take place
in the slopes and valleys of the Cordillera Real.

The Cordillera Apolobamba runs from Charazani village and the Acamani sacred
mountain all the way to the border with Peru. It hosts several quechua villages and the Kallawaya, medicine men of the Andes who use a blend of herbs and magic to heal the sick. The wonderful Apolobamba trek covers the distance between Curva, a village located near Charazani, and Pelechuco, the hometown of Karl Franck, the lord of rubber and gold of the region north of La Paz in the early 1900´s and the gateway to the tropics to the north of Bolivia. The trek covers most of the Apolobamba National Park.

The Cordillera Occidental is near the border with Chile and host extinct snowcapped volcanoes.. This is where where the Sajama, is located. The other two mountains that are climbed in the area are the Payachatas (the twins); Parinacota and Pomerata. Normally, the Sajama is the last climb in Bolivia being the it's highest peak with 6549m/21,486ft. The area also offers several trekking opportunities n the Sajama Natonal Park, filled with grazing vicuñas and alpacas, queñua tree forest and old adobe churches.

In contrast to the heavy depredation in some South American countries, the
Bolivian part of the Amazon Forest remains comparatively intact. The National Parks of Bolivia cover close to 35% of its territory. They contain regions with the seventh most bio diversity in the planet. Among them is the Madidi National Park. The Madidi protects 4,500,000 acres (1,850,000 has.) and is home to over 1,200 bird species, 45% of all New World species of mammals and 48% of the amphibians. The tropical Andes where the Madidi is located is a critical hotspot for endemic plants. Inside the Madidi National Park seats the Chalalan lodge owned and operated entirely by native Tacanas.

Chalalan is probably the best community based project conducted by Conservation International.

The Uyuni salt flat is the most precious gem in the Bolivian altiplano. The Salar de Uyuni with its 10,500 square meters and 120 kms/75miles of length, is conformed by 11 geological layers that vary in thickness between the 2 and 20 m/65ft. The amount of salt that exists in the Salar is estimated at 64.000 million tons. It also contains enormous amounts of boron, chlorine, magnesium, sodium, potassium and strontium. Near it's middle point is located the Incahuasi Island with it's 20m/ft endemic cactuses and one of the most exciting views in the world. To the south of the Uyuni salt flat, in the Eduardo Avaroa nature reserve are the gorgeous laguna Verde and
laguna Colorada, host of 3 varieties of flamingoes. In the Eduardo Avaroa national park one can find So l de Mañana with it's gushing geysers, arbol de piedra rock formations and extinct volcanoes.

Potosi and Sucre are the colonial gems of Bolivia, both offer a look to the Bolivian past since the early 1500's. Potosi represents the mining hardware that fed Spain with tremendous amounts of silver from the Cerro Rico. Sucre, founded in 1538, was the residential city where the rich public officials miners and landlord inhabited. It was declared by the Unesco as a " Cultural patrimony of Humanity"

In our guided tours, we provide:

Local guides:
-Mountain guides trained by France's ENSA with many years of experience
climbing mountains in Bolivia. (Max. ratio guide - client, 1:3)
-Bilingual trekking guides, with an incomparable experience of the Bolivian
culture and nature.
-Trained drivers

Equipment:
- 4 season Mountain tents
- Base camp dinner tent
- Tables and chairs
- Pulse oxymeters
- Complete first aid kit
- VHF and UHF radios
- Water purifier at base camp

Food:
Our meals are varied and include pancakes, fruit and eggs for breakfast. A variety of local and international dishes according to the type of activity that being conducted. Vegetarian menus are available.Mules, horses and
Llamas:We work with the local community's arrieros and porters.

Transportation:
-Vehicles. In our trips we use the best qualified ground transportation, according to the road conditions and altitudes. We keep a fleet of Toyota
Land Cruiser and Nissan Patrol4x4's and medium capacity buses that are maintained more rigorously than suggested by the manufacturers.
-Bikes: model "TREK" brand American made front suspension, disk brake bikes.