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Department of Bolivia
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La Paz Department is situated on the Altiplano at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with Peru. It contains the mighty mountain range of Cordillera Real with many popular treks and peaks for climbing. Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the Yungas, the steep eastern slopes of the Andes that make the transition to the Amazon basin. It also contains the city of La Paz, the administrative capital of the country.
The region borders both Chile and Peru, to and from which there are international bus services. It's also popular to enter from Cochabamba to the east and Oruro to the south.
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The capital city.
Chulumani is a town in South Yungas region of the La Paz department of Bolivia. You can relax there and go to explore the surroundings, including some nice coca fields.
A popular resort town on the shores of Lake Titicaca on a small peninsula that is actually contiguous with Peru. It actually gave the famous beach in Rio de Janeiro its name. It is home to an impressive cathedral.
A town at the end of the "Death Road" and "El Choro Trek" with nice weather and a resort feel to it.
A tiny border town shared with Peru.
A practically unknown town with secret valleys, and elfin forests at the beginning of the Coca Trail—though, a little quiet.
San Miguel del Bala is an indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon rainforest on the banks of the Beni River, near Rurrenabaque. Its nearest neighbour is the Madidi National Park, which is world famous as one of the places on earth with the widest biodiversity.
A lively mountain village with many trails and mountain hiking around it, reaching as far as Rurrenabaque and as high as 6,000 m.
Yampupata is a peninsula, a strait and a village on Lake Titicaca, Bolivia. The village is mostly a quick stop for people choosing the hard way (walking) between Isla del Sol and Copacabana.
An abandoned ski resort, now a ghost town
"The world's easiest 6,000 m peak" and a national park close to La Paz.
Isla del Sol ("Island of the Sun") is the largest island on Lake Titicaca, and part of Bolivian territory. An ancient holy site of the Inca, it's easily reachable from Copacabana.
Madidi National Park is in the northwest of the La Paz Department of Bolivia.
Tiwanaku is an archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage site in the La Paz Department of Bolivia.
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Nature & adventureBolivia has spectacular natural scenery and astounding biodiversity, both of which are protected in its national parks, monuments, sanctuaries and biosphere reserves.
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ItinerariesThe Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Chiquitania region of Bolivia's department of Santa Cruz.
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ItinerariesEl Choro Trek is a 57-km trekking route in the La Paz department of Bolivia.
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