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Sucre & Potosi - Colonial Jewels


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Destination: Sucre And Potosi
Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights


Detailed Itinerary:



Day 1
La Paz – Sucre – Potosí (L,D)


Morning flight from La Paz to Sucre, to then take transportation going up from the valleys to the highlands in Potosí (3 hours – 4,070 m). Check in at your hotel.
Start part of the city tour of this nice colonial town, visiting its churches, local market, Potosí was declared Cultural and Natural Heritage Site by the UNESCO, due to the important legacy of colonial time, coming from the mining production in the famous silver mountain of Cerro Rico.

Overnight in Potosí.


Day 2
Potosí – Sucre (B,L)


Visit a mine is an excursion that allows the visitors to experience an unforgettable trip thousands of meters underground, to see the living and working conditions of the Bolivian miners (protective clothing and helmets are provided). The silver mine is in the famous Cerro Rico, once the richest of the world. Then visit also a highlight the Mint House, to complement how important the mining industry was and still is to Potosi and the region.
Afternoon bus trip to Sucre, a 3 hours trip starting in the highlands, with forming valleys that later will drop its waters to the Pilcomayo River, one of the main tributaries of the River of La Plata. Descend to this lower valleys gives you a good perspective of why the Spaniards did change their homes from Potosi to the warmer valleys of Sucre.


Day 3
Sucre (B,L)


Half day city tour, including the visit of:  Casa de la Libertad, where the Act of Independence of Bolivia was signed in 1825;   Bolivar Park, to see examples of the aristocratic tradition of Sucre, with small replicas of the Eiffel Tower and the Arc of Triumph of Paris; the church and museum of La Recoleta, and the museum of Indian Textiles ASUR.
Afternoon visit of the largest tracks and footprints of dinosaurs in the world in Cal Orcko and its Cretacic Park, with 23 original size replicas, with the largest Tiranosaur Rex of 36 m.

Day 4
Sucre – La Paz (B)

Transfer to take your flight back to La Paz with both transfers.



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