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Excursions
The Escuela Runawasi organizes a number of optional excursions to areas
throughout Bolivia. You might want to take advantage of organized trips to
the following locations, or go exploring on your own!
Tunari | Photos
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One-day excursion to Tunari mountain, with 5' 200 m the highest mountain of
the Tunari Cordillera, which limits the city of Cochabamba at the north. It
is the habitat of condors, vicuñas, lamas, vizcachas, Andean geese and many
others.
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Incallajta | Photos
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Is the biggest complex of inca ruins found until now in Bolivia (ca. 25 ha).
The main building is a hall of 81 to 27 m. The construction method of
Incallajta follows the classical Inca model: a strategically situated
peninsula surrounded by three rivers and dominated by a fortified mountain.
(Archeology in Cochabamba - UMSS).
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Incachaca | Fotos
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The Quechua name means "Inca bridge". It was part of the Inca trail to the
tropical lowlands. It is in the cloud forest, an exuberant subtropical
jungle, at aprox. 2.600 m, in the yungas region of Cochabamba.
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Tropical rainforest of Cochabamba | Photos
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Three days in the tropical rainforest of Cochabamba. Bathing in rivers and
creeks, hikes through the jungle, observing wild life.
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Torotoro | Photos
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Is a national park with an enchanted landscape. It has caverns with
stalactites and stalagmites, dinosaur footprints, giant turtle fossils ,
cave drawings, precolumbian fortresses. It is 4- 5 hrs by car and 20 min. by
plane from Cochabamba
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Catavi | Photos
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Three days in the mining center Catavi-Siglo XX, that at a time was one of
the biggest tin producers of the occidental world. It is a field trip with a
guide, with emphasis on Bolivian history and actuality about this legendary
mine and its region.
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La Paz | Photos
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La Paz is the highest de facto capital of the world, situated between 3' 200
and 4' 000 m above sea level, between immense plains and majestic mountains.
It is a cosmopolitan city, full of contradictions; with a mostly aymara
population and a vast cultural and architectural diversity. The Illimani,
symbol of La Paz, rises protecting this impressing city, center of commerce,
finance and government.
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Tiwanaku | Photos
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Tiwanaku is considered the most important culture of the precolumbian period
in Bolivian territory and in South America. In the course of two millenaries
it achieved important advances in science and art. Proofs are the
cultivation and irrigation techniques in semi subterranean fields
(camellones), and on terraces at the hill sides. Also surprises their
architecture where they put on record astronomical knowledge molded
delicately into different types of lithic materials. Its capital, also
called Tiwanaku, is situated at 70 km west of La Paz at an altitude of 3'
845 m above sea level. (Archeol.. Guide Bolivia, Archeol. Javier Escalante
M.)
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Sucre | Photos
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Known as the "White City of the Americas", it is the historic and legal
capital of Bolivia, which has maintained its colonial character. Its
university attracts students from all over Bolivia and the neighbor
countries. Its museums, culture and handicrafts make a visit memorable. A
mute witness, protagonist of the region's history, a deity for the native, a
1' 400 year old cedar tree can be visited in the garden of the Recoleta
Museum. On Sundays, Tarabuco becomes a market and meeting place for the
magnificently dressed Tarabuqueños, descendents of the Yamparaez warriors,
who defeated the Spanish conquerors in several occasions.
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Potosi | Photos
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Founded in 1545, during the colony Potosí was the most important town of the
continent, bigger than London or Paris at that time. The town is dominated
by the Cerro Rico - the Rich Mountain, where hundreds of thousand men, the
native mitayos and the black slaves, imported from Africa, disappeared. The
visitor of this town-museum will feel moved to the Middle Age. Nearby are
the hot springs of Tarapaya, a volcano lagoon, which distributes its water
to several thermal resorts.
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Salar of Uyuni| Fotos
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The salar of Uyuni is the biggest salt desert of the world, at 4`000 m above
sea level. There are islands covered with giant cactur. To the south,
incredible volcanic landscapes with geisers and fumaroles, and lagoons
changing colours, fill the visitor with admiration and astonishment.
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PLEASE NOTE For excursions to the rainforest, and trips to the tropical
lowlands, or to some neighbor countries, a yellow fever vaccination is
necessary.
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