Samaipata - We will travel by road around 3 hours from Santa Cruz into the mountains around Samaipata. Along the way, we will encounter representative samples of Yungas cloud forests.
The highlight of the day is a 3-hours walk in a forest of tree ferns near Samaipata. Possibly one of the areas in the world with the highest concentration of these primitive organisms, giving a glimpse to how the world looked like during the Carboniferous period.
We will spend the night in Samaipata, a picturesque and welcoming town situated at 1400 meters above sea level. The village invites you to short strolls through its charming streets. With a wide array of restaurants and lodging establishments, it provides a perfect setting for a delightful break.
- Lodging is included.
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Airfares to/from Santa Cruz (Bolivia)
- Alcoholic beverages and other personal expenses
- Individual travel or health insurance
Bolivia’s “Elbow of the Andes” is an area of great biological significance, one of the hotspots with higher levels of diversity and endemism on Earth. We are the only operator offering comprehensive visits to this remote and largely unexplored area. Our guides, local naturalists, will help you understand both nature and culture.
We will traverse paved and unpaved roads through stunning scenery, doing short walks to creeks, ravines, and rock outcrops. We will explore the wet Bolivian-Tucuman forest, Chaco-Serrano dry forests, and the unique inter-Andean valleys, each one drier than the previous one. We will visit the only known wild populations of the endemic palm Parajubaea, the rare Cardenasiodendron endemic tree, and one of the few locations with Puya raimondii, the largest bromeliad on Earth. With luck, we will also spot endemic bird species, like the red-fronter paraba and other fauna.
Dates:
November 2023 (cacti floration)
April/May 2024 (end of wet season)
Duration: 11 days
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.