Luxury Vacations in Bolivia

Like the vast white salt flats at Uyuni, landlocked Bolivia shimmers in the memories of its visitors. They will remember Lake Titicaca, a hanging sea in the Andes, and Sajama volcano, its frozen tip glinting through the steam of geysers and thermal springs.

The Laguna Colorada sears itself in the mind, flamingos wading in the coral-colored shallows, while off-the-beaten-track Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has it all: open cerrado, thundering waterfalls, the promise of jaguar sightings. Bolivia’s cities, meanwhile, are a heady, revelatory experience, where merchants trade herbs and talismans in the shadow of Spanish-era cathedrals, and brightly woven ponchos flutter from market stalls. At almost 12,000 feet, La Paz clamors on the shoulders of the Altiplano plateau, the closest capital in the world to heaven. It’s a thrilling riot of people, parks and parades, where the thin Andean air sizzles with the scent of beef anticuchos. It’s not just the altitude – Bolivia itself will leave you breathless.