Bolivia holidays

Holiday highlights

•   La Paz is Bolivia's capital, nestled in a deep canyon and home to more indigenous people than anywhere else in Latin America.
•   La Paz’s famous witches’ market is an unmissable spectacle that is ghoulish and fascinating in equal measure. The capital’s old quarter is lined with shops piled high with amulets, potions and herbs that purport to cure every ailment from baldness to infertility. Sorcerers and witches cast spells and sell charms such as lama foetuses (buried under most Bolivian houses) to bring prosperity. Not for the faint-hearted!
•   Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat, is a vast sea of white that mesmerises with its brilliance. It is reputed to contain a staggering 10 billion tons of salt up to 10 metres thick.
•   Discover the ancient tribe of the Uros, who live on unique floating islands on the Lake Titicaca.
•   The pilgrimage town of Copacabana houses a shrine to Bolivia’s patron saint, the Basilica of Our Lady
of Copacabana.
•   UNESCO World Heritage city Sucre lies in an elevated valley surrounded by low mountains.

The Essentials
•   Dress respectably while visiting churches and monasteries.
•   Bolivians have a different concept of personal space than Westerners, so don’t be surprised if they stand closer than you'd expect.
•   Always use a knife and fork while eating – even bananas!