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A lightweight tripod is essential. How else will your friends and family know you visited such a cool place if you're never in the picture? But also, I found it was crucial to have a tripod when photographing the sunrise on the salar. Other uses might be for shooting star trails. It was way to cold for me to photograph star trails, but the skies were absolutely brilliant and clear in SW bolivia.
Read with interest kim83_50158's travel tips. My family and I just returned from visiting her relatives. We made the mistake of traveling with two suitcases of presents for them plus 3 suitcases of our own -- not counting carry on bags. What a mistake. Besides keeping track of so many bags, the thin air hit us and wore us out with so much "lug"age that first day. We've vowed to give her relatives local stuff next time. Our stuff we'll put in two suitcases and our carry ons. One thing we learned from our first trip is how to dress for the weather: We came in Bolivia's winter, so assuming everywhere we went would be cold, we brought no shorts or tee shirts. Our packing requirements for our next trip is simple: light clothing and shorts for the warmer areas (daytime 60+F), hiking or trail shoes, non-slip street shoes (too much painted cement and polished tile that's slick) - try to avoid...
strong Backpack is a good choice, should be lookable 4 season a day....so be prepared, that has not changed since the 70's wet weather gear..and warm clothing, hiking boot's, personally I was very happy to have bought some Gloves on the Market in Santa Cruz
If you are a backpacker, there´s one tip I can give you:Go to a market and buy a sack for potatoes or something similar and put your backpack inside. If there´s any risk, these are the thiefs that try to open your backpack. Inside of the potato-sack they can´t see very well where to cut it. Besides it cares your backpack very well while travelling with busses and as well in planes. Bring warm clothes, especially for the nights in the "altiplano". The streets are not that good at all, so better use sport shoes or good walking shoes ( I think should be normal when travelling around) nothing special you can´t find in Bolivia as well already too much foto shops in Bolivia, quality is already good
Travel as light as possible, especially if going by bus. And one of the most important things every traveler should have in the third world : gifts for the children. You don't need anything fancy. All I carried was a stack of Disneyworld cards and postcards from New Orleans. Some adults will like them also and it makes for a great way to break the ice in remote locations.
What to take with you depends very much of the season. We ourselves went July, in the winter, the dry season in Bolivia. By day the temperature is comfortable, when walking in the sun (about 20 Celsius). When in the shadow it is immedetiately 4 or 5 degrees colder! We were all day busy putting clothes on and taking them of again. At night temperatures can drop to 10 to 15 degrees below zero (Celsius). So you should bring warm clothing as well as clothing for somewhat warmer weather. Take clothes you can put on in layers. Bring something to protect your lips, and your skin if you have a sensitive skin. The atmosfeer is generally very dry.
We couldn't pack too much as we were going trekking later..but clothing is very cheap in Bolivia, so buy when you are here..it also helps the local economy !! most items seemed available in the many pharmacies all formats of film/batteries were on sale everywhere
Tupisa: Bring good comfortable walking shoes/boots as the best way to explore these canyons is by foot. Tours are available but it's not a big distance from the town and as you'll likely have a few days before your transport outta here, why not take your time and enjoy the scenery!
Most airlines traveling to Bolivia only allow you 2 bags of less than 35 Kilos. American Airlines has a policy of not accepting boxes during the summer and the winter seasons. If you are going to Santa Cruz get your summer clothes and your bathing wear. Bring hicking shoes and something semmidressy to wear when you go out at night.La Paz is cold all year round, so bring winter clothes. There are wonderful wool clothes to buy in La Paz. In the country side around Santa Cruz there are mosquitos, so bring your repelent. You can find very good mosquito repelents in any supermarket in Santa Cruz if you don't feel like traveling with it.
to go into the Yungas zone and the Beni amazonian forest you MUST have very good insect repellers. Don't forget to put on your back jacket, into your hat or cap, on your socks and everywhere exposed body zones. Beni zone is very warm and hot. Your usually clothes are shorts, sport jacket, I recommend to use adecuate shoes for muddy land tracks. Put good water provisions on your boat for daily cruises
Residencial Rosario La Paz
7 Reviews and 210 Opinions Hotel Rosario is pretty nice. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The rooms are very clean and...
Hotel Takya de Sal Uyuni
7 Reviews and 0 Opinions We didn't stay in the Salt Hotel during my visit to Uyuni as our tour did not include the night stay...
Colonial Hotel Potosí
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Q: Hi. Can anyone help me with the best way to get from La Paz to Salar de Uyuni to Arica? We plan to take a 2-4 day tour in...
A: Anna, I don't actually know how to do it but when I did the Salar de Uyuni tour in 2003, there was a Dutch couple that got off at the little station near Laguna Blanco...
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