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Hi, The key thing to remember is that bus travel in Bolivia is quite slow and prone to road blocks etc, so you can't rely on it too much. Therefore, I think you need to prioritise what you want to see and do and concentrate on them and if you get to fit in other things it will be an advantage. I put your start and end points in the timeframe below, and worked around these (realistically!)
19th August = arrive midday in La Paz, sightsee in the daytime, book Death Rd & Rurrenabaque, nightlife in the evening
20th August = Death Road bike ride - they leave at 7am and last most of the day, so be careful with how much you enjoy the La Paz nightlife the night before!
I didn't go to Rurrenabaque, but having looked into it, it seems it's a 14 hour bus journey from Coroico (where the Death Rd journey ends). I know some people who did this and they were gone a couple of days, so I'd advise allowing for that. The flights also only seem to run on certain days, so if you're really wanting to do this, you'll have to find this all out in La Paz on the 19th. I also read that the flights are often cancelled in the rainy season.
Based on that info, I'd say you'd be looking at arriving in Rurrenabaque on the morning of 21st August (if there is a bus leaving Coroico on the afternoon of the 20th, and if it's not cancelled) A couple of days jungle trekking means you'd be leaving around 24th August to fly back to La Paz (if the plane is running that day, and if it's not cancelled)
24th August = if all the above goes to plan, and you are in La Paz on the 24th, then you could get a flight to Uyuni (via Sucre). Say you arrive in Uyuni on the 24/25th, you'll need to get on a salt flat tour that starts and ends in Uyuni. This will take 3 days, and you'll have to be back in Uyuni on the 28th August. It's 5 hours by bus to Potosi, so at a push you might be able to squeeze it in, but in reality I think you'll be getting another flight and having another night in La Paz.
29th August = need to be in La Paz, and en-route to airport.
30th August = flight at 8:30am back to Lima - I don't know what airport you mean, but given my experience of buses in Bolicia and Peru, don't rely on 6 hours - aim to be there on the 29th, the 30th doesn't count given the time of your flight.
I haven't included everything in your list, because I even have concerns about the times suggested above, just because of the time it takes to get around and the unreliability factor.
If Lake Titicaca is high on your list of things to do, then you'll have to cut out Rurrenabaque or the salt flats. Both these trips are a couple of days long, so if you cut out one, then you should have time to do everything else and enjoy more of the La Paz nightlife if that's what you want.
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10 days in Bolivia
Aug 12 2009, 04:35 PM
