Samaipata Hotels - Reviews and Rates

A wonderful few days spent in Samaipata with some of the guys from Jodanga; as they had been volunteering for the last month in a childrenīs centre in Santa Cruz it felt almost like a summer holiday! We stayed at the fabulous Posada del Sol, where we were well looked after by the owners Trent and Maria who honstely served the best breakfast in t...

Isnīt it funny how places work. How you judge them and how one person can hate a place and another person love it? Well Santa Cruz feels to me much more relaxed than the rest of Bolivia to me. I suppose this feeling started on the plane (well maybe even at the airport when two 7 and 9 year old girls befriended me), then on the plane, the two men...

El Fuerto (The Fort) Taxi up the mountain and through a river. Went to a bar on the night with Lou, Olley and an English lad who was doing some volunteering work looking after horses in Samaipata.We put the world to rights, talked about life, religion and why we are here. Im sure we worked out the key to the universe but we got very drunk and I ...

Caught a taxi wth two Italian guys for the 2.5 hours drive from Santa Cruz to Samaipata, south west of Santa Cruz. The drive took us through some spectacular scenery, which reminded us both of Scotland & Ireland. The taxi was rediculously cheap, it costs us 2 quid each for the 2.5 hours! First thing that we noticed when we got to Samaipata and w...

We got a shared taxi out to Samaipata, a couple of hours away. Great way to travel and only twice the price of the really cheap bus (2 quid each). The journey was superb, through beautiful scenery that kept Farah busy snapping away. The town itself is a little higher up which suited Farah down to the ground. Despite the fact that sheīs originall...

Hello Everyone I hope you are all well. Itīs been quite some time since I wrote last and this will be a long one so best to sit down with a cup of tea and a large plate of biscuits! Last time I wrote to you, it was summer in England, winter in Australia and blisteringly hot in Panama. Now everoneīs moved on a season and bizzarely we are back int...