Best of Southern Bolivia: Sucre, Potosi, Cerro Rico, Tarija, Tupiza & the Amazonian Frontier : A 2026 First-Person Guide
Browse more guides: Bolivia travel | Americas destinations Best of Southern Bolivia: Sucre, Potosi, Cerro Rico, Tarija, Tupiza & the Amazonian Frontier : A 2026 First-Person Guide I have walked the cobblestones of Sucre at 2810 metres watching the dome of San Felipe Neri glow rose at sunset. I have ducked into the tunnels of Cerro Rico at 4090 metres with miners who chew coca and pour libations of pure alcohol to El Tio, the underworld guardian of the silver mountain. I have stood in a vineyard outside Tarija at 1900 metres, sipping a glass of Singani while the Andes turn copper across the valley. I have ridden a horse through the red canyons of Tupiza where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid took their last payroll in 1908. And I have flown across the green roof of Noel Kempff Mercado at the Brazilian border, watching the Catarata Arcoiris fall 88 metres into pristine rainforest. Southern Bolivia is the part of the country most travellers fly over on their way to Salar de Uyun...