Custom itineraries
Join two journeys, stretch one, or name what you want to see. We shape it into one smooth route.
Visit · Explore Bolivia
Come and see it for yourself.
Come as a traveler or as a pilgrim. Our journeys go slowly, a full week in one place instead of seven places in a week, so you have time to feel the land: the lake where the story begins, the carved rock where the Andes end, the salt flat, and the lost cities of the Beni.
The Latitude of Paradise · Seven journeys
Four pillars, a center, and the line between them.
The Latitude of Paradise traces a square across Bolivia, the four-cornered garden that the old traditions describe. Its master line runs 546 km from Tiwanaku to Samaipata. Its four pillars hold water, fire, earth and air, and its temperate center feeds them all.
Each journey is a comfortable week from a single base, with day trips out and plenty of time to rest. Groups stay small, and we pace for altitude.
The four pillars
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WaterI
Lake Titicaca & Tiwanaku
BaseIsla del Sol or the lake shore
Where the creation story begins, with Wirakocha rising from the lake. Slow days on the Island of the Sun, a boat to the Isla de la Luna, and a full day at Tiwanaku with an archaeologist at the Gate of the Sun.
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FireII
Samaipata
BaseSamaipata, where the Andes end
El Fuerte, the largest carved rock on earth and the far end of the 546 km line from Tiwanaku. Cloud forest and giant tree ferns in Amboró, and the Mairana pyramid that sits right on the line.
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EarthIII
Llanos de Moxos
BaseSan Ignacio de Moxos or Trinidad
The lost earthwork cities of the Beni, revealed by LiDAR at Cotoca and Landívar. Raised fields and causeways, river days with pink dolphins, and the black-earth mound with a spring on its summit.
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AirIV
Salar de Uyuni
BaseA salt hotel at the edge of the Salar
The largest salt flat on earth. Incahuasi island, sunrise on the white, and night skies at altitude, with optional days to the colored lagoons of Eduardo Avaroa.
LandscapeStars
The center and the lines
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CenterV
Cochabamba
BaseA hacienda in the Valle Alto
The temperate granary at the middle of the square. Pojpocollo, the navel; Incallajta and its astronomical tower; chicha and singani country; and a day among the dinosaur tracks of Torotoro. The journey for food and rest.
The tableRest -
The LineVI
Tiwanaku to Samaipata
BaseTwo or three comfortable bases
The only journey that moves, and it moves slowly. Follow the master line of the book from Tiwanaku through the Cochabamba valley and Punto Muyo to El Fuerte: the central claim, traveled on the ground.
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DestinyVII
Machu Picchu to Titicaca
BaseThe Sacred Valley, then the lake
Begin in Cusco and at Machu Picchu, the place everyone knows. Then cross the border into the one they don’t, and come home to Bolivia on the shores of Titicaca.
Peru + BoliviaPilgrimage
Prices depend on season, group size and lodging. We quote before you book. Lodging in the Beni and on the Salar is simpler than in the cities, so there we choose the best rooms available.
Journey VI, the Line, first runs as the Founding Expedition in 2027: seven days with Calvin, from the Gate of the Sun to Samaipata.
Join the waitlistTwelve signature routes, one for each month.
The Author Expeditions come from the research behind Why Not Bolivia? Calvin designed a route for every month of the year, each timed to when its corner of Bolivia is at its best, from the flooded Salar in January to Torotoro in December.
The seasons set the deadlines. The salt flat turns to a mirror only in January and February, and the small lodges near it fill early, so plan about three months ahead for the month you want.
See Author ExpeditionsCustom trips · What we arrange
Hotels & lodges
We recommend places we have stayed in ourselves, from boutique hotels in La Paz to lodges on the lake and in the forest.
Guides & experts
Local guides, archaeologists and naturalists explain each site in your language.
Transport
We time airport pickups, private drivers and domestic flights so you never wait between legs.
Altitude-aware pacing
La Paz sits above 3,600 m, so we add rest days and order the route to climb gradually.
Food & wine
Eat at Gustu in La Paz and in family kitchens in the valleys, then taste the high-altitude tannat of Tarija.
Not a directory. A shortlist.
Into Bolivia runs on years of relationships with the people and places that make the country work for travelers: hotels we have stayed in, guides we trust, drivers who arrive on time.
Groups stay small, usually four to eight people. Calvin or a personally vetted guide leads every journey.