La Paz Lodge
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
7 days, planned by Pumice & Pine
Seven days from the highest capital in the world down to the Amazon basin — about three and a half thousand metres of descent in a fifty-minute flight.
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| La Paz |
| Witches' Market |
| Mi Teleferico |
The flight is a nineteen-seat aircraft and cancels for weather often. The road alternative is eighteen hours on the old Yungas route.
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| Rurrenabaque |
| Beni river |
| Serranía del Bala |
Madidi runs from 200 m to nearly 6,000 m and is among the most biodiverse protected areas on earth. The lodge is owned and run by the San José de Uchupiamonas community.
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| Madidi |
| Tuichi river |
| Primary rainforest |
Rainforest hides almost everything — you hear far more than you see, and the guides read tracks and calls rather than pointing at animals.
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| Primary forest |
| Macaws |
| Peccary |
| Night frogs |
The pampas are seasonally flooded savannah and the wildlife is on the banks rather than hidden in canopy. Caiman, capybara, turtles and pink river dolphins.
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| Río Yacuma |
| Pampas |
| Caiman |
| Capybara |
Swimming with the dolphins is offered everywhere here and both operators decline it — the animals are wild, the water holds caiman, and the practice stresses them.
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| Pink river dolphin |
| Anaconda grass |
| Yacuma |
Leave a night in La Paz before any international flight — the Rurrenabaque service cancels often enough that connecting the same day is a bad idea.
Day 1 · Fri, 18 Sept, 2026
Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.
Published by the operator. Nights on the ground can move with weather and permissions.
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
6 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 6 dinners across 7 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 7.
16 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
“Andes and Central America, altitude planned properly”
Every itinerary is built around where you sleep rather than where you go, because in the Andes that is the only decision that matters.
Excellent sightings and the guides clearly knew the area. The lead was calm and knew when to slow the group down.
Excellent sightings and the guides clearly knew the area. Recommended.
Beni was quieter than I expected and the camp was comfortable. Lodges along the way were simple and comfortable enough after a long day. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.
Beni was quieter than I expected and the camp was comfortable. Good value for what's included.
Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.
Beni was quieter than I expected and the camp was comfortable. No hesitation recommending them.
Sightings were thin on our dates, which is luck, but the drives felt rushed. The lead was calm and knew when to slow the group down.
Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.
Sightings were thin on our dates, which is luck, but the drives felt rushed.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.
Early starts, but that's where the wildlife is. Well run. The teahouses were warm and the beds were fine after eight hours walking. Would book with them again.
Pampas, for wildlife. Rainforest hides almost everything — you will hear a great deal and see comparatively little. The pampas are open water and savannah and you see caiman, capybara, dolphins and birds constantly. Madidi is the more extraordinary place and the less rewarding one to look at.
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