Tourism in Santa Cruz city, Bolivia
Visit Santa Cruz de la Sierra, capital of Santa Cruz. And enjoy the hotels and
lodgings service, besides the varied gastronomy of the place.
The department of Santa Cruz has 15 provinces and 150 cantons.
The department of Santa Cruz with its capital Santa Cruz de la Sierra is located
in the Amazon area of Bolivia and it has a natural wealth of extraordinary beauty.
Tourist attractiveness
· The Cathedral Museum of Sacred Art, where one can find a collection of religious
art divided into four rooms: cut out in wood, liturgics ornaments, silver ware and
picture gallery (besides jewelry and medals). The museum is located inside the Cathedral.
· The Arenal Ethnographic Museum, located on the Island of the Murals. It has a
collection of utensils and decoration handicraft of the Guarayos, Chiquitanos,
Ayoreos, Izoseños, Tupi-Guarani and the half-caste of the valleys.
. The Noel Kempff Mercado Natural History Museum, that depends on the
Rene Moreno Autonomous University. It is a valuable collection of botanic
samples, animals, fossils, rocks and minerals. The fossils of the some dinosaurs
found not far from the city are outstanding.
· Casa de la Cultura, which is in activity since 1978 an offers lectures, theater
works, concerts, movies, videos, courses and workshops, paint exhibits, photographs,
sculpture and others. Besides, it has a library specialized in regional publications.
Another attraction in the city is the Zoological Park of South American Life, this
park presents a variety collection of the animal life of South America, with valuable
species that are not found in other zoos, like: the borochi or mane wolf (Chrysocyon
brachiurus), the mount dog (Speothos venaticus) and the solitary hog (Catogonuswagneri).
· Cabañas del río Piraí. At a few minutes away from downtown and a set of
rustically buildings, many small restaurants run that offer a wide variety of
samples of the delicious cruceña (from Santa Cruz) cooking. It is a ideal place
for a picnic.
Attractions of the surroundings of the city
. The Samaipata Fort. This fortress, is the most important architectural spot
of the oriental land. It was nominated the Cultural Patrimony of Humanity by UNESCO.
There diverse pre-Colombian cultures to finally be used as an Inkan ceremonial site
were settled down. These ruins present the techniques of pre-Colombian architecture
such as the rock sculpting and the zoomorphic representations.
· Las Misiones Jesuitas. The Jesuit Missions, a trip toward the missions
of San Javier and Concepción, the most important ones of the Eastern
Bolivia!. Going over the low lands of the East, and agriculture and cattle area,
visit Sapocó Lagoon and the dam of the same name where one will be able to take a bath
in its crystal-clear waters.
. Cotoca, a place where Santa Cruz city settled down at its moving from
Chiquitos. Here is the famous sanctuary of the Virgin of Cotoca, protector
of the department of Santa Cruz. Cotoca is 20 kilometers away from the city and
it is an interesting rustic pottery center and it has a regional culinary tasteful
offer.
. Palmira Lagoon, this lagoon is located at 8 Km. to the south of the city, behind
the Petroleum Refineries of Palmasola. Here the enthusiastic cruceño public gathers
up on weekends to watch the Jet Ski races.
· Lomas de Arena del Palmar. They are big dunes or medanos of sand without vegetation.
They are located at some 16 kilometers away to the south of the city. At the foot
dunes, lagoons of crystal - clear water are found. Swimming and camping can be
alternated with hiking by the extensive sand dunes, with the horse-riding or surfing
and the watching of birds of the pampa (flat land).
· Espejillos, 40 Km. away from the city. It is a very agreeable recreation spot
for its tranquility and beauty. Twenty meter high crystal-clear waterfalls. They
form up stepping up waterfalls and give way to wells and quiet rivers.
· Porongo, located at 18 Km. from the city. It is on Pirai riverbank. This picturesque
population keeps its aspect and customs that characterized the city before its
explosive growth in the last 40 years.
Ecotourist attractiveness
In the extensive area of the plains we find national parks, you forest reserve
and whole year navigable rivers appropriate for the canotaje practice and
fishing sport. It is also possible to carry out safaris, expeditions inside the
Amazonia.
. Amboró National Park, nearby the populations of Warnes, Montero
and Portachuelo getting further into the magic forest of eastern Bolivia on
reaches Buena Vista and after it Amboró, a unique ecological park with endemic
vegetation and animal life. In this zone ecotourism activities can be carried
out, photographic sections and camping.
. Noel Kempff Mercado National park, in which an abundant and extraordinary
diversity of species of flora and fauna is found. A dream trip for the eco-tourist
that he will not find in any other part, the great variety of habitants gathered
in one only place, woody landscapes, plateaus and flood-prone zones, with water
falls and wildness, rivers and bays where one can watch the fauna of the place.
· The Pantanal, unique destination in the world where it is possible to
marvel with the immensity of their forests, swamps and the wealth of their flora
and fauna, photographic safaris can be carried out during the trips, flora
observation and day or night fauna, walks in boat and to horse, besides sports
and occupational fishing.
Ethnics groups
They are four big ethnic and linguistic groups divided in many tribes and nations:
the Chiriguanos or Guarani, Arawacos or Sirionós, Chiquitanos, Guarayos.
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