The ecology in Bolivia

Imagine... the conjunction of the majestic snow-capped mountains, the immense plateau with its unequalled blue sky, marsh lands and tropical forests with imposing waterfalls, a salt sea of great whiteness and brightness. Beautiful lakes and lagoons of amazing colors and floating hotel tours by the Amazon. Bolivia offers you this and much more in Ecology tourism, because, besides the beautiful landscapes it has a great wealth, a variety of vegetal and animal life for its geographical diversity.

National Parks and Natural Reserves of Bolivia

· Noel Kempff Mercado National Park located in Santa Cruz
This park spreads up on a great part of the Caparuch or Huanchaca plateau. The great waterfalls and the mountain ranges, make the place worth of a favorite destiny of great interest for eco-tourism for the excellent conservation state in which it appears, outstanding is the orchid bay, the lookout of the monkeys, the Caparuch plateau and the Rainbow waterfalls.

· Integrated Management Amboró National Park and Natural Area located in Santa Cruz
The mountainous relief of the region and the peculiar rocky formations with deep valleys and canyons make up a landscape of great beauty, the torrential rivers and waterfalls that give this region an outstanding scenic characteristic. Toward the cost of the park the Guarayas communities are settled down. The most attractive places are Mucuñucú where a 40 meter high water full is an a beautiful river with wells and caves are. In Saguayo you can watch a great variety of animals, birds and orchids. One has to traverse the Yapacaní River to reach that place. La Chonta is an exceptional place for the bird lovers.

· Biological Station Biosphere Reserve of Beni
In the department of the Beni there are several lagoons of great scenic beauty and appropriate rivers for the sailing and kayakking. the important presence of traditional and picturesque populations as San Ignacio of Moxos and the ethnic population Chimán that develops traditional cultural activities. There are also some picturesque towns and those traditional ones of the region of influence as San Ignacio de Moxos and the Chimán, important ethnic population, outstands which creates traditional cultural activities. The touring interesting sites are Normandy lagoon where one can find species like the black alligator lizards and a great variety of diverse aquatic birds can be seen. Horseback ridings and walks by the steppes one can delight with the view of the wood islands with a vegetation and animal life typical of the tropical woods.

· Carrasco National Park in Cochabamba
In this area one can appreciate a mountains a landscape of great beauty with deep valleys and canyons, torrential rivers and waterfalls, besides exhuberant vegetation. The non-confirmed original populations are the group of the Tuki ethnos. Among the main tourist attractiveness: Vida Silvestre Sanctuary that includes the Caverns of the Repechón, two caverns with guácharos birds and one with bats. The natural puddles in the San Rafael and San Mateo rivers. The ruins of Incachaca. In Sehuencas it stands out the flora like alisos, arboreal ferns and orchids.

· Sajama National Park in Oruro
The exceptional scenic beauty is outstanding due to the imposing Sajama, a snow-capped peak. There are besides high Andean lagoons, hot water springs and longed for routes for andeanism. The queñua woods for their singular characteristics at such high altitudes are of special scientific interest. It is also a particularly interesting site for the naturalism of High Mountain. The population of this area belongs to the Aymara culture and it is one on the places where it is traditional social organization, customs and mystic-religious beliefs prevail.

· National Reserve of Andean Fauna Eduardo Avaroa in Potosí
The gigantic volcanoes, the immense plateaus and Colorada lagoon make landscapes of a really unique beauty. The morning sun is impressive for its fumaroles and its sulfarates originated by the volcanic activity. In Chalviri salt pits there are hot water springs where tourists can take a bath. The area also presents strange rocky formations, product of the wind's erosion. To the north, in route to the Reservation we found the imposing one to Uyuni Salt Pit.

· Uyuni Salt Pit
Is the most spectacular, for the beauty of its sourealist landscapes. It has numerous fossile algaric formations: the straumatolites. On the surface there are 11 layers with thicknesses of 10 meters. This contains the highest and the vastest salt custard existing in the world.