The Appalachian Mountain
Club (AMC) “Bolivian Day Hiking Adventure” promised hiking and discovery in a
country I have always wanted to visit. Ginette
and Anna of AMC and Matt of Adventurebug led 17 of us from La Paz and Valle de la
Luna, to Sorata with its views of Illampu (20,892’) and Janq’u (21,086’), over
Islas del Sol and de la Luna on Lake Titicaca, and into the jungles and pampas
of the Amazon Basin near Rurrenabaque.
We hiked ~5-7 miles almost every day ranging from softly undulating to
ascending from 11,500’ to 13,800’ in just 3 miles.
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| Our group in the jungle |
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| Best decision Susan and I made was to come two days early to our delightful hotel in La Paz to acclimate to the altitude (11,913 feet above sea level) |
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| Hiked from 11,500' to almost 13,800' in three miles to reach lake Chilata in the Mt Illampu foothills outside Sorata |
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Walking the ridge of Isla del Sol on Lake Titicaca in perfect weather. My favorite!
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Wildlife was our reward for roughing it in the jungle.
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