Mountaineering in Bolivia
MCS AlexClimbMCS AlexClimb programs in the Cordillera Real in Bolivia
Sightseeing tour to Machu Picchu, Uyuni salt marsh and climbing Huayna Potosi
This very interesting and active program is an effective combination within one active tour of the two most attractive tourist sites in the western part of Central South America. The historical monument of Machu Picchu - a mysterious ancient city lost in the impregnable jungle of Peru, and an incredible natural wonder - the pearl of the Bolivian highlands - the Uyuni salt lake.
The world-famous natural landmark of Bolivia - the high-altitude lake Solar de Uyuni, encased in a salt shell, is incredibly popular among tourists from all over the world as a place unique in its unusual and beautiful landscapes. A four-day 4x4 tour by the salt surface of a relic lake, with overnight stays in houses made of salt blocks, with a visit to the Valley of Geysers on the border with Chile, this is an incredibly colorful, unforgettable adventure in amazingly beautiful and unusual corner of the earth - Uyuni Salt Flats in Bolivia. February is the season of rains and mirror reflections on the perfectly flat surface of the Solar de Uyuni - a paradise for photographers of various genres.
Climbing in the Andes - Cordillera Real, Bolivia
Lets start climbing in Bolivia - Huayna Potosi 6088 m
Climbing Huayna Potosi is a comparably easy, non-technical route to a beautiful six thousand meters high peak, located close to the capital of Bolivia - La Paz. This climbing program of MCS AlexClimb can be completed in a very short time - just in 2-3 days (if you have an acclimatization).
An interesting climbing program, available for beginner climbers. The summit of volcano Parinacota is an ideal conical mountain that rises like a snow dome over the vast expanse of the high mountain sierra in the heart of the Bolivian Andes, on the border with Chile. Parinacota is an active volcano surrounded by numerous fumaroles and hot springs.
It is difficult to say that any of the Bolivian mountains are more beautiful than others. In all of them there is something that can melt the hearts of the most biased and sophisticated climbing lovers. But the mountain, known to everyone as Nevado Illimani, stands out significantly from its mountain neighbors. Everyone who has ever visited La Paz by plane will surely remember the incredible snow dome of the mountain, which floats past the plane, almost at the level of its flight. This mountain - Nevado Illimani dominates the millionth city and meets all the guests of Bolivia with the dazzling brilliance of the eternal snows of its summit.
Climbing the Condor's Head (Cabeza del Condor)
This is a very, very interesting climbing program of medium difficulty - climbing to the top of the Cabeza del Condor. Quite diverse alpine climbing route, which can be easily combined with other programs that generally make up the overall program of a climbing trip in Bolivia. The Cabeza del Condor is a rather serious object for climbing, for a successful ascent to which you need to have not only good acclimatization and resistance to altitude, but also a number of certain technical alpine skills of climbing on the ice and snow terrain.
Climbing in Bolivia - a country of sky-high peaks and colorful lakes.
The central part of the Andean Range, located on the territory of Bolivia, has the highest concentration of high and serious summits in the entire Andean mountain system. According to legend, the modern name of the Bolivian Andes appeared with the light hand of the first Spanish conquistadors. Fascinated by the splendor of the mountains of Bolivia, they gave to these mountains without much hesitation the proud name "Cordillera Real", which in Spanish means the Royal Range. Unfortunately, there is no legend that mountaineering was so popular among the conquistadors... But this is not surprising, because these gentlemen were too much interested in South America for completely different things.
But the fact that this mountain system is associated with the royal name shows eloquently how the European discoverers of these mountains were impressed by their grandeur and beauty. Another, older legend says that some of the Bolivian mountains were revered and deified by the priests of the ancient disappeared civilization of Aymara as holy mountains and earthly incarnations of deities. It is possible that in those dark days, when modern history did not even begun, these mountains saw cruel sacrifices and strange rituals. The echoes of which are hidden in the mysterious depths of the eternal glaciers, silently flowing from the impregnable peaks of the Bolivian mountains.
Today, the Cordillera Real in Bolivia is a very desirable and popular among tourists and climbers from all over the world mountain region of the Andes. Given the fact that even the capital of Bolivia - La Paz is located at an altitude of more than 4000 meters above sea level, it is necessary to note the huge potential of the Bolivian mountains for the development of mountaineering and other alpine activities. Of the thousands of mountain peaks located compactly and accessible for climbing, the tourists have truly mastered not more than a hundred - all other Bolivian peaks are waiting for their first climbers and pioneers.
The climbing programs of MCS AlexClimb Alpine School in Bolivia are mostly basic-level activities organized in those mountainous areas where there is an accessible tourist infrastructure. All our climbing and sightseeing tours in Bolivia are interesting for their originality, the opportunity to get into the most virgin mountainous regions of South America. To check yourself in a mountain environment that is completely different from not only all the mountain systems of Europe and Asia, but even from the neighboring mountainous regions of Peru.
Join our climbs with a professional English speaking guide in Bolivia - in the heart of the great Cordillera Real!
The author of the text and photos - Alex Trubachev
MCS EDIT 2023