Bolivia tour, tailor made

It all depends where travelers wish to go on their roundtour if they can directly support local communities. We do offer excursions to local communities and accommodations that are operated fully by local indigenous communities of which the income stays within the community. Below this review we give three examples.

1) The Eco-Lodge San Miguel del Bala - Community Ecotourism was built at the initiative of the Tacana community of San Miguel for lovers of nature, adventure and indigenous culture. The tourism operation will help to conserve and maintain the culture Tacana. Tacana maintain the culture through the appreciation of history, such as crafts, dances, language, architecture, stories and music. San Miguel del Bala is located in the municipality of San Buenaventura, Abel Iturralde Province, Department of La Paz, Bolivia. It is in the catchment area of the Madidi National Park and within the TCO Tacana (The Tacana people`s territory).

2) Visit with a possible overnight stay at JATUN YAMPARA. Located 23 km from the city of Sucre, at 3100 mts. s.n.m. , Tarabuco route, is the Indian Core Jatun Yampara which is a new option for tourism, symbolizes the efforts of a tourism business in the city which claims that the benefits of this activity to reach the rural area and thus can community members to improve their standard of living. The visitor to this place, on a short hike, you can see native houses, their way of life, customs and have a small coexistence with residents from the community.
Background on Yamparas: - In the late sixteenth century, northern Chuquisaca characterized by the presence of various ethnic groups, various documents and testimonies agree Yamparas identify as the main group of people who inhabited this region of Chuquisaca, this group existed prior to Inca presence in the area ..
This culture belonged politically to 3 domains: The Lordship of Quila - Quila, the Yampara Jatun Manor (manor vanished which the exact location is unknown, but according to documentation is believed to have been between the pampas and Yotala Yampara) and the Lordship of Yotala, these domains have disappeared and only in the case of Quila - Quila and Yotala have been the name in the current population. They were devoted mainly to the development of tissues which are characterized by the originality and colorful designs and today have artisan and tourism value, it was a traditional practice in the beginning, only to meet the need of personal clothing, their current high value money can be utilized for the sale or barter for other goods, for which the Yamparas on Sundays to attend Tarabuco for the sale of tissues and / or stock up on supplies for the week.
The Quechua-speaking yamparas mostly owned much of what is now the province Oropeza, Chuquisaca Department, thus made a gift of some of their land to the Spanish crown to the founding of the Villa La Plata, now Sucre, so that the population was divided Yampara, surrounding the city and relegated to the end of two ethnic groups in northern ayllus above (J'alcas) and south ayllus below (Tarabucos) likewise kept the roots their music, their dances and customs. Jatun Yampara supports in different ways the operation of the small school community that welcomes 25 children.

3) The Tayka hotels in the Uyunyi saltflat area which can be visited on private 4x4 jeep tours are operated by local communities. Their mission is to contribute to improving the quality of life of indigenous Southwestern Potosi via a model of community tourism, by the inclusion of the communities in limited liability companies as fundamental dynamic actors and shareholders of hotel companies, produces a multiplier effect of economic and social benefits.