Santa Cruz Tours

Description

Santa Cruz de la Sierra has many opportunities for every taste, whether you are looking for culture, nature, history, architecture, birding, or more. Make your trip to Santa Cruz unforgettable by enhancing it with one of our tour packages.

In these tours of Santa Cruz, you will get to know this magical city and its surroundings. Get ready to live an adventure.

All packages include personal transportation, a driver who stays focused on the road and protecting your luggage, and an independent English-speaking tour guide who will keep you busy and aware of everything going on around you, guiding you through every sight and its significance.

Gratuities are not included. Meals may be included. Check tour for details.
A minimum of 2 people is required.
A minimum of 48 hours’ notice is required.

City	Lomas de Arena	Fort Samaipata	Jesuit Missions
What's included: Local Guide (English) Pick-up from hotel Admission tickets --A minibus will drop by your hotel at 9 a.m. and head directly to the city's historic center once all the other passengers have been picked up from their hotels. In the historic center, we'll get out and walk around to see and learn about some of the most notable landmarks, including the Cathedral, the House of Melchor Pinto, and 24 September Square. Your guide will provide a wealth of fascinating information on the sites we see and the significant historical occurrences that have occurred in this city's past. We'll continue on to the History Museum, the Altillo Museum, and the Art Gallery, which will provide us more context for understanding Santa Cruz's past. We will stroll around the "La Recova" Artesanal Promenade, the ideal location to purchase a memento to take back home, We'll then board the bus once more and go to Artecampo. This is where we may get handcrafted goods created by rural residents of eastern Bolivia as well as indigenous organizations. After giving you 30 minutes to explore this handicraft center, we'll take you on a scenic trip of Santa Cruz de la Sierra's residential neighborhoods.	What's included: Local Guide (English) Pick-up from hotel Picnic lunch Entrance fees --At eight in the morning, we'll pick you up from your hotel and take you to one of Bolivia's most remarkable natural settings. Beautiful lagoons and sandbanks create the Lomas de Arena Regional Park, a protected region 7.5 miles (12 km) southeast of Santa Cruz. When we get there, we'll have a tour of the park's diverse environments, which include protected tree cover that is home to sloths, monkeys, and a variety of rare bird species, as well as tall sand dunes! We'll have a picnic lunch following the tour, and after that, you're free to explore the area or go swimming in one of the lagoons.	What's included: Local Guide (English) Pick-up from hotel Lunch Entrance fees --At eight in the morning, we'll pick you up from your hotel and make the 2.5 hour journey into the mountains to Samaipata. The tour then moves onto a 40-minute guided experience of the famous archaeological ruins of the fort and religious complex that had passed hands between three separate civlizations. The next stop is the formal Samaipata Archaeological Museum that houses excavated objects found in the complex you just visited. A complimentary lunch awaits you after the museum, and then on the way back to Santa Cruz we make a stop for photos of the El Las Cuevas and El Chorro waterfalls.	What's included: Local Guide (English) Pick-up from hotel Lunch Entrance fees --We start out at 7 a.m. from your hotel and and head to one of two options according to your preference (San Javier/Concepcion or San Jose). For the San Javier/Concepcion option, you'll visit the historic Bolivian Jesuit missions in the villages of Cotoca, Pailas, Paillon, and Los Troncos, before heading to the oldest mission in Bolivia in San Javier, and then have lunch in Concepcion. If you're opting for San Jose, we take a longer four-hour drive to the famed mission of San Jose, including the on-site museum. Lunch will be provided in village of Santa Cruz la Vieja, and then a local handicraft center where you can buy souvenirs.
What's not included: --Drinks and meals. --Tips and gratuities. --Souvenirs.	What's not included: --Gratuities.	What's not included: --Gratuities.	What's not included: --Gratuities.
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