Bolivian Adventure

Your Bolivia motorcycle tour begins with the flight from Germany to Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Look forward to a motorcycle adventure through the Andes, Altiplano and wide plains, one that begins in your mind before you even land.

After arriving at Viru Viru airport, our team picks you up and the Bolivia motorcycle tour starts towards Samaipata at 1,650 metres altitude. There you check into your hotel and let the arrival day wind down.

A briefing on traffic rules and riding technique opens this guided South America motorcycle tour. To settle in, we ride to the Inca ruin El Fuerte, a UNESCO World Heritage Site high above Samaipata.

On this Bolivia Andes motorcycle trip we cover 175 kilometres, half of them offroad, to the mountain village of La Higuera at 1,900 metres. Along the way we stop in Vallegrande, where the story of Che Guevara becomes tangible.

With the Bolivia rental motorcycle we ride entirely offroad today along the Rio Grande to Villa Serrano at 2,100 metres. A picnic at the old bridge and a swim in the river are part of the day's programme.

One third of the 190 kilometres to Sucre is offroad – this stage feels almost like a standalone Bolivia enduro tour. Before arriving, we visit the Sunday market of Tarabuco with traditionally dressed indigenous people.

On asphalt, this Sucre Potosi motorcycle tour covers 155 kilometres up onto the Altiplano to Potosi at 4,090 metres – the highest city in the world, known for its historic silver mines and UNESCO World Heritage status.

A real Wild West Bolivia motorcycle adventure also lies underground: we visit the miners' market and ride into the 500-year-old silver mines of Potosi, before the Casa de la Moneda museum awaits.

On the way of this Altiplano motorcycle trip to Uyuni (205 kilometres) we encounter vicuñas, rheas and llamas. In the mining village of Pulacayo we visit the old railway station and a wagon from the Butch Cassidy era.

195 kilometres through the world's largest salt flat: this Salar de Uyuni motorcycle tour leads to the cactus island of Incahuasi, the railway cemetery and the salt hotel – one surreal postcard scene after another.

For two days we swap the motorcycle for a 4x4 – this South America offroad enduro trip heads past flamingo colonies to Laguna Colorada at over 4,000 metres altitude in the Bolivian high-altitude desert.

The second day of this Altiplano motorcycle trip takes us past the turquoise Laguna Verde and the petrified tree Arbol de Piedra, before we return to Uyuni in the afternoon where the motorcycles await us again in the evening.

On a newly paved road this Tupiza Tarija motorcycle trip covers 185 kilometres to Tupiza at almost 3,000 metres. A stop in the mining village of Atocha and in the Valley of the Monuments brings a Wild West atmosphere.

40 per cent offroad defines the stage into the wine city of Tarija at 1,860 metres – a highlight of this Wild West Bolivia motorcycle adventure with panoramic views over the Tarija valley and dinner at the El Marques restaurant.

After many kilometres, this Suzuki DR 650 tour takes a rest day in Tarija. The Plaza Principal, the Casa Dorada, a vineyard visit or the palaeontological museum fill the free day.

From the green hills of Tarija this Bolivia enduro tour descends 245 kilometres into the dry Chaco region at only 390 metres – 20 per cent of the route runs over sand tracks through steadily warming climate.

This guided South America motorcycle tour covers 321 kilometres through Bolivia's gas fields, past an old monastery and over a narrow abandoned railway bridge – after many offroad days, a welcome ride on asphalt.

This Samaipata motorcycle leg takes us 260 kilometres along the banks of the Rio Pirai, over alternating sand and asphalt tracks back to Samaipata, where a relaxing hotel pool awaits as a farewell to the motorcycles.

The last riding day of this tour with the Bolivia rental motorcycle brings us back to Santa Cruz in the morning, where a shared farewell dinner in the evening lets the experiences of the entire tour pass by once more.

To close this Bolivia motorcycle tour we head to Santa Cruz airport. After 2,300 kilometres between the Andes and the Altiplano, it is time to say goodbye – until the next Bolivia motorcycle tour!