Overview
Bolivia’s booming lowland metropolis is a complete change of pace and altitude — warm, flat and tropical. Most travellers use it as a base for the Jesuit Mission circuit of UNESCO churches and the wildlife-rich Amazon fringe, or simply to thaw out after the high Andes.
Top things to do
Plaza 24 de Septiembre
The green, sloth-dwelling main square at the heart of the old town, ringed by arcades.
Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos
A circuit of restored 18th-century mission churches, a UNESCO World Heritage Site east of the city.
Lomas de Arena
A surprising belt of sand dunes and lagoons just south of town.
Jesuit Missions circuit
A multi-day loop through the baroque mission towns of the Chiquitania.
Amboró wildlife day-trip
Head to the edge of Amboró National Park for cloud-forest birding and waterfalls.
Sand dunes at sunset
A short trip to the Lomas de Arena dunes for sundowners.
3-day sample itinerary
- 1
City & plaza
Old town, the cathedral tower and a long tropical lunch.
- 2
Dunes or park
Lomas de Arena or an Amboró nature day-trip.
- 3
Missions
Begin the Jesuit Missions circuit east of the city.