Local walks around Agua Blanca
Adventure and excitement getting to know a mining community

Duration: 6 nights / 5 days in the community

Capacity of hostel: 12 persons

Services included:
a)     accommodation
b)     breakfast, lunch and dinner
c)     local guides

Suggest itinerary 

Day before: Arrival in Agua Blanca 

Day 1:
·        Visit to a colonial stone mill
·        Visit to the local cemetery of Agua Blanca
·        Visit to ancient working farms
·        Visit to the Interpretation and Handicrafts Centres
·        Share in a game of football with the locals

Day 2:
·        Walk to the snow capped Cerro Presidente
·        During the walk, the observation of the most important aspects of the area;
         glaciers, sacred mountains, lakes and medicinal plants
·        The observation of birdlife and cameloids (llama, alpaca and vicuña)
·        The observation of miners camps

Day 3:
·        Visit to the Wat’ara ruins, pre-colonial monuments, burial chambers,
         ancient caves, archaeological sites, rivers and brooks

Day 4:
·        Visit to the Rayo Rojo mine
·           Visit to Pre-Colonial holes
·        Observation of the extraction and processing of minerals

Day 5:
·        Walk to visit the village of Pelechuco
·        See straw thatched stone houses of the area
·        Observe the colonial house of a German who lived in Pelechuco (Casa Frank)
·        See woods of Queñua and Kiswaras, trees native to the region that are in danger of extinction
·        Visit to the Pre-Colonial ruins of Wanan
·        Return to the community of Agua Blanca
·        Traditional music to say farewell

Day 6:
·        Return to La Paz

Transport 

Trans Norte buses leave daily at 7.00am from Ex Tranca de Rio Seco in El Alto, passing through Agua Blanca en route to Pelechuco. The journey is between 10 – 12 hours and costs 35 Bs each way. The booking office is also located in El Alto at the point from where the buses depart. The bus returns to La Paz between the hours of 3 am and 4 am each morning.

Contacts 

For more information contact us at info@trekapolobamba.com Alternatively, you can call the community of Agua Blanca direct on Tel: 28720140 and ask to speak to the administrator, René Mamani Cordova.