Che Guevara route 3 Day Tour

Che Guevara route 3 Day Tour

Day 1: Santa Cruz - Samaipata - Vallegrande

At 6:00 am we will pick you up at your hotel in Santa Cruz de la Sierra to start our 3-day tour along the Che Guevara route. We’ll follow in the footsteps of the revolutionary leader and his Bolivian National Liberation Army (ELN).

First, we’ll head to Samaipata, a place which was taken over by the ELN took over for a few hours before fleeing to the mountains, escaping from their captors sent by the CIA. Here we’ll visit the Fort of Samaipata, the most important archaeological site in this part of Bolivia. We will walk among its constructions and observe figures of snakes and pumas sculpted on its walls. 

Our tour will continue in a spectacular museum, which houses artefacts from the excavations, and then head to Vallegrande for lunch at a local restaurant. Lunch will consist of a starter and a main course. In the afternoon we’ll visit the washing place of the hospital Nuestro Señor de Malta, where the body of Che was exposed after being shot, and the monument and museum of Che, which commemorates the revolutionary's passage through this place. Finally, we’ll indulge in a tasty dinner and rest at the hotel. 

Day 2: Vallegrande - Pucara - La Higuera 

At 7:00 am. we will have breakfast and leave for La Higuera, where Che was held after being shot and captured in Quebrada del Churo. We will travel the road between La Higuera and Vallegrande, called the Che route in honour of the legendary character. On the way we will stop at Pucara, a place that the leader mentioned in his Diary, later requisitioned by his captors.

We’ll arrive at La Higuera and see the school where Che was imprisoned and later executed on 9 October 1968. Today it has become a place of veneration, full of flowers and candles, as the locals have worshipped the figure of the guerrilla who tried to free Bolivia from dictatorship. We’ll break for lunch and then return to Vallegrande.

Day 3: Vallegrande - Santa Cruz

On the last day, after breakfast we’ll start our way back to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, crossing vast cactus deserts. We will drop you off at your hotel around 4:00 pm. 

Tour ending in Sucre

If you wish to continue the 3-day tour along the Che Guevara route to Sucre, you can choose this option. The itinerary of the first and second day will be the same as described above, except that on the second night you will sleep in a hotel in Villa Serrano.

On the third day, after breakfast at 8:00 am we'll start our way to Sucre, making a stop in Tomina to see its 18th-century church and another for lunch. We'll arrive in Sucre around 2:00 pm. 

Accommodation

• The tour includes two nights' accommodation in double rooms in the following 2-star hotels:
• Vallegrande: Hotel Plaza Pueblo.
• Villa Serrano (in the mode that ends in Sucre): Hotel Mi Tierra.