Family holidays with children in Bolivia - attractions and entertainment

Bolivia is not included in the list of countries that provide a full range of services for family holidays in general and children's holidays in particular. It may seem that travelers with children will have nothing to do but only explore the local natural and archaeological attractions. But this is not the case at all. Bolivia can offer its young guests a lot of interesting entertainment, from relaxing in a water park to visiting various national parks and reserves. Families with children can also visit such an unusual place as the cemetery of locomotives. You are unlikely to find its analogs in any other country.

The largest and most modern Bolivian water park is located in the city of Santa Cruz. It operates throughout the summer season, which lasts from September to May in Bolivia. Winter lasts in the country in June, July and August, which are familiar to Europeans as summer months. The water park is open from 10 am to 6 pm from Friday to Sunday. The water park in Santa Cruz can accommodate up to 5,000 visitors at a time. There is a wave pool, 6 water slides, and a playground for young visitors with small slides and a shallow pool on its territory. You will also find the riverbed, slowly flowing through the area of the water park. Visiting the water park during the summer heat will be a great option to diversify the vacation in Bolivia for both children and adults.

The famous Guembe Biocenter is located near Santa Cruz. It will be interesting for the whole family to visit it. There are several reasons for this. The largest butterfly nursery in the country is located in the Biocenter. In addition, the richest collection of orchids is grown here. Photos taken on their background are very beautiful and unique. Various tropical birds, toucans, parrots, and peacocks also live in Gwembe. You can swim in one of the 16 sandy-bottomed reservoirs on the territory of the Biocenter. Children will have a great time on the playground. You can rent a bicycle or horse here. Guembe provides tourists with the opportunity to get a therapeutic massage or go hiking on tourist trails. The time spent here is definitely not wasted. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park is located in the North-Eastern part of the province of Santa Cruz. There are rivers, lakes, and waterfalls in a park area of 15,000 square kilometers. “Arco Iris” is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the national park. It falls down from a height of 90 meters. A beautiful rainbow appears above the river in the afternoon. There are over 120 species of representatives of the animal world, about 610 species of birds, and 4000 species of plants in Noel Kempff Mercado. A pair of ecotourism camps located in the park offer tourists trips through the impenetrable jungle. You can see pink dolphins that live in rivers and get acquainted with the life of the jungle inhabitants in their usual habitat during these trips.

The locomotive cemetery is located near the town of Uyuni. This is one more attraction in Bolivia. There is no such place in other countries of the world. The town was a major transportation center in the past. But the specialization of local railway transport in the transportation of extracted minerals led to the fact that locomotives with wagons were no longer needed as soon as the ore reserves ran out. They were taken to the country and left in the open air. Anyone can come to see and climb them absolutely free of charge and without restrictions. Children are especially interested in visiting the cabins of old steel giants or climbing on the roof of cars. Positive impressions from such a trip are guaranteed.

The unique Dinosaur Wall is located in the city of Sucre. It is an archaeological site. Its height reaches 70 meters. The Wall is about 68 million years old. It stretches for a length of 1.2 kilometers. The Wall is a tectonic plate that was the bottom of the reservoir in ancient times. There are traces of almost 300 different dinosaurs on it. The museum is located next to the famous landmark today. Models of giants who left their traces on the famous Wall are included in the museum's exhibitions. A visit to these places is a delight for both children and adults. It is very exciting to study the ancient history of our planet being close to the evidence of the presence of its long-time inhabitants.

The Madidi National Park in the North-Western part of Bolivia will not leave indifferent neither adults nor children. It was founded in 1995. The park impresses its guests with a variety of landscapes from rainforests to snow-capped peaks of the Andes. Madidi has become a habitat for over 3,200 species of birds and about 5,000 different plants. You can meet a spectacled bear, a jaguar, a deer, a giant otter, and many different monkeys in the park. It is possible to purchase a multi-day tour of the national park in the town of Rurrenabaque. It is located on the border of the park. You can go canoeing on Lake Chalalan and go fishing during the tour.