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COMPARATIVE CHART for Tour length, Sites: National Parks, Ecosystems, Habitats visited
Birding Light Tours in Bolivia, Valleys, Highlands & Lowlands.
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Tour
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BW 07 LI |
BW 10-LI
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BW 20-LI
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BW 22-LI
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BW 30-LI
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BW 32-LI
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BW 16-LI
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BW 26-LI
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BW 36-LI
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Day
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Sta Cruz
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Sta Cruz
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Sta Cruz
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Sta Cruz
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Sta Cruz
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Sta Cruz
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SCZ Lomas Arena
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SCZ Lomas Arena
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SCZ Lomas Arena
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1
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Samaipata
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Samaipata
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Samaipata
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Samaipata
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Samaipata
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Samaipata
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San Javier CH
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San Javier CH
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San Javier CH
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Mataral
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Postrervalle
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Postrervalle
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Postrervalle
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Postrervalle
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Postrervalle
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Concepción CH
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Concepción CH
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Concepción CH
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2
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Saipina
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PN Alto Paraguá
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PN Alto Paraguá
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PN Alto Paraguá
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PN Kharawasi
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Mataral
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Mataral
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Mataral
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Mataral
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Mataral
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Florida Community
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Florida Community
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Florida Community
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3
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PN Siberia
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Saipina
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Saipina
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Saipina
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Saipina
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Saipina
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PN Paraguá River
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PN Paraguá River
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PN Paraguá River
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Totora
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PN Kharawasi
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PN Kharawasi
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PN Kharawasi
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PN Siberia
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PN Kharawasi
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PN Florida Oxbowlake
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PN Florida Oxbowlake
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PN Florida Oxbowlake
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4
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PN Incallajta
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PN Siberia
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PN Siberia
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PN Siberia
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PN Sehuencas
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PN Siberia
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Los Fierros Forest
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Los Fierros Forest
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Los Fierros Forest
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PN Tunari
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PN Sehuencas
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PN Incallajta
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PN Sehuencas
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PN Incallajta
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PN Sehuencas
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5
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Lagoon Alalay
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PN Carrasco
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Totora
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PN Carrasco
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Totora
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PN Carrasco
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PN Encanto Waterfall
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PN Encanto Waterfall
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PN Encanto Waterfall
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PN Machía
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PN Incallajta
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Sucre
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PN Incallajta
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Sucre
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PN Incallajta
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PN Encanto Forest
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PN Encanto Forest
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PN Encanto Forest
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6
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PN Guácharos
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Totora
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Potosí
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Totora
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Potosí
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Totora
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PN Caparuch Slope
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PN Caparuch Slope
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PN Caparuch Slope
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Villa Tunari
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Chataquila
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Sucre
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Sucre
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Caparuch Plateau
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Caparuch Plateau
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Caparuch Plateau
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7
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Sta Cruz
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Sucre
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Yura River
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Potosí
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Yura River
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Potosí
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PN Fierros Savanna
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PN Fierros Savanna
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PN Fierros Savanna
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7 Days / 6 Nights
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7 Days / 6 Nights
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Culpina K
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Culpina K
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PN Fierros Savanna
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PN Fierros Savanna
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PN Fierros Savanna
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8
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Mallku Villamar
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Yura River
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Mallku Villamar
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Río Yura
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PN Refuge
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PN Refuge
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PN Refuge
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starts and ends
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starts Santa cruz
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PN Salar Uyuni
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PN Salar Uyuni
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Campamento
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Campamento
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Campamento
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9
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in Santa Cruz
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ends Sucre
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PN Quetena
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PN Quetena
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San Ignacio V.
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San Ignacio V.
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San Ignacio V.
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PN Verde Lagoon
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Salar Coipasa
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PN Verde Lagoon
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Salar Coipasa
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PN San Matías
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PN San Matías
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PN San Matías
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10
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Coipasa Lagoon
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PN Colorada Lagoon
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Chipayas
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PN Colorada Lagoon
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Coipasa Lagoon
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11
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PN Sajama
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PN Sajama
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San Miguel-Sta Ana
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San Miguel-Sta Ana
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San Miguel-Sta Ana
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PN Salar Uyuni
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PN Salar Uyuni
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Piedras El Paquió
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San Rafael- San José
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San Rafael -San José
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12
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Sta Cruz
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Sta Cruz La Vieja
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Sta Cruz La Vieja
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Volcán Tunupa
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PN Huañakota Lagoon
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Volcán Tunupa
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PN Lag Huañakota
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12 Days / 11 Nights
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13
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PN Uru uru Lagoon
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Urmiri
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PN Uru uru Lagoon
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Urmiri
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PN Fierros Savanna
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PN Izozog Marshes
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Oruro
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Comanche
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Comanche
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starts and ends
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14
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La Paz
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La Paz
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Sorata
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Sorata
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in Sta Cruz
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Lagunillas
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Lagunillas
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14 Days / 13 Nights
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14 Days / 13 Nights
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PN Masicurí
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PN Masicurí
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Ecosystems / Habitats visited on tour
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Vallegrande
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Vallegrande
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Lower Yungas
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starts Santa Cruz
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starts Santa Cruz
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Illampu
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Illampu
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Mataral
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Mataral
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Upper Yungas
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ends La Paz
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ends La Paz
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Titicaca Lake
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Titicaca Lake
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El Fuerte Samaipata
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El Fuerte Samaipata
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Subtropical Dry Forest
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or the other way
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Sun Island
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Copacabana
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Samaipata Stream
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PN Southern Amboró
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17
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Tropical Dry Forest
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Copacabana
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Isla del sol
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Sta Cruz
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Giant Ferns
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Subtropical Cloud Forest
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La Cumbre
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La Cumbre
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17 Days / 16 Nights
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Arroyo Samaipata
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Cloud Forest
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Ecosystems / Habitats visited on tour
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Sta Cruz
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Interandean Valley
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PN Apa apa
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PN Apa apa
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Savanna, Cerrado
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Buena Vista
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Interandean Valley La Paz
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Yungas
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Yungas
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Amazonian Forest
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PN Northern Amboró
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Norder Puna Highland
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Tamampaya
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Tamampaya
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Subtropical Cloud Forest
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Central Puna Highland
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La Paz
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La Paz
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Subtropical Dry Forest
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PN Mataracú
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Southern Puna Highland
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Tropical Dry Forest
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Prepuna
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Lower Yungas
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Sta Cruz
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Mountain Range
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21 Days / 20 Nights
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21 Days / 20 Nights
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Upper Yungas
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21 Days / 20 Nights
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Lagoon in Valleys
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Cloud Forest
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Fresh Water Highland Lagoon
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starts Santa Cruz
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starts Santa Cruz
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Interandean Valleys
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starts and ends
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Brackish Water Highland Lagoon
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ends Sucre
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ends Sucre
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PN
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Nat.Parks & other Protected Areas
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in Santa Cruz
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Nat.Parks & other Protected Areas
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or the other way
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COMPARATIVE CHART for Tour length, sites: National Parks, Ecosystems, Habitats visited.
Birding Intense Tours in Bolivia, Valleys, Highlands & Lowlands.
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Tour
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BW 58-IN
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BW 59-IN
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BW 76-IN
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BW 78-IN
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BW 60-IN
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BW 70-IN
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BW 64-IN
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Hi Michael,
Back to the grind, talking with my colleagues about their beach vacations, but my mind is still with you remembering the birds in the rich mosaic of their native Bolivian habitat. Someday I’ll come back to those brilliant deserts and “megadiverse” jungles- I’m already mixing up the names of the particular sites we visited in our birding trip where we saw almost half a thousand different wings. From condors with 3 meter wingspan at 4500 meters above sea level, to hummingbirds with turbines only 10 cm in diameter in the amazon jungle. From wings used only as oars by apterous grebes in the lakes of the altiplano, to the useless wings of the american ostrich that prefers to run through the tropical savanna. Thank you Gaby for making all the arrangements that made this trip possible and for your effort and attention to detail. We enjoyed our trip very much. The distances were stretched due to bad roads, but each new site held so many new birds it was definitely worth it. Would you be willing to trade your steep cloud forest in Samaipata for our civilized London fog for a few years?
Paul (20 days of bird-watching, from Pantanal to Santa Cruz, Samaipata, Comarapa, Cochabamba, Tunari, Potosí and Sucre) Intense Birding