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The “Carnaval de Oruro” is the biggest yearly cultural event in Bolivia. In 2001 was declared one of the Mankind’s “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity” by the UNESCO. The Carnival preparations starts after Eastern every year and finishes with an incredible display of hundreds of musicians, bands and dancers dressed with handmade and stunning traditional dresses around the same time of the Brazilian Carnival, February.
Departure from La Paz, early in the morning. Breakfast will be provided in the road. Approximately at 9 am we will be arriving to Oruro where the party atmosphere is already high. The dancers and musicians may already start their parade, so we find our places with the rest of the public as soon as possible, and we will start enjoying one of the biggest folkloric Carnival in Latin America.
For lunch we will have a delicious typical meal. We will head back to La Paz about 9pm, arriving there about midnight.
The tour Includes:
Private transport Meals and snacks Some drinks (coke or beer) Tour guide from La Paz Souvenir / water proof jacket “poncho” and water ballons
