Two places I really want to hike:
1) Bhutan
2) Bolivia
I keep waiting for Bhutan to open to independent trekkers. … sigh …
Bolivia I’ve actually hiked once, but did not have nearly as much time as I wanted.
Bolivia is Peru, but still little visited by trekkers.
… South America’s highest nation is known as the “Tibet of the Andes” for its altiplano, a plateau where valley bottoms sit at 13,000 feet. Above that, mountains are so big and buried in snow and glaciers that you really could mistake them for the Himalayas. And the best place to see it all is western Bolivia’s pristine and barely known Cordillera Apolobamba. Hard against the Peruvian border, the region is home to Andean condors, herds of vicuñas (related to alpacas), endangered speckled bears, and the 65-mile Apolobamba trek, which runs from Curva north across Apolobamba National Park to Pelechuco. The weeklong high route crosses five passes between 15,400 and 16,728 feet. …
Backpacker – CORDILLERA APOLOBAMBA, BOLIVIA
Safety is a real issue in that range. I’d likely sign on with local guides, like trek apolobamba
They are advertising a new adventure, by the way, … the Kallawaya Circuit.
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