Earth Porn: Stunning Photos of Tarija’s Inca Trail

Earth Porn: Stunning Photos of Tarija’s Inca Trail

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If you’ve only ever heard of the Inca Trail in Peru then you’re in for a treat. Bolivia also boasts a number of Inca Trails set in incredible high-altitude landscapes and with stunning scenery and exceptional wildlife to match.

Check out my photographs below from the three days I spent hiking the Inca Trail in Reserva Biologica de Sama near Tarija, Bolivia.

If they inspire you to visit this incredible, yet rarely visited part of South America, then check out my guide to Walking the Inca Trail in Tarija, Bolivia, which includes a complete itinerary and advice for walking the route.

: Laguna Pujzara at the beginning of the walk. The first of the Tajzara Lakes when you get dropped off to start the walk at Pujzara.

: Llamas are abundant in the grasslands surrounding the various Tajzara Lakes.

: Laguna Patances, just after the turn off for the Inca Trail if you don’t choose to walk around Laguna Grande.

: More llamas, ready to pose for photographs!

: This is the track that you take to walk around Laguna Grande.

: The paths are often waterlogged in the rainy season, but not an issue to cross.

: Beautiful views of Laguna Grande and the surrounding mountains

: More llamas; less willing to pose for photographs!

: Life and death in Reserva Biologica de Sama

: Laguna Grande

: One of the adobe churches that you pass on on the shores of Laguna Grande

: Church from the front

: Adobe ruins in Reserva Biologica de Sama

: Cattle enjoying the waters of Laguna Grande

: Sunset across Laguna Grande

: Camping on the shores of Laguna Grande

: Sunrise from our camping spot on the shores of Laguna Grande

: Spider webs in the dew the following morning

: Llamas in the mist

: Cows grazing just before the beginning of the Inca Trail

: The local bus passes along the dirt road

: The beginning of the Inca Trail

: Views from the beginning of the Inca Trail

: A woodpecker watches us from a wall in the valley below the initial section of the Inca Trail

: The valley after the initial section of the Inca Trail

: More beautiful wildlife that we spotted on our walk

: Another valley that forms part of the descent from the initial section of the Inca Trail

: Sunset above the Valle de Concepcion

: Camping above the Valle de Concepcion

: Sunrise the following morning

: Local houses and land before reaching the final destination, Pino Sud

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About Steph Dyson

Steph Dyson is a bilingual freelance travel writer, guidebook author and blogger originally from the UK who now spends a lot of her time in Santiago, Chile. Having travelled and volunteered across South America since 2014, she now writes about beyond-the-beaten-trail adventures, using her extensive experience of exploring (and getting lost in) this continent. A former teacher, avid cheese eater, and famous Bolivian TV personality (well, almost), she never says no to an adventure.

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