Isla del Sol

The city's cable car network, the largest urban system of its kind, crossing the canyon between La Paz and El Alto with full views of the basin.

Eroded clay spires on the southern edge of the city, crossed by short marked paths.

The Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat, about 10,600 square kilometres of hexagonal crust at 3,656 metres. In the dry season it is a blinding white plain with cactus islands; after rain a shallow film turns it into a mirror. Multi-day jeep tours continue south to coloured lagoons, flamingos and geysers near the Chilean border.

A rocky island in the middle of the salt flat covered in giant cactus, with a short loop path and a view over the crust.

A red-tinted shallow lake at 4,278 metres in the southern altiplano, holding large numbers of James's flamingos.

Titicaca is the highest large navigable lake in the world at 3,812 metres, shared with Peru. On the Bolivian side, Copacabana is the lakeshore town and the departure point for Isla del Sol, which has no vehicles and is crossed on Inca-era paths between villages. The light and altitude make walking here slower than the distances suggest.