Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
942-2341; El Pichacu; mains B$40-80)
Literally the top spot in town, with excellent
views, and good fish and meat dishes.
Information
A tourist office next to the museum on the east side of the plaza provides information on
the Che Trail as well as offering guided tours with local Che expert
Gonzalo Flores
Guzmán
(
7318-6354)
. Tours start from B$200 per person for a group of four, or
B$450 for a single person for a full day. An interesting aspect of the tour is the chance to
chat with people who actually met Che to get a first-hand account of events. There is also
a decent Spanish language municipal website with tourist information:
Getting There & Away
From Plazuela Oruro in Santa Cruz
trufis
leave for Vallegrande (B$60, five hours) when
full.
Flotas
(B$35, seven hours) from the bimodal terminal leave mainly in the morning,
From Samaipata,
micros
leave from the main road at 11am and 4pm (three hours), or if
you are in a group you can haggle for a shared taxi; expect to pay around B$300 for a car
load.
Vallegrande's bus terminal, 1km north of the center, looks impressive, but very few ser-
vices actually run from there. There are
micros
to Santa Cruz at 8am and 1pm and several
between 9pm and 10pm, and a 6pm service to Cochabamba.
Trufis
to Samaipata and
Santa Cruz also leave from here when full, though it is frequently a long wait. The bus
between Santa Cruz and Sucre passes through Vallegrande between 1pm and 4pm every
day except Monday, continuing on to Pucará from where it's a pleasant 15km walk to La
Higuera or else a good place to negotiate with a taxi driver. Taxis to La Higuera (B$300,
three hours - try haggling) depart from the market, two blocks east of the main plaza
along Sucre.
La Higuera
The isolated town of La Higuera is where Che Guevara was held prisoner following his
capture. An oversized bust of the revolutionary lords over the dusty
Plaza del Che
, while
