This is the Bolivia chapter from Lonely Planet's South America on a Shoestring guidebook.

A place of mind-boggling superlatives, landlocked Bolivia really packs a punch. The southern hemisphere's highest, most isolated and most rugged nation, it also boasts some of the earth's coldest, warmest and windiest spots: travel here might be tough but it's certainly rewarding.

• Salar de Uyuni: venture into the surreal salt deserts and take in spurting geysers, towering volcanoes and colored lagoons
• maps
• Lake Titicaca: hike the length of Isla del Sol on the sapphire-blue waters of what's considered the world's largest high-altitude lake
• transport & directory
• Amazon Basin Trips: penetrate deep into the lush pampas and rainforest of the Amazon lowlands on a riverboat
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: La Paz, Tiwanaku, The Cordilleras & the Yungas, Coroico, Chulumani, Trekking in the Cordilleras, Sorata, Lake Titicaca, Copacabana, Isla del Sol, The Southwest, Oruro, Uyuni, Southwest Circuit, Tupiza, Tarija, Cochabamba, Sucre, Potosí, The Southeast, Santa Cruz, The Amazon Basin, Rurrenabaque, Trinidad.