Amboro Tours

Jesuit Missions of La Gran Chiquitania

• Itinerary of 1 Night 2 Days (Public Transportation)

From The City of Santa Cruz

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1 Night + 2 Days 1 night

1^st Night

At 18:30 we meet at the office of Amboro Tours to go to board in a public service vehicle with destination to San Ignacio de Velasco, located 476 kilometers away (767.74 miles).

This town is on 530 over sea level and it has around of 30.000 inhabitants.

Part of this trip will be done on a paved road, passing by several towns and villages of people that moved from the high lands of Bolivia to the low lands of Santa Cruz. Also we may see some Mennonites colonies.

This trip is crossing an agricultural area, where mainly soybeans and sunflower are grown. We can also realize the relentless advance of the agricultural frontier begins from 30 Kilometers (48.38 Miles) off Santa Cruz.

The trip to San Ignacio takes approximately 9 hours. WE will be arriving in early hours of the morning.

1^st Day

After a shower and breakfast in San Ignacio, we will start our trip along the mission circuit in an express vehicle. With a specialized guide we will visit the Jesuit churches, in the small towns San Miguel, San Rafael and Santa Ana.

These churches are the ones that most hold the original work of the Tribes and Jesuit missionaries.

This Missionary circuit is a journey is 152 kilometers (245.16 Miles) by a road without pavement and it will take about 4 hours.

Lunch will be in one of these small towns.

In San Ignacio we also try to visit the Church. This church is not the same as it was constructed by the native people and the Jesuits. But it keeps inside the altarpieces and other things of the time.

In the afternoon or at early hours of the evening we will take a public transportation with the destination to the Town of Concepción.

Along the road (the same way to Santa Cruz) we are going to pass one more time through many communities but this time it will be during day hours

Concepcion is on 534 meters above sea level and it has around 15.000 inhabitants. Mostly descendants of more than 10 different native tribes gathered in this area during the Jesuit rule. Though there are also people of foreign background.

When Concepcion was founded by the Jesuits in the year 1708 with more than 10 different tribes, each of these tribes then spoke different languages and worship different gods, each of these gods represented the nature.

The trip to Concepcion takes approximately 4 hours.

Dinner along the road or in Concepcion.

We will spend the night in a hotel at Concepcion.

2^nd Day

After breakfast, we will visit, with a specialist guide, the church of Concepcion and its two museums which are bigger than the one in San Javier.

There, the guide will tell us about the restoration process done in the churches of these missions. Asw ell, a detailed explanation of the exposed objects.

If we have time, we also may visit some souvenir shops.

We have to take a public transportation about midday to go to San Javier, this trip will be done on a paved road. It will take approximately 1 1/2 hours

Lunch in San Javier.

San Javier has 12.000 inhabitants and is on 542 meters over sea level with a great indigenous background, founded in the year 1691 by the Jesuits.

There, we will visit its famous Jesuit church and the museum in company of another guide, who will explain us some details of the work done by the natives and the Jesuits.

The guide will take you to the bus´office with destination the city of Santa Cruz

End of our services. Thanks.

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Amboró Tours is the only original source of this Itinerary

Note: This service is in Public Transportation. Damages and accidents can

Happened.

- Public transportation in Bolivia is generally poor and / or with many flaws.

- In case of mechanical problems, passengers have to manage how to get to their

destination by themselves

- In case of mechanical problems in public service vehicles, usually there is no

mechanical assistance or replacement vehicle.

Adverse climatologic conditions or social unrest can change the original itinerary.