Head on a Bolivian Gin Adventure Without Leaving Your Home
Jan 23, 2019
In celebration of our South American inspired Gin of the Month box and the La República Amazónica hailing from Bolivia, we’ve rounded up the best places to visit in the country. Have an off-the-road adventure simply by sipping on cocktails ginspired by Bolivia’s nature.
Go to Salar de Uyuni for otherworldly vistas. Composed of 10 billion tonnes of salt laid flat across a plateau, it has a beauty both savage and surreal. It is not an alien landscape, as you might imagine, but rather a salt flat left behind when a prehistoric lake evaporated. The prize gem of Bolivia, it rests near the crest of the Andes. Immense enough to see from space, the world’s biggest salt flat has also been called the world’s largest mirror. In the summer months geometric salt patterns are visibile, but come the wet season - January to April - the rain creates a vast, reflective surface. Taste the salt from which such wonders are formed with a swig of the Salty Dog.
Glide down the Ibare and Mamoré rivers to see dolphins with a pinkish hue. This particular species of blushing dolphins doesn’t live anywhere else in the world. Known locally as bufeo, they feature in many a Bolivian legend. For example, if a handsome stranger appears at a fiesta, superstition suggests he may be a bufeo in disguise. Bufeo are considered national treasures but are sadly under threat as mercury contamination - caused by illegal gold mining and the logging of the Amazon rainforest - pollutes their habitat. Have a think about how we can protect the habitats of these marvellous creatures while swirling a Pink Lady, which shares their gorgeous colour!
Valle De La Luna, just 40 minutes from the urban sprawl of La Paz, feels like another planet. Not so much a valley as a dramatic maze of stone spires and jagged canyons, some say it got its name when astronaut Neil Armstrong visited and mused how like the moon it looks. Barren except for the occasional cactus, some visitors have claimed to see faces in the red, purple and tan rock, including the ‘ancient grandfather’. Imagine yourself perched at Valle De La Luna’s Devil’s Point, sipping a Blue Moon.
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