Voetspore S17E02 · Salar de Uyuni na Higuera

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The team spends a few days on the Salar de Uyuni in the southwestern corner of Bolivia. These are the largest salt flats on Earth, visible from outer space. From the salt flats, the team travels to Potosi, where millions of lives were sacrificed in the quest for silver mining. Afterwards, they visit the beautiful city of Sucre. The week concludes at La Higuera, a small town in the Andes where guerrilla fighter Che Guevara was executed.

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1. 1 1. ‘n Reis na Bolivië2024-01-26The second series in South America picks up where the previous one left off – in Uruguay. The team then travels north through Argentina, encountering dramatic new landscapes along
2. 2 2. Salar de Uyuni na Higuera2024-02-02The team spends a few days on the Salar de Uyuni in the southwestern corner of Bolivia. These are the largest salt flats on Earth, visible from outer space. From the salt flats, th
3. 3 3. Higuera na La Paz2024-02-09After a long journey through the Andes, the team reaches the highest city in the world – La Paz. The city is explored using a network of cable cars, revealing its beautiful landsca
4. 4 4. Na die Amazone2024-02-16The team descends into the Amazon Basin from 4,000 meters above sea level via the Road of Death – the perilous Yungas Road. In Rurrenabaque, they explore the Amazon with a boat tri
5. 5 5. Land van die Inkas2024-02-23The Rainbow Mountain at Vinicunca, the historical city of Cusco, and Machu Picchu provide one highlight after another. Here, in the Land of the Inca, the team explores small towns,
6. 6 6. Nazca2024-03-01Two days of hard driving with one mountain pass after the other brings the team to Nazca near the Pacific Ocean. This is where the Nazca Lines are found. Massive figures were drawn
7. 7 7. Cordillera Blanca2024-03-08After a visit to the capital city of Lima in Peru, the team travels to the interior to explore the spectacular Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Negra. The two mountain ranges are s
8. 8 8. Op soek na ‘n Panama sombrero2024-03-15After crossing the border, the team visits the banana-growing region of Machala. Further into the interior, the town of Zaruma offers the highest-yielding gold mines in the world.
9. 9 9. Na die Evenaar2024-03-22This episode starts at Chimborazo, the mountain on earth closest to the stars. The team visits the unique artists of the Ecuadorian Andes before exploring the beautiful city of Qui
10. 10 10. Noord van die Evenaar2024-03-29The team discovers that the real equator is a few hundred meters north of the line drawn at Mitad del Mundo. They proceed to the Mindo Valley, a prime bird-watching destination in
11. 11 11. Cali2024-04-05The visit to Colombia starts with dance lessons in Cali - the salsa capital of the world. The city, with its famous Cali Cats, is explored before the team visits the sugar estate w
12. 12 12. Na Bogotá en terug2024-04-12With one vehicle short, the team travels to Bogota to fetch a new vehicle provided by Toyota Colombia. In the capital, the team attends the Independence Parade as well as a massive
13. 13 13. Laaste week in Colombia2024-04-19Medellin was known as the drug cartel capital of the world. Recently, the city underwent a metamorphosis and today boasts to be one of the safest cities around. It is a beautiful c