The beautiful surrounding of Tupiza is full of quebradas, cañones and valles. It's excellent for exploring by foot, but it's also possible to go on horseback, mountainbike or by jeep. Most tour agents have simple maps if you want to set out on your own.

• Valle Hermoso [1] (Avenida Pedro Arraya nº478), offers excellent 4 days Salar de Uyuni jeep tours and horseback riding trips.
• Tupiza Tours [2], (at Hotel Mitru), offers horseriding trips and 4-day Salar de Uyuni tours.

By train

Tupiza has connections to Villazón on the Argentinian border and north to Uyuni and Oruro. Ask at the train station for the latest departure times.

By bus

Bus schedules tend to change regular. There are daily busses to Villazón. Busses direct to La Paz leave daily in the afternoon, stopping at Potosí and Oruro on the way.

• Pastipizza, moderate, bad service.
• Restaurant California, has good a la carte food and pizzas, or you can just grab a beer.
• Ristorante Italiana, Florida 272, for Italian food.
• Il Bambino, Florida y Santa Cruz, the 10 Bs. setlunches are incredible popular with the locals.

On weekends there could be some local fiesta, -ask around.

• Diver...Gente, Florida (A block off the square). Lights of all colours are flashing, the DJ mostly trusts his DVDs. A bottle of booze 100 Bs.  edit