Riberalta

城市概覽

The city of Riberalta has gone from being a dusty city to a city with modern streets, highlighting the tiles and pavement. The pink color will strike you more than others in other towns in Bolivia.

如何抵達

By bus The main bus terminal is 7-10 blocks south of the center. From Trinidad, take a shared taxi via San Joaquin and Guayaramerín. This is the most straightforward route, but accessible only in dry season. The longer, more accessible route, via Rurrenabaque, you can take a bus. Shared taxi from Trinidad to San Joaquin is Bs. 100 and 4 hr. Along the road you can see typical tropical lowland terrain, flora, and people life. From San Joaquin to Guayaramerin is Bs. 180, 7 hr, bumpy road, includes crossing river Mamore by ferry, and may be overnight. From Guayaramerin take a shared taxi from the terminal, Bs. 35, 1 hr. There are daily buses from Rurrenabaque. In dry season the bus takes about 16 hr and in wet season up to 1 week. It costs Bs. 130-140. To La Paz Bs. 180 and around 36 hr (rough ride). Inquire about departure times at the bus terminal; they vary wildly.

By taxi Shared taxi in dry season do the road in 1 hr (Bs. 35).

By car From Guayaramerín it is about 3-4 hr.

By plane

You can fly into and from Riberalta. Amaszonas and EcoJet are private companies, their planes leave on schedule. TAM is a military flight company, their planes leave when full. Amaszonas office is 10 min walk from main plaza. On the same street is the airport, so the office to the airport is a quick ride/walk. EcoJet office is at the main plaza. A flight to Guayaramerín is about US$15, to La Paz it costs Bs. 900, to Trinidad with Amaszonas is about Bs. 500. The view of pink-colored city from the air is breathtaking. The flight to Trinidad rewards you with views of tropical forest, big tropical lakes, and Mamore river, which is winding and shows many marks of a moving riverbed (the property of Amazon rivers). On the same flight you can spot some remains of land constructions of ancient hydro-civilisation in Beni.

當地交通

The taxis are all motorbikes which will charge around Bs. 4-5 for a ride anywhere within town. You are better off with a name of the place you’re going to than an address. When you want a taxi you just have to flag down any motorbike to see if they’ll take you. You can also rent motorcycles at the plaza principal for about US$6 per day. There are some interesting villages outside of town worth visiting, though beware, most of the roads are deeply potholed and require slow speeds. If visiting the waterfront, you will most likely be stopped by the police wanting to see your papers, i.e. passport and driver's license.

必看景點

There is a lot of pink color around, it comes from the soil and you can see it pretty everywhere. In the city and just outside, there's a lot of pink dust in dry season. Nice sculptures on the streets, you usually spot them while walking or taking a moto. I.e. a woman holding a book in one hand and a kid in the other. Or a villager with kids and wife, accompanied by a crocodile. Or a motorbike (made from metal parts and pipes), coming through the bushes. The main plaza is very nice and green. The cathedral (at the main plaza) is nice both outside (looks like an organic construction, expanded a couple of times) and inside (modern, with a good atmosphere). It is open in the evening, so you can take a look.

The confluence of two big rivers - Madre de Dios and Beni. Go take a look, there is a viewpoint. Reserva Municipal Aquicuana, to the northeast of the city.

體驗活動

Inca ruins and Las Piedras Las Piedras, in Gonzalo Moreno, is a small town about 5 km from Riberalta on the other side of Rio Beni. You can get here by motorbike, taxi or bicycle. Moto taxi is Bs. 10 to go to the river where boats are (quite far away). Crossing the river is Bs. 1 on your own, but if you're with someone, who has a moto, crossing will cost you Bs. 5. When you’ve crossed the river, go uphill a bit and where the road turns left there is a small path leading into the forest and to some Inca ruins. They might be a little hard to spot, it is actually a fort and a wall where the river used to pass. Since the rivers are moving in the Amazon, this fort was close to a river crossing between Rio Madre and Rio Beni. A strategical point for trading or military purposes. Not much research is done so far but an investigation was made by the university of Helsinki about 4 years ago. Archeological pieces was discovered and most of them are now in a museum in Lima while there is still a few pieces in the town of Las Piedras. About 2 km from the ruins and the river is the town of Las Piedras. Hike a moto to take you there, because the walk is boring. When you enter the town there is a small store at the right hand side next to the football field where you can have food (you’ll have to order in advance), play pool and also stay the night if you’d like. In the town there is also rests of a long wall built by the Incas. To see the archeological pieces, know more about the Inca ruins and the history of the Incas in the Amazon, you can ask for a man named Mr Carlos Chipunani (lives out of town, the opposite direction to Beni river). If you speak a little Spanish, he can show you around and tell you about the facts known about the Incas around here for a tip. If you want to go further, there is a lake about 9 km from Las Piedras. In half of the way there is a resort (which is under construction) where you can have a swim, food, snacks and stay in cabins.

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購物

On Sundays there is a market in the center, “La Feria” where you can find fruits, make up, clothes and a lot of other stuff for cheap prices.

美食

At the main plaza is a place where you can eat a salad.

住宿

Hotel Colonial, C/ Placido Mendez # 745 (near main plaza), ☏ +591 852-3018, [email protected]. The most upmarket. >Bs. 200 for a bed. (updated Mar 2019) Hotel Campus - a big hotel with rooms of different prices (quite close to the main plaza), starting at Bs. 30. They also have a pool. Casco Viejo - close to the main plaza, private bathroom, Bs. 80 a bed. Smaller cheaper options are spread around town, one is Anexo Laza, close to the center.

順遊推薦

Trinidad – A charming town and a gateway to other places in the Beni region, as well as to Santa Cruz. Guayaramerín - a town at Mamore river and on the border with Brasil. Shared taxi takes 1 hour and costs 35 Bs.