In many ways, Bolivia has similar characteristics to Mongolia.  There’s a little bit of everything to photograph.  The thing that makes Bolivia so unique is the sheer diversity.  That diversity is the result of its unique geography and immense altitude changes.  

The altitude changes mean that Bolivia is home to everything from jungle – down in the Amazon Basin – the alpine geography.  In fact, Bolivia is the 3rd most bio-diverse countries on the planet just behind the United States and Peru.  The only thing keeping it from the top spot is that it is landlocked.

In Bolivia there’s diversity in all the subjects.  For example, if you’re interested in portraiture, there are the bolo-hat wearing Aymara people, the Quechua, and numerous other indigenous groups in the Amazon basin and Chaco.

If landscapes are more your thing, there are so many really cool places to photograph the nature as well.  Up on the altiplano, you have the world-famous Salar de Uyuni which is the world’s largest salt flats.  In the summer months it can flood making it perhaps the world’s largest mirrored surface.  Up in the Andes there are also some incredibly impressive peaks – many of which are taller than 6,000m.  Throw in lakes that are red and green, the world’s highest altitude geysir, and epic volcanos and you have some really special places for landscape photography.

If you’re into wildlife, there are plenty of options in Bolivia as well.  Of course, you have the Amazon basin.  But you also have the jaguars of the Chaco.  And up in the altiplano there are flamingos, condors, Andean foxes, and chinchillas.