Missions: San Ignacio de Velasco

Things to do

• Laguna Guapomó
• Base for Santa Ana, San Rafael and San Miguel

What to eat

• MajaditoRice cooked with charque or chicken, served with a fried egg and fried plantain. The dish of Santa Cruz and the Beni.
• Locro de gallinaA thick rice soup with free-range chicken, comforting and typical of the east.
• MasacoMashed plantain or cassava with charque or cheese. Rich and filling.

How to get to San Ignacio

• San Miguel Road (bus, car) · 1 h (day loop)

  Taxi or day tour (San Miguel, San Rafael and Santa Ana loop).

• Santa Ana Road (bus, car) · about 1 h

  Taxi or hired car from San Ignacio, on a dirt track.

• Concepción Road (bus, car) · 3 to 5 h

  Daily buses.

• Noel Kempff 4x4 tour or excursion · 12 h or more

  Organised 4x4 expedition, or light aircraft from Santa Cruz.

Photos of Missions: San Ignacio de Velasco

More places in this region

• Missions: San JavierThe first of the Jesuit missions of Chiquitos (UNESCO), with painted wooden churches.
• Missions: ConcepciónThe most beautiful square of the missions, with a restoration workshop and a museum.
• Missions: San Miguel de VelascoA Chiquitano mission with woodcarving workshops that are still very much alive.
• Missions: Santa Ana de VelascoThe most authentic of the Chiquitos missions, with its original organ.
• Missions: San Rafael de VelascoA mission church decorated with mica and painted wood, between San Ignacio and San José.
• Missions: San José de ChiquitosThe only stone Jesuit mission, at the foot of the hills.
• Noel Kempff Mercado National ParkA vast and very remote UNESCO park: the Huanchaca plateau and the Arco Iris falls.