Monday, August 4, 2008

Picacho?

Here is a small description of a place where we will probably stay two to three weeks :
Picacho is in the north east of the tropical part of Bolivia, close to the Brazilian border and the Nation Park Noel Kempff Mercado. The closest villages are Remanso (16km), Cafetal (Puerto Villazon, also 16km), Piso Firma (40km) and San Simon (15km).
The closest town, Santa Cruz is about 750kms... It sounds like a lot of fun to get there!


Formerly a cattle farm, Picacho has now been renovated as a small-scale organic animal farm with horses, cows, pigs, chickens, rabbits, ducks, cats and dogs. Surrounded by the Bolivian jungle with nearby waterfalls, lagoons, hills, rivers and natural wildlife, it's an ideal place to get away from civilisation (there's no phone nor internet, and it's often difficult to reach neighbouring villages when the conditions of the road are bad).
The perfect place to take a break then...

And, regarding to Lionel's comment on the "Milestones" post:
If you're coming or going from Brazil be aware that there's no official border crossing into/from Brazil, as despite being 16km from the Brazilian border, there is no immmigration control (which means you can't get an entrance/exit stamp and will not be legally entering or exiting either country). The most common way to arrive in Picacho is by air or road from Santa Cruz.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Pierre!

I've been out in the swedish countryside for some vacation for a while now, but I've checked out the blog and it looks like your enjoying yourself. Hope your not missing Stockholm too much ;)

And hej på dig med Gustav!

-Lars

Pierre said...

Actually, I am missing Stockholm... snif snif. But I will try to forget all about it next year in Madrid! You'd better come visit by the way, starting in January...

Unknown said...

Je réagis un peu à la bourre mais Picacho ça fait un peu pokemon non?
Tu vas partir à la chasse à la bêbête mystérieuse?

Yannick said...

picacho c'est pokemun :!