Route of Che

Here one can visit the prison-museum where they were held and tortured, as well as the library where the French intellectual Régis Debray and the Argentinian painter Ciro Bustos were judged, as people connected with the rebel group.

Debray confirmed under torture to the Bolivian military authorities that Che Guevara was operating in that area, and Bustos made drawings of the members of the group: the originals of these are now exhibited in the officers' quarters of Camiri barracks.

This was the scene of the"Ambush of Vado del Yeso", which resulted in the deaths of all the participants, including Tamara Bunke, apart from a guerrilla second column commanded by "Vilo" Acuña, a Cuban politician.

Samaipata is a small community at an altitude of 1,600–1,800 meters with a population of 3,000 inhabitants to the north of Ñancahuazú, about 120 kilometers to the southwest of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

It is in the foothills of the Andes, on the road that connects Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Cochabamba, and was used by the guerrillas as a source of food and medical supplies.

The school in which Che Guevara and some of his men were detained, questioned and murdered is located in the small hamlet of La Higuera, with 30 dwellings at altitude 2,160 meters.

The bust was placed in 1978 and the military governments of Bolivia during successive dictatorships tried repeatedly to destroy it; on each occasion it was rebuilt by unnamed people.