The legendary Che Guevara: tracking him in Vallegrande

"La ruta del Che", the Che trail, will make you feel part of the history.

Che Guevara spent his last months in Bolivia. With the fantastic tour I joined in Vallegrande, I was able to see the "Lavandería" of the local, and still running, hospital. 

It's here that the body of El Comandante was officially identified and where the iconic picture of him looking as Jesus was taken. People who saw got the chance to see his body said he got his eyes still opened, so that looked like he was watching them. Here some people still considers him as a sort of Saint.

The murales are new but the structure is the same.

After the hospital, we went to visit a place where few "guerrilleros" were buried in a mass grave. Here there's also the body of the only woman fighting in Bolivia, the Argentinian Tamara Bunke.

Just across the road there is the Mausoleo "Ernesto Guevara". The body of El Che was found here after almost 30 years. His body in fact was secretly buried straight after his identification. 

There is also a little but very interesting museum.

With the same guide, who speaks also a very good English, it's possible to organise a tour to La Higuera, the little town jist two hours away where Che Guevara was captured and then killed.

It has been one of the most intense tour I've been part of. Highly recommended!