To get to Samaipata from Sucre was a bit of a pain. All flotas (big buses) leave in the evening and we arrived at 01:30 a.m. in the middle of hjeavy rain in the darkness. Very unpleasant. From Samaipata we took a taxi the next day for 50 BOB to the Fuerte de Samaipata. Mototaxis are cheaper but another traveller that used it was a bit frightened by the ride in combination with the street quality. On site we decided to take a guided tour through the fortress, which is not what the Spanish have named it for. It was never used for military purposes. The entrance fee is 50 BOB and the guided tour 100 BOB for up to 5 people. Even though the tour was in Spanish we could communicate well with our guide as she patiently described anything we didn´t understand with other words. It was only the two of us and the guide. The rock on top of the hill that the site is all about can be walked around in a almost two hour guided tour. We learned interesting information about the different time periods and populations that lived here throughout the centuries and how they utilized the rock. For example it was interesting that the earlier populqtions have built three runs for art purposes which were later utilized by the Quechua (Inca) to sacrifice animals and let their blood run through it (in paralell to chicha in another run). Also from the Quechua (Inca) period the habitational remains are still left in ruins around the main rock. I found most beautiful the surrounding landscape with green hills and "low" clouds hanging around the hills. In Samaipata we took a tour another day to the "helechos gigantes" (giant fern trees) in nearby PN Amboró. The car ride is quite spectacular on a gravel road with huge descents aside in the clouds. It's a nice walk in a cloud forest afterwards. Apparently you need a guide for it so we took one. The city itself is small but pleasant. If you come from Sucre/ the altitude you will finally encounter some mosquitos again.  
 
All in all the fuerte of Samaipata is interesting but not astonishing. It's worth a visit.