Ghost Recon Wildlands: The Real Bolivia

The story begins in July 2019, when a bomb hits the American embassy in La Paz. The United States answers by sending in a Ghost Recon fireteam. The real city sits in a canyon cut by the Choqueyapu River, ringed by the mountains of the Altiplano. In 2017 Bolivia's government filed a formal complaint about the game's portrayal of the country with the French embassy in La Paz.

Location precision: The game does not tie the bombing to a mapped address; the pin marks La Paz itself.

Wildlands recreates the Yungas Road, the 64-kilometre route linking La Paz with the Yungas region and better known as Death Road. It is so narrow in places that sections are under 3 metres wide. A newer route now carries the traffic, so the old North Yungas Road is used mainly by cyclists, motorcyclists and walkers.

Location precision: The game map is fictionalised; the pin marks the real road's general area, not a specific in-game spot.

Visitor guidance: The old North Yungas Road is open to cyclists, motorcyclists and walkers; go with a guide and watch the narrow edges.

The developers' map recreates the train cemetery near Uyuni. In reality it lies 3 km outside the town, joined to it by old tracks. Uyuni was once a hub for trains carrying minerals to Pacific ports; the lines were built between 1888 and 1892. The abandoned locomotives now draw tourists, and they gave the game a striking piece of real Bolivia to borrow.

Location precision: The game's version is fictionalised; the pin marks the real cemetery outside Uyuni.

Visitor guidance: A short ride or walk from Uyuni along the old tracks.

Laguna Colorada, the Red Lagoon, is a shallow, hypersaline lake in the remote south-west of the Altiplano, inside the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve. It lies at about 4,278 metres above sea level and has been a Ramsar wetland of international importance since 1990. Ubisoft's fictionalised map recreates it among the landmarks the team photographed on their trip.

Location precision: The in-game lake is a fictionalised version; the pin marks the real lagoon.

Visitor guidance: Inside the Eduardo Avaroa reserve; it is high and remote, so go with a tour operator.

Wildlands recreates the silver mines of Potosí. Cerro Rico above the city is the world's largest silver deposit and has been mined since the sixteenth century; Potosí hosted the first mint in the Americas. In 2012 more than 30 Ubisoft developers spent two weeks travelling across Bolivia, consulting locals, and came home with about 15,000 photographs.

Location precision: The game's mines are fictionalised; the pin marks Cerro Rico, not a specific in-game mine.