Our most recommended things to do in El Alto

La Paz: City Highlights Walking Tour with Cable Car Ride

1. La Paz: City Highlights Walking Tour with Cable Car Ride

Experience the best of La Paz and the neighboring city of El Alto with a comprehensive walking tour. Learn about the fascinating culture as you stroll through traditional squares and markets. Ride the local cable car system for panoramic views of the area from above. Meet your guide at the San Francisco Church and visit the Witches' Market of La Paz. Head over to El Alto to see San Pedro Square and learn the infamous history behind San Pedro Prison. Visit the El Alto Witches' Market, riding several cable car lines during your journey. Head back to La Paz to stroll through the beautiful Jaen Street and step into Plaza Murillo, the main square of the city. Gaze at the cathedral and the government buildings, walk through open-air markets and shops, and finish back at San Francisco Church.

La Paz: Cable Car, Cemetery, Shaman, and El Alto Tour

2. La Paz: Cable Car, Cemetery, Shaman, and El Alto Tour

See La Paz from the sky and explore the alternative side of the city on this off-the-beaten-track tour. Start in the city center and ride the red cable car to El Alto, marveling at the spectacular panoramic views. Stop by the famous cemetery and take in the works of art at its open-air gallery. In El Alto, visit a local shaman and learn about Andean spirituality and healing herbs, as well as having your fortune read in coca leaves. Explore the vibrant neighborhood of El Alto, a district known for its fascinating combination of historical tradition and big-city lifestyles, with an expert local guide. Board another teleférico (cable car) and make your way back to the city center, admiring the incredible views along the way. 

Private City tour, Cable Car and Moon Valley

3. Private City tour, Cable Car and Moon Valley

The best tour in La Paz is in the morning at 8:30 a.m. In the afternoon at 14:30 p.m. First, we go to the mon valley (don't forget sunscreen or hats), after that, we take the cable cars from La Paz to El Alto, and back to La Paz, then Jaen Street, plaza Murillo, San Francisco Church finally the witches market. 1. Moon Valley 2. Cable cars; Yellow - Silver - Red - Orange 3. Jaen Street 4. Plaza Murillo 5. Plaza San Francisco (Church) 6. The Witches Market (the last point) About the time of the tour In the morning we start at 8:30 am and finish at 2:30 pm approximately in the Afternoon we start at 2:30 pm and finish at 6:30 pm approximately

La Paz: Andean Architecture Tour in El Alto

4. La Paz: Andean Architecture Tour in El Alto

Explore the colorful and exuberant architecture of El Alto as you admire the neighborhood's luxurious mansions, also known as cholets, on this daily half-day Andean architecture tour. Discover a fascinating mix of ancient Andean civilization and colorful modern textiles through the kitsch designs of the cholets. Learn more about the bourgeois residents who show their wealth through building these vibrant, futuristic mansions and throwing luxurious parties in them. In the company of a local guide, travel up through the city in a cable car which will allow you to see several different areas of El Alto. You will also have the opportunity to enter one of these cholets and see the vibrant designs throughout its interior. On this tour you will discover not only the breathtaking architecture of the cholets, but also the culture and traditions which they represent. 

Show Cholitas Wrestling

5. Show Cholitas Wrestling

Located in Alto City at 4.100 m.a.s.l., Cholitas Luchadoras are women flighters that do a popular show, where flight rural women so they are dressed from typical hat, shirt with shawl, long skirts (polleras) and shoes. Inside of La Paz Departament exist a big proportion of indigenous people in which El Alto was born this is entertainment to people. Where each Thursday and Sunday we can enjoy this show together with family or friends. Enjoy this show with strong fighters  between women or men. Itinerary: Departure, we will pick you up from your hotel at 4:00 pm Later we will ascend to the Ciudad del Alto for 1 hour once we arrive at the Coliseum to enjoy the Show for approximately 2 hours, then we will return to the City of La Paz at 8:00 p.m.

From Cusco: Uyuni Salt Flat Tour 3 days 2 nights

6. From Cusco: Uyuni Salt Flat Tour 3 days 2 nights

Day 1: Cusco- Puno The Uyuni Salt Flat Tour from Cusco begins with the pick up from the Hotel in Cusco and transfer to the Cusco terminal. Transfer by tourist bus Cusco – Puno (departure 10:00 p.m.)-(arrival 5:00 a.m.). Day 2: Puno-La Paz-Uyuni Pick up from the hotel in Puno and transfer to the Puno terminal. Transfer by tourist bus Puno – La Paz (arrival at 2:00 p.m.). Free afternoon, you can visit the city of La Paz and El Alto. The transfer is made by tourist bus La Paz – Uyuni (Departure 20:00 Hrs), arrival the next day 05:00 Hrs. Day 3: Uyuni – Uyuni Salt Flats We will go to the train cemetery to see the old locomotives. Then we will visit the community of Colchani (gateway to the Salar) where we will find rustic craft workshops and the rustic table salt microprocessor. Continuing with the expedition to the majestic Salt Flat, we will make stops to see the salt extractions, the eyes of the salt flat and the Hotel de Sal de Playa Blanca that currently only works as a museum. Later we will visit the most popular island of the Salar located in the middle of the Salar, the Incahuasi Island where we will walk and appreciate large expanses of cacti, marine rock fossils and spectacular 360° views from the viewpoint. Finishing our tour, we headed to the town of Uyuni. End of our services of the Salar de Uyuni Tour from Cusco.

From Lima-Perú: Uyuni salt flat 4 days 3 nights

7. From Lima-Perú: Uyuni salt flat 4 days 3 nights

Day 1: Lima - Puno The Salar de Uyuni Tour from Lima begins with the departure from Lima at 12:30 pm to Puno. We will make a small stop in Arequipa, then we will continue to the city of Puno. Reception and Night in Puno Day 2: Reception at the Puno terminal and transfer to the hotel. Free afternoon and night in Puno. Day 3: Puno-La Paz-Uyuni Pick up from the hotel in Puno and transfer to the Puno terminal. Transfer by tourist bus from Puno – La Paz (arrival at 2:00 p.m.). Free afternoon, you can visit the city of La Paz and El Alto. Transfer in tourist bus from La Paz – Uyuni (Departure 20:00 Hrs). Day 4: Uyuni – Uyuni Salt Flats First we will go to the train cemetery to see the old locomotives. Then we go to the community of Colchani (the gateway to the Salar) where we will find rustic craft workshops and the rustic table salt microprocessor. Continuing with the expedition to the majestic Salar de Uyuni we will make stops to see salt extractions, the eyes of the salt flat and the Playa Blanca Salt Hotel that currently only works as a museum. Later we will visit the most popular island of the Salar located in the middle of the Salar, the Incahuasi Island where we will hike and appreciate large expanses of cacti, sea rock fossils and spectacular 360° views from the viewpoint. Finishing our tour, we headed to the town of Uyuni.

From La Paz: El Alto Cholet Andean Architecture Day Trip

8. From La Paz: El Alto Cholet Andean Architecture Day Trip

Explore this experience together with our native team showing the evolution of Andean architectures. Mostly Aymara in the region, we want you to be able to see how the city of El Alto lives talking about anthropological issues, economy, history, Andean worldview and more. Cholets architecture view activities, viewpoint, market and tasting.

La Paz City Tour with Moon Valley

9. La Paz City Tour with Moon Valley

This tour combines walking, cable cars and public transportation to give the best local experience while you visit us! During the tour you will visit the San Francisco church, the witches' market in the city of La Paz, the local markets all around downtown. Afterwards you will have the most amazing bird's-eye view from our Cable cars which will take you to the city of El Alto, here you will not only have the best views and perfect picture spots but you will also be able to check out the witches' market of El Alto which is a bit different than the one in La Paz because you will get so see some of the local witch doctors actually performing rituals. Soon after you will ride the cable cars back down to La Paz but you will go past downtown and into the far south side, you will be able to really see all the different faces La Paz has to offer. Once in the south zone we will take a public car into the Moon Valley and enjoy this place with a short trek and the chance to take awesome pictures. After this we will head back to the city through a different set of cable cars and finally reach the historic center where we will visit the famous street Jaen with all the lovely colonial homes and finish the tour at kilometer 0 of the city, Plaza Murillo, square that is home to our Stunning Cathedral, our Presidential Palace with the brand new moder version of it right behind and our House of Parliament. All this made even better with amount of history, cool facts and cultural information delivered by our super fun and amazing guides.

La Paz: Private Airport Transfer Service

10. La Paz: Private Airport Transfer Service

Meeting with your driver to begin your express transit is easy. As you come out from the arrival gates, you will see your driver holding a placard stating your name on it. This is an easy and safe way to reach your destination, with no need to waste time looking for taxis. Booking your transfer in advance will also give you fantastic peace of mind. You can sit back and relax on a comfortable, private shuttle service from La Paz Airport directly to your La Paz city center accommodation. All vehicles are air-conditioned for your comfort, and will have you arrive feeling relaxed and ready to start your vacation or business trip fully refreshed.

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Affordable tour of the city and the cable car system. Fernando had a lot of information to share and did a great job navigating our group through the busy streets in the rain and making sure we were okay.

Wow we had an amazing few hours on this tour! There was only us and another couple so it was really nice. Juan was an amazing tour guide he answered alll of my questions and was really nice.

This was an excellent tour. Our guide was informative and patient. (We talked a lot). He had a lovely manner and showed us more than we expected.

Super guide (fernando I think was his name..very knowledgeable and nice guy also.. thnks a lot!!) So much worrh of the money I paid

Christopher was amazing, so lovely and insightful, overall a great experience and so excited to travel on the teleferico!