Cholet Tour: Explore Andean Architecture and Culture in El Alto

Immerse yourself in the vibrant Andean architecture and culture of El Alto on our half-day Cholet tour. Explore the colorful cholets, learn about their significance, and experience the rich traditions of Bolivia. Book now!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Mi Teleferico - Ride several cable cars! The best way to get around La Paz and El Alto
  • El Alto - Explore the colorful streets of this growing city with a local guide.
What's Included
  • Complimentary snacks
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Explore the colorful and exuberant architecture of El Alto known as Cholets with us every day on our half-day Andean Architecture tour.
The jolting, captivating mix of old and new, tradition and modernity, is uniquely Bolivian, and what better way to visit the cholets than with a local guide who loves to share his/her culture, city, and home. On the tour…

Location
Teleférico Morado
We meet at the doors of Michelline cafe, next to the ticket stand for the Purple Cable Car station in the center of the city. Look for your guide with a Red Cap.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Journey33407439078
Nov 22, 2025
Great Tour. Very Interesting! - Amara (I believe that is her name) knows the area well and taught my friend and I alot about the El Alto cholets. It was also neat to experience the shared taxis and the purple cable car system.
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Davidhq9366cx
Nov 13, 2025
Great tour - I can highly recommend doing the Cholets tour with Red Cap. Our guide, Rem, was knowledgeable and had a good sense of humour. The tour takes you through parts of El Alto that might not be so easy to visit on your own.
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L7430appetrag
Oct 30, 2025
Insights into the culture of El Alto - With Matt from Red Cap we spent a great morning in El Alto. He told us a lot about the background of the city and the Cholets. Suddenly you see the city from a completely different perspective! We were even able to visit one of the cholets from the inside and learn a lot about the local festive and marriage culture. This was a very nice tour, interesting, entertaining and individual
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580saarl
Oct 13, 2025
Best tour in La Paz - Denise from Red Cap was an amazing guide! Charismatic, so much knowledge, a very interesting tour! Totally recommend.
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Jennifer_c
Sep 29, 2025
Enjoyable tour to see El Alto - We are so glad we booked this tour. Denise was a fantastic guide and we learned so much that we would not have otherwise learned visiting El Alto on our own. The history of cholets and the different types that can be seen around El Alto was fascinating to learn about. The tour covered a lot of area - it was a good experience to ride the cable car and it was even more interesting to use the local public transport to get around to see some cholets. Denise is well organised and is very knowledgeable.
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Andrea
Jul 2, 2025
Excellent tour of cholets and Red Cap Tours - My family of 5 (2 adults, 3 kids ages 10, 13, 15) had a great tour with Denise. She was fabulous! Full of enthusiasm and fun facts and very organized. It’s easy to see that she loves her job, and we all enjoyed our time with her. The cholets were very interesting, and we were amazed by the various designs. Going inside one was fantastic! We loved this tour and our time with Denise and we recommend it 100%!
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Annabo641qw
Jun 19, 2025
Great tour to explore el Alto and Cholets - We‘ve booked the cholets tour and it was a really great expierience. Our guide Matt was very friendly and interesting person, we’ve enjoyed visiting el Alto with him. Thank you for the organisation.
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Penelope
May 31, 2025
Great tour guide, interesting story - Very knowledgeable and expressive tour guide Denise. Loved taking the cable cars to El Alto to see the cholets. Worth the money and time, about 3 hours.
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Departure37942358769
May 20, 2025
Amazing Tour - The guide was very knowledgeable and gave us great insights into the local culture. A bit of extra "fun" was taking the somewhat informal mini-bus/van system between sites. We only had 3 people plus the guide, so we took some taxis as well. All transit costs plus a delicious treat were included. We were very happy we took this tour as there's no way we could have re-created it without our guide's knowledge - very much worth it.
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Relax53741220740
Sep 18, 2025
Tour cholet / Transformers - A very nice experience but I would have liked the access to the places to be more abundant and visit More of them But a very nice tour full of culture art and architecture in the city of the high they served us very well The agency lives your moment
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From $28
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).