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La Paz City Tour: Explore Bolivian Culture, History, and Legends with Cable Car Adventure
4.8
568 Ratings
La Paz
Discover the captivating Bolivian city of La Paz on a 3-hour guided walking tour. Immerse yourself in the rich culture, history, and legends while exploring the iconic landmarks and intriguing Witches Market. Embark on a cable car adventure for a unique perspective of this sky-high city.
Discover the captivating Bolivian city of La Paz on a 3-hour guided walking tour. Immerse yourself in the rich culture, history, and legends while exploring the iconic landmarks and intriguing Witches Market. Embark on a cable car adventure for a unique perspective of this sky-high city.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Mi Teleférico - The journey begins at the San Francisco Church, followed by a visit to the Witches’ Market in La Paz, San Pedro Square, and a view of the infamous jail from the outside. Participants will then take several cable car lines to enjoy a bird’s-eye view of the city. The tour also includes a visit to the Witches’ Market in El Alto, which…
- Mi Teleférico - The journey begins at the San Francisco Church, followed by a visit to the Witches’ Market in La Paz, San Pedro Square, and a view of the infamous jail from the outside. Participants will then take several cable car lines to enjoy a bird’s-eye view of the city. The tour also includes a visit to the Witches’ Market in El Alto, which offers a distinct experience compared to the one in La Paz. On Thursdays and Sundays, there is an opportunity to explore a portion of the vast flea market in the area. The tour concludes with a return to La Paz, where visitors will explore the charming Jaen Street, the main square with its cathedral and government buildings, and stroll through open-air markets and various shops, ending back at the San Francisco Church.
What's Included
- Local guide
- All activities
- Local guide
- All activities
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
During this 3-hour, guided, walking tour of La Paz, learn the fascinating culture behind this Bolivian city in the sky, and hear the myths, history, and legends behind the buildings and streets. Along with your local guide and a group of no more than 15 people, you’ll browse through the stalls of the Witches Market and see the La Paz Cathedral, as well…
During this 3-hour, guided, walking tour of La Paz, learn the fascinating culture behind this Bolivian city in the sky, and hear the myths, history, and legends behind the buildings and streets. Along with your local guide and a group of no more than 15 people, you’ll browse through the stalls of the Witches Market and see the La Paz Cathedral, as well as learn the infamous history behind San Pedro Prison.
- Dress code is smart casual
Location
Basilica of Saint Francis
Sagarnaga
We meet in front of the main door of San Fransisco church. Our guides wear and orange and beige vest with the HANAQPACHA TRAVEL logo on the back and WALKING CITY TOUR below the logo.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(568 Ratings)
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Polkaguy
Apr 13, 2026
A Must Do! - Natalia was a great guide! She was very informative, pleasant, and helpful. La Paz is such a unique city, and the teleferico cable car system is amazing, so experiencing it with a guide just makes sense. Half the time was walking and half the time was riding the cars. It gave me the assurance I needed to follow up the next day and do all of the colors on my own, which was so much fun! Highly recommended!
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J9631uxclaireb
Apr 13, 2026
You wont regret this city tour. 10/10 - Nikko was an exceptional guide! He provided so much education on Bolivians culture, history and politics. He did so in such an engaging way where I never felt bored (like other tours i have done). He also helped us purchase things in the market and showed us how to navigate the cable cars.
He even passed on more information for our visit to La paz after the tour in a what's app group. 10/10 tour i would recommend anybody choose this company and ask for Nikko! Best guide I've ever had.
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Mariamarch
Apr 2, 2026
Carolina teaches you La Paz in a fun, entertaining and enjoyable way - I took different tours in Bolivia and this was the last but the best. Carolina (in addition to speaking excellent English) is pleasant, fun. He taught me the real thing about La Paz, with things I didn’t know at all and that I love, surprise me! (I don't give examples for someone else to be surprised by)
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Jerris_s
Apr 1, 2026
Natalie was very helpful... - Natalie was very helpful and had good knowledge on the city's history. The cable ride had some great views of the city.
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Nsakos
Mar 30, 2026
great combo walking/cable car tour - Great way to get introduced to La Paz. combination cable car tour and walking tour is a great way to get oriented with the city, geographically and historically. Jorge was a terrific guide. Def recommended esp if it’s your first day in la paz
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Peter_j
Mar 25, 2026
A great way to get a feel... - A great way to get a feel for the city. Witches market and the cable cars.
Natalia was great, very friendly and knowledgeable.
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Suesm5765gr
Mar 18, 2026
Excellent tour - Our tour of La Paz city was excellent, we learnt so much about the history and culture and really enjoyed seeing the city from the cable cars. Natalia, our guide was lovely and so helpful.
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Elaine_c
Mar 18, 2026
Really great tour for a bargain price. - Really good guide. Made sure we all got onto the Cable Car together.
We went all over the city including seated info at the witches market. The tour included the Cable car fees. For us the highlight of La Paz. Thank you.
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Jumil_t
Mar 10, 2026
Excellent Walking Tour - The Nico guide has a way to lead the tour very enjoyable with his knowledge and patience. We visited several places of peace and toured several cable cars to see the city from above.
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Josh
Apr 22, 2026
Good tour - It was a good tour, seeing lots of sights of La Paz and El Alto, from both the ground and the air (in the cable cars). The views from the cable cars were great - snow capped mountains and we were lucky to have beautiful sun on the afternoon tour on the cable car down from El Alto.
The guide was generally good, with interesting information. The tour started quite abruptly without much friendly introduction or personal touches, but we got to know each other better later on.
It was great that they sorted the cable car tickets and helped guide you through the stations.
The TripAdvisor description / 'What to expect' sections could be updated or made clearer that they may be example routes, as we didn't use a minibus through El Alto, the yellow or green lines or visit the stylish south. Maybe the minibus would only be on El Alto market days (Thur and Sun) but I didn't understand this from the description. I was looking forward to these parts as we had already ridden many of the lines we took on a separate experience.
Overall, it was a good tour. You feel safe and looked after and we learnt lots more about La Paz.
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