Tiwanaku & Puma Punku: UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Pre-Incan Civilizations

Explore the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Tiwanaku and Puma Punku in Bolivia. Discover the pre-Incan civilization, unique artistic style, and mysterious ruins of these ancient sites.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Tiwanaku - Itinerary

08:00/09:00 a.m. Hotel pick-up in the downtown area.
10:40 a.m. Tour Start in Tiwanaku, ruins and museums.
02:15 p.m. Lunch.
03:00 p.m. Return to the city.
04:00 p.m. Drop-off San Francisco Church.

Beginning with a visit to the Ceramic and Lithic museums, clients can visit the ancient and enigmatic archaeological ruins such as: Gate of the Sun, Kalasasaya Temple, The Semi-Subterranean Temple with nailed heads, Monoliths, the megalithic and mysterious ancient ruins of Puma Punku and other religious enclosures.

What's Included
  • Drop-off at San Francisco Church.
  • Round-trip transport.
  • Lunch included.
  • Professional bilingual guide (English/Spanish).
  • Entrance Fee to Tiwanaku.
  • Hotel pickup (selected hotels only) or meeting point.
What's Not Included
  • Drinks
  • Hotel drop-off
Additional Information

Tiwanaku is a pre-Incan city located in Bolivia and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000. The majority of archaeologists consider Tiwanaku as one of the pivotal locations that contributed to the formation of the Incan Empire, and it continues to be a captivating site for contemporary visitors. The distinctive artistic style of Tiwanaku exhibits intriguing figurative works, characterized by oversized heads. This style shares similarities with the Huari style, prevalent in the Andean region, and may have possibly evolved from the preceding Pukara style.

During the tour’s onset, visitors are guided to the Ceramic and Lithic museums before exploring the enigmatic and ancient archaeological sites such as the Gate of the Sun, Kalasasaya Temple, The Semi-Subterranean Temple festooned with nailed heads, monoliths, the enigmatic megalithic ruins of Puma Punku, and other spiritual precincts.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult.
  • Adult pricing applies to all travelers.
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required.
Location
Maria Auxiliadora Church
Avenida 16 de Julio
Meeting point with prior announcement. pick up time: 8:30 a.m. The main gate of Maria Auxiliadora Church.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Mariadolores_p
Jun 21, 2024
Interesting tour! - It was an interesting tour with a small group and knowledgeable tour guide. Learned a lot about Bolivian culture and history.
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371mariainesf
Jun 7, 2024
Culture is everything - Great! Guide Teresa with a lot of knowledge! Very helpful! Getting to know such an ancient and little-known civilization in my country was great!
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P7136irguillermoc
Jun 5, 2024
Marvelous - Excellent visit to this archaeological site, 100% recommended for you to visit and especially to Mi Guia Machupichu, who gave us this wonderful experience
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Julie_d
May 22, 2024
Interesting. - The departure was a but chaotic but nothing terrible. Overall it was a very interesting trip. The sites we visited had a lot of history and our guide was knowledgeable.
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Rainer_g
Feb 8, 2024
Interesting and somewhat amusing - Very interesting tour. Our guide was a little infected by von Däniken, talking about levitation, telepathy, and trade networks to Egypt, Mesopotamia and India. Nevertheless, I enjoyed seeing the fabulous masonry skills of the Tiwanaku people who seemed to be less engaged in warfare the the Inkas or Mayans.
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Wcitizen
Jan 23, 2024
Good in general but can improve. - Very unpunctual to leave and rigorous with the very limited times in each place. The vehicle needs maintenance because it looks like it is going to fall apart. The driver has no consideration for the passengers, he does not reduce speed enough on bumps or potholes. The guide is generally good, although perhaps it would be advisable for him to pay a little more attention to the tourists' questions or questions or, in his case, answer that he doesn't know. Lunch was good.
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David_s
May 8, 2024
Only go if you are really into knowledgable about this site and its something have to see! - My pick up was on time but due to the rush hour traffic the rest were chaos, and after a hour in the bus I was almost back to where I started. I guide was very monotone and not very engaging, a little more enthusiasm wouldn’t have gone a miss as to be fair there is not a lot to see and I could have got out of it what I wanted in an hour (with no lunch) The food was good and plenty of options but my fried chicken did have a tiny bit of blood in it, fortunately it was spotted before I ate it but everyone else’s co looked ok. Again the drive back was through rush hour and prolonged. Not the tour company’s fault. The drop off was at one place maybe thdd ed pickup should have been too. But that is easy for me to say as the drop off was quite near my hotel,
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Hugh
Apr 6, 2024
Guide talked more on Spanish than English. - Parts of the tour was rushed. All of the signature was in Spanish so I would have expect our English guide to explain more but he spent more time explaining everything in Spanish, so by the end of the tour we were left wondering due to lack of information in English.
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Aurelien_t
Mar 28, 2024
Good but rushed - Really interesting site and definitely a must do in Bolivia but the pace was too fast and the whole tour felt rushed. Otherwise good.
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Cassandra_s
Jul 11, 2024
Unfortunately, not worth it. - We thought it was going to be way better for the price we paid. I believe we could have paid 1/2 the price and gone with a taxi.
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