La Paz City Tour: Explore Bolivian Culture, History, and Legends with Cable Car Adventure

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 Teleferico - We will start at the San Fransisco Church, visit the witches market of La Paz, San Pedro square and the infamous jail (from the outside)Then you will take various cable car lines and learn about the city from the sky. You will also visit the witches market of El Alto, very different from the first one you will see in La Paz, and on…
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • All activities
What's Not Included
  • 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…

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.

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G2623vsmatthiasr
Aug 1, 2025
Traditional and modern life. - We got in around 4 hours a very good overview about the two cities La Paz and El Alto in an excellent English. We were 18 persons with two excellent guides.
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581wieslawk
Jul 30, 2025
A great tour thanks to a very good guide - A great tour thanks to a very good guide. It turned out someone canceled at the last minute, so we had a private tour – just for two people. The tour was as described on the website. It shows the center of La Paz and allows for a ride on four cable car lines. Thanks to our guide, we learned a lot about La Paz, about life there, about the customs, about the witches, as well as about the monuments and new buildings. We made a great choice.
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Pablo
Jul 29, 2025
Recommended tour with local perspective - We enjoyed the tour with Marcia in La Paz. He showed us different corners of the city, we got on the cable car and he told us things from his local perspective.
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Carly_m
Jul 10, 2025
Great way to spend a few hours - Fantastic tour with Luis this afternoon, really great way to spend a few hours finding our way around the city.
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Weiyu_h
Jul 7, 2025
Quick to get know the city - The guide was very enthusiastic. Using the cable car, he took us to visit many places and explained everything very clearly, which helped me quickly gain an understanding of the city.
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Lucy_b
Jun 16, 2025
We unexpectedly had a... - We unexpectedly had a private tour as the other guests didn’t arrive. We have done lots of walking tours but this one was the best walking tour we have ever done. Luis was absolutely fascinating- his English was perfect and he told us so many interesting stories about current and past Bolivian and La Paz culture. We loved learning about the witches market and seeing the city from the cable cars. We learnt so much and wish we could do it all over again!
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Jschoenheit
May 27, 2025
Must do! - Such a great tour! Saw so much in just three hours. The in depth information about the witches market was so amazing and I learned a lot about the culture. The cable cars were spectacular and so fun to navigate the city that way. Our guide was so nice and knowledgeable! Cannot recommend enough!
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Cooperg25
May 24, 2025
Good city tour - Nice easy tour of the city centre area. Good way to see the city from above in the cable car system. We spent time at the Witches Market with explanation provided about its history and the rituals. Interesting stories behind parts of the city along with recommendations for where to go and what to eat.
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Doubleplay4
Jun 15, 2025
Guide arrived late - Giude arrived 20 minutes late to the meeting point. She texted she was running late and arrived when we were about to leave. Rest of the tour was ok. Her Englis was sufficient but clearly she was doing this part time and not a professional.
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Zuugi
Jul 25, 2025
Worst tour in 5 months South America - Unfortunately ES was the worst tour we have had in South America in five months. Our tour guide Natalia could hardly speak English and had very little to tell. We got little information and and everything was delayed very slowly. The whole tour took almost 2 hours longer than planned and everything seemed very disorganized. The tour guide preferred to be on his smartphone (Duolingo and Facebook) instead of telling us info. Gondola we hardly drove, we were more in a Collectivo.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).