Cable Car Exploration & Shaman Encounter: Discover El Alto and La Paz

Embark on a cable car exploration and shaman encounter in El Alto and La Paz. Discover the vibrant city from the sky, visit a local shaman, and explore offbeat spots with an amazing guide.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Mi Teleferico - Ride the amazing Cable Cars!
  • Cementerio General - Learn about our local customs and culture and visit the open air street art musuem in this amazing cemetery
  • El Alto Market - Visit El Alto, on Thursdays and Sundays walk through the incredible market. Here we take in the view of the city below and visit a local shaman to have our fortunes read!
What's Included
  • Cable Car tickets
  • Tourist entrance to the cemetery
  • Amazing local bilingual guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

One of the best ways to experience this vibrant and unique city is from above! Join us at 2pm for an adventure that reveals the true essence of La Paz, featuring its incredible cable cars, the intriguing cemetery district, local shamans, and the lively city of El Alto, all guided by an amazing guide. This is one of the most breathtaking city tours in…

Location
The Steakhouse
We meet at 2 PM inside The SteakHouse restaurant on Calle Murillo. Please note the guide will be wearing a Red Cap and the maximum time of wait is 7 minutes).
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Kathrin
Apr 19, 2026
Great way to explore! - Our guide Max was full of good energy and could tell us so much about this country, city, the traditions and we learned a lot! It was amazing and I can just recommend it! Thanks a lot!
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Tour760797
Apr 16, 2026
An afternoon with Jose - Jose was a friendly and accommodating tour guide. Very informative about the cemetery and the Sharmans. We then on to the Cholitas which was excellent.
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Jennyyore
Mar 30, 2026
Great tour with great explanations I especially like the cemetery and getting to know how it all works with the locals - I really enjoyed this tour Matt was very informative
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Olyaj2015
Jan 12, 2026
Great tour of La Paz and around. - The guide Jose was excellent! Very knowledgeable , friendly, on time. He answered all my questions and his English was perfect. Highly recommend. Olga
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Federicaby7298jd
Oct 5, 2025
Authentic tour, super recommended! - Fantastic tours, both the foodie tour and the extended tour of the city (the guide Denise was fantastic)! Highly recommended!!
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Cami_kahlan
Aug 22, 2025
El Alto - Rem accompanied us on this tour, perhaps less touristy but definitely very interesting. Prepared and rich in information to begin to understand some aspects of Bolivian culture. Highly recommended!
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Elisabeth425
Jul 24, 2025
Must do experience - Amazing, interesting and informative introduction to burial culture and remaining indigenous beliefs. We took the minivan and then the cable car. Matt was an excellent guide!
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268chassitym
Jun 29, 2025
Highly recommend! - I highly recommend this tour. The sites were interesting and the guide was engaging and informative. My guide, Ramberto made sure I got to see and experience everything I wanted. Great tour!
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X1053ejtanyar
Sep 14, 2025
Cemetery is a must see - Denise was an excellent guide with detailed knowledge of the area and excellent English. The cemetery and visit to El Alto was really interesting, however there was no opportunity for coca leaf reading as per the itinerary. It may be available if a small group of two, but obviously not going to work with any group larger than that.
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I289ntmatthewp
Jun 21, 2025
Sadly, a waste of time - After going on the Red Cap city walking tour, which was really good. I decided to go on the extended tour with the Cable Car included. Sadly it seemed a waste of time, it ended up involving going up on the Cable Car to El Alto, walk around for a little bit, get your fortune read (if you wanted to) and come back down again. I think it was unusual, but 10 people out of the 12 wanted their fortunes told and no-one could speak Spanish, so Matt (who was very good as tour guide) had to translate and every reading took about 20 minutes. So it was a long wait. The views over La Paz were nice, but definitely wasn't worth the 20 US Dollars of mainly sitting around, I did get a slight refund, as normally a visit to the Cemetery would be included, but due to the protests and road closures, the cemetery closed early.
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up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).