Overview
La Paz spills down the sides of a canyon at 3,600m, with the snowcap of Illimani towering behind it and a network of cable cars gliding over the rooftops. It’s chaotic, vivid and unforgettable — witch markets, street food, and the gateway to mountain biking the Death Road. Few cities on earth feel this dramatic on arrival.
Top things to do
Mi Teleférico cable cars
The world’s highest and longest urban cable-car network — a transit system that doubles as the best city tour.
Mercado de las Brujas
The Witches’ Market, where Aymara stalls sell herbs, charms and offerings to Pachamama.
Valle de la Luna
An eroded badland of clay spires on the southern edge of the city.
Ride the Death Road
A guided downhill mountain-bike descent of the legendary North Yungas Road into the cloud forest.
Cable-car city tour
String together several teleférico lines for an aerial loop over the whole bowl of the city.
Cholita wrestling night
A theatrical, only-in-Bolivia evening watching bowler-hatted Aymara women take to the ring.
3-day sample itinerary
- 1
Acclimatise & cable cars
Take it slow, ride the teleférico and explore the markets.
- 2
Death Road
Full-day mountain-bike descent into the Yungas.
- 3
Valle de la Luna
Moon Valley and a cholita wrestling night.