La Paz Walking City tour plus Cable cars
Overview
Available languages
3 hours
Mobile ticket
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.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Dress code is smart casual
May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Operates in all weather conditions. Please dress appropriately
Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking
A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
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 thursdays and sundays a bit of the giant flea market up there. Afterwards you will head back down to La Paz to visit our beautiful Jaen street and then you will go to the main square to see the cathedral and all the government buildings, you will walk through open air markets and various shops and finish back in San Francisco church.
What‘s Included
Local guide
Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Options
3 PM TOUR
11 AM TOUR
Reviews
259 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Filled our day perfectly April 2025
digitalFlack,Apr 10, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Carolina was a wonderful guide. Excellent English. She provided native perspectives and insight, especially in Witches Street. Besides that wonderful explanation, the tour included four legs on the aerial cable car that Lima has been using for the last 15 years for mass transit. Fun ride great view of the city.
This walking tour was a...
Antonio S,Jan 15, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00This walking tour was a fantastic way to get to know La Paz. Our guide was friendly, knowledgeable, and shared a lot of interesting context about the city’s history, culture, and daily life. The group size was small, which made it easy to ask questions and stay engaged throughout the tour. The highlight was definitely taking the cable cars up to El Alto — the views over La Paz are incredible and give you a completely different perspective of the city. The visit to El Alto felt authentic and informative, not rushed at all. Overall, it was a well-organized, insightful experience and a great introduction to both La Paz and El Alto. Highly recommended, especially if it’s your first time in the city.
Good tour
SARBARI M,Jan 14, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Great walking tour. Kelly the guide was friendly and shared good information with us. It was a small group. We went on a Sunday evening, I'd recommend going in the morning tour as a lot of the flea market shops and other street shops were closing in the evening tour. I think the morning tour will be more bustling and active. Finally, this is nothing to do with the guide or the tour company, but one of the other tourists in this tour, just kept talking to the guide random, irrelevant things. This took up a lot of her time as she listened to him politely. I felt that it took away time from important info that she could have shared with us. It was a constant blabber from this other guy, nothing related to the tour or Bolivia, but just about anything in the world. So, if you are reading this review, I hope we can be mindful of using up a guide's time with general talk that is not relevant to the tour!
Great way to get to know La Paz
johannessN1524YJ,Oct 20, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Carolina provided us with an excellent 3 hour trip with the right balance of walking and talking, good insights in some aspects of Bolivian society and marvellous views from the cable car on La Paz. Fully recommended.
Highly recommend this...
Marvin S,Sep 11, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Highly recommend this walking tour. Our guide is very passionate about his city and very knowledgeable of the local history. The view from the cable cars are amazing!
Excellent experience
anderspoulsen10,Aug 24, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We were picked up on time by our guide, Abraham, and our private citytour in La Paz started. He was very knowledgeable, helpful and nice. Our tour was very vell planned and Abraham told us lots of relevant and interesting things about buildings, neighborhoods and events but he never talked too much about irrelevant details. He did a terrific job! Our tour was modified because we wanted to see the cemetary and another church, and Abraham was very well prepared to those additions to the tour. At the end of our tour he helped us buy the right tickets and choosing the right line in the teleferico.
Very interesting
FrequentFlier522009,Aug 13, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Luis did a great job. He knew a lot, is very nice and could tell interesting stories. What more could you want. It was good that I booked the tour
About orienting in La Paz
MCCardoso,Jun 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Excellent guide with knowledge of the architecture and history of the country. Punctuality and care with the traveler. Anyway it was very good
Luiz did a great job...
milhad,Jun 16, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Luiz did a great job talking through the history of Bolivia and La Paz. Particularly enjoyed walking through the streets and riding the cable cars.
The best way to spend three hours in La Paz
SolidCameraderie,Jun 6, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00It was a great overview of the city. Our guide was SO informative. He even managed to wangle us into Plaza Murillo which was under security lockdown. Our exploration of the Teleferico system was fabulous. Thanks Fabian!
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