Sorata

Things to do

• San Pedro cave (underground lake)
• Laguna Chillata (1 to 2-day trek)
• Base for the big treks of the Cordillera

What to eat

• TroutTrout from Lake Titicaca or the Cordillera rivers, fried or grilled, with rice, fries and salad. Eaten on the beach in Copacabana and in the small restaurants of mountain villages.
• Sopa de maníCreamy peanut soup topped with pasta and fries. Comforting and very Bolivian.

How to get to Sorata

• La Paz Road (bus, car) · 3 h 30

  Minibus from the cemetery area.

Photos of Sorata

More places in this region

• La PazThe world's highest seat of government, in a bowl at the foot of Illimani.
• El AltoThe big Aymara city on the Altiplano, right above La Paz: a giant market, cholets and cholita wrestling.
• Valle de la LunaMoon-like clay formations in the southern suburbs of La Paz.
• Valle de las ÁnimasA forest of earth spires on the edge of La Paz, bigger and wilder than the Valley of the Moon.
• ChacaltayaA former ski area at 5,400 m: the highest view of the Cordillera Real.
• Huayna PotosíA 6,000 m peak known as one of the most accessible, with a guided 2 or 3-day climb.
• Cordillera Real: CondoririGlacial lagoons and snowy peaks, two hours from La Paz.
• TiwanakuUNESCO-listed pre-Inca site: the Gate of the Sun and the Kalasasaya temple.
• Uru community of IruitoAn Uru community on the Desaguadero river, keepers of a very old lake culture.
• Jesús de MachacaAn Aymara Altiplano village and its 1706 church, south of Lake Titicaca.
• Comanche and its Puya raimondiiA forest of Puya raimondii, the world's largest bromeliad, on the Altiplano.
• Viscachani hot springsWarm-water baths on the Altiplano, on the road to Oruro, about 1 h 30 from La Paz.
• Charazani and ApolobambaLand of the Kallawaya Andean healers (UNESCO), with hot springs and great treks.
• Death Road (bike)The world's most famous mountain bike descent: from 4,650 m to 1,200 m in a day.
• Choro trek (Inca trail)Three days on a pre-Hispanic trail, from the snows of La Cumbre down to the Yungas forest.
• Takesi trek (Inca trail)Two days on one of Bolivia's best-preserved Inca trails, down to Yanacachi.
• Yunga Cruz trekThe wildest pre-Hispanic trail down to the Yungas: 4 to 5 days below Illimani.
• Coroico (Yungas)A hilltop village in the subtropical Yungas: coffee, waterfalls and pools with a view.
• Chulumani (South Yungas)A small South Yungas town among coffee, coca and cloud forest, away from the crowds.