Totora

Things to do

• Cobbled streets and wooden balconies
• A stop on the way to Samaipata

What to eat

• ChichaFermented corn beer, slightly sour, served in gourds (tutumas). Look for chicherías marked with a white flag.
• FricaséA spicy pork soup with yellow chilli and mote, said to cure hangovers.

How to get to Totora

• Incallajta Road (bus, car) · 1 h 30

  Car.

• Cochabamba Road (bus, car) · 4 h

  Bus to Totora, or a bus on the old Santa Cruz road.

• Samaipata Road (bus, car) · 5 to 6 h

  Bus on the old road, or car.

Photos of Totora

More places in this region

• CochabambaThe “city of eternal spring” and the food capital of the country.
• Laguna AlalayA large lagoon in the heart of Cochabamba, a bird refuge below the hills.
• Pairumani and Villa AlbinaThe villa of tin baron Simón Patiño, its gardens, and the start of a trail to the Tunari.
• Tunari National ParkThe mountains right above the city: high lagoons and the Tunari summit (5,035 m).
• Apote and its twin waterfallsA mountain valley above Tiquipaya, with two waterfalls side by side and trails towards the Tunari.
• YungapampaA refuge above a sea of clouds, on the north side of the Tunari, Andean bear country.
• Laguna CoraniA large reservoir among pine forests and mountains, known for its trout.
• IncachacaA cloud forest at the edge of the Chapare, with an Inca bridge, waterfalls and an old power plant.
• Valle Alto: Tarata and ClizaColonial valley villages, markets and chicha.
• Quillacollo and Inca RakayInca ruins perched above Sipe Sipe, and Quillacollo, home of the Urkupiña festival.
• Torotoro National ParkDinosaur footprints, a spectacular canyon and the Umajalanta cave.
• IncallajtaThe largest Inca site in Bolivia, in a remote valley.
• AiquileBolivia's national charango capital, halfway between Cochabamba and Sucre.
• MizqueA colonial village in a warm valley, home of the red-fronted macaw.