- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 16
- Sonntag, 15. Oktober 2017 um 13:38
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.045 m
BolivienNornoni17°57’48” S 65°51’42” W
Lunch break on way to Toro Toro
15. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
After about 3 hrs of driving we stopped for a lunch break in one of the villages.
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 16
- Sonntag, 15. Oktober 2017 um 13:56
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.036 m
- BolivienNornoni17°58’30” S 65°51’36” W
More colorful mountains
15. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
After the lunch stop, we continued further. The dry riverbed expanded to fill the whole valley. The mountains around were still predominantly red in color.
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 16
- Sonntag, 15. Oktober 2017 um 16:11
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.713 m
- BolivienRío Rodeo18°8’6” S 65°45’54” W
Toro Toro bookings
15. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
As soon as we got off at Toro Toro, we looked around the main square and found quite a few hostels. We went to one and were told 50 b$ per person. The room was fine but they didn't have wifi.
So, weWeiterlesen
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 16
- Sonntag, 15. Oktober 2017 um 17:01
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.746 m
- BolivienRío Rodeo18°7’54” S 65°46’18” W
Toro Toro village
15. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Toro Toro is a small lovely village at an altitude of 2725 mts, stuck in an era long gone by. Its a beautiful place to walk around. The houses were made of mud bricks. Some were really broken down andWeiterlesen
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 16
- Sonntag, 15. Oktober 2017 um 17:09
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.708 m
- BolivienRío Rodeo18°7’60” S 65°45’48” W
Toro Toro dinosaur plaza
15. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Like the whole village, there was a plaza with the dinosaur theme.
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 16
- Sonntag, 15. Oktober 2017 um 17:20
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.708 m
- BolivienRío Rodeo18°7’60” S 65°45’48” W
Toro Toro houses
15. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
The dinosaur theme and the modern new houses and old mud brick houses combination continue everywhere.
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 16
- Sonntag, 15. Oktober 2017 um 18:28
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.718 m
- BolivienRío Rodeo18°8’6” S 65°45’48” W
Pachamama Vupi Museum Toro Toro
15. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
We had our food at one of the homes where the living room was converted to a restaurant. The lady running the place made a vegetarian variety of the meal for me by replacing the meat portion with anWeiterlesen
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 16
- Sonntag, 15. Oktober 2017 um 19:12
- ☀️ 6 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.708 m
- BolivienRío Rodeo18°7’60” S 65°45’48” W
Toro Toro dinosaur plaza at night
15. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
We went back to the dinosaur plaza to see it under the lights. It was very nice.
After that we just roamed around a bit and eventually came back to sleep early since we would be starting the next dayWeiterlesen
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 08:03
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.718 m
- BolivienRío Rodeo18°8’6” S 65°45’48” W
El Vergel tour - dinosaur footprints
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
We were at the tourist Information center by 7:30 am as planmed. We took the El Vergel tour that goes via the dried up river next to Toro Toro to the dinosaur footprints next to the river. They areWeiterlesen
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 08:20
- ☀️ 9 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.699 m
- BolivienRío Rodeo18°7’54” S 65°45’42” W
El Vergel tour - more footprints
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
The footprints are spread all over the hillside. In fact earlier, some of the top layers from the hill were broken to make the road. Its only after they were recognized as dinosaur footprints thatWeiterlesen
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 09:01
- ☀️ 33 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.704 m
- BolivienTorotoro18°6’42” S 65°46’0” W
Vergel tour - the amphitheater
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
As we continued further we reached a natural formation called the amphitheater where they have concerts, once in Jul (some patron saint celebrations) and also in Nov (Toro Toro day).
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 09:16
- ☀️ 41 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.685 m
- BolivienEstancia Huayra Khasa18°6’42” S 65°46’6” W
Vergel tour - natural bridges
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ☀️ 41 °C
As we walked further, we saw nature bridge formations created by the erosion from water. We also saw the Bolivian Bandera tree, so called since it has green leaves, the flowers are yellow and the sapWeiterlesen
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 09:37
- 🌙 19 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.704 m
- BolivienTorotoro18°6’42” S 65°46’0” W
Vergel tour - Grand Canyon Toro Toro
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
The next stop on the tour was an amazing panoramic view of what is called the Grand Canyon of Toro Toro. The canyon is overall 65 kms long. From the viewpoint, one can see all the way to the bottomWeiterlesen
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 10:07
- ☀️ 11 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.704 m
- BolivienTorotoro18°6’42” S 65°46’0” W
El Vergel tour - descent to the waterfal
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
After the viewpoint, we started our 300 mts descent to the bottom of the canyon to the waterfalls. Its a very steep descent along a pre-built path that took 2 years to complete.
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 10:22
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.704 m
- BolivienTorotoro18°6’42” S 65°46’0” W
El Vergel tour - bottom of the canyon
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
The views from the bottom of the canyon were overwhelming. The cliffsides of the canyon towering 300 mts over us were a humbling experience.
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 10:38
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.648 m
- BolivienEstancia Huayra Khasa18°6’42” S 65°46’24” W
El Vergel tour - the waterfalls
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
After a walk of about 400 mts at the bottom of the canyon, we reached the El Vergel waterfall. Its a moss covered green waterfall with many small water streams falling in that green region. Below theWeiterlesen
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 11:04
- ☀️ 13 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.648 m
- BolivienEstancia Huayra Khasa18°6’42” S 65°46’24” W
El Vergel tour - break at the falls
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
We rested for 10-15 min and waited for the clothes to dry up before starting the trek back.
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 12:16
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.648 m
- BolivienEstancia Huayra Khasa18°6’42” S 65°46’24” W
El Vergel tour - Back to Toro Toro
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
The trek back up was extremely exhausting since we had to climb 300 mts straight up from the falls to the top of the cliff, plus it was extremely hot as well.
After a walk of about 2 hrs we were backWeiterlesen
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 14:38
- 🌙 19 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.718 m
- BolivienRío Rodeo18°8’6” S 65°45’48” W
Chiflon Qaqa tour - Near Toro Toro
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
After the 1st tour of the day we were back in the village at 12:45. The 2nd tour of the day starts at 1:30 pm, so we had a quick lunch at the common community lunch area.
We were back at the touristWeiterlesen
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 14:53
- 🌙 19 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.695 m
- BolivienRío Rodeo18°7’42” S 65°45’54” W
Chiflon Qaqa tour - Into the canyon
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
From the dry riverbed, we continued into the Toro Toro canyon. The walls started gaining height on both the sides as we continued to walk further along the dried river. It was a fantastic feeling andWeiterlesen
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 15:04
- 🌙 19 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.718 m
- BolivienRío Rodeo18°8’6” S 65°45’48” W
Chiflon Qaqa tour - Pintura Rupestres
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Walking inside the canyon, we came to the paintings on the canyon wall about 10 mts above the riverbed. These are paintings done by the pre-Inca people of this area called the Chaki.
One of theWeiterlesen
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 15:25
- 🌙 0 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.687 m
- BolivienRío Rodeo18°7’36” S 65°46’12” W
Chiflon Qaqa tour - The river pool
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Further on, we came to an area where the river passes through some hard stones which it has not been able to erode fully. Here, it swirls around and has formed amazing formations some of which areWeiterlesen
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 15:37
- 🌙 0 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.723 m
- BolivienRío Rodeo18°7’18” S 65°46’18” W
Chiflon Qaqa tour - Green parrots
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
We continued further deeper into the canyon. We even saw some green parrots making noises and flying in groups. Unfortunately, they were flying almost near the top of the canyon so it was hard to getWeiterlesen
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 15:49
- 🌙 0 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.661 m
- BolivienRío Rodeo18°7’24” S 65°46’24” W
Chiflon Qaqa tour - The viewpoint
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Going along further into the canyon, the canyon dropped almost a 100 mts below us and we still had the rest of the canyon about a 100 mts above us.
We came to the Chiflon Qaqa viewpoint. From here,Weiterlesen
- Reise anzeigen
- Zur Bucket List hinzufügenVon der Bucket List entfernen
- Teilen
- Tag 17
- Montag, 16. Oktober 2017 um 16:01
- 🌧 10 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.674 m
- BolivienRío Rodeo18°7’18” S 65°46’24” W
Chiflon Qaqa tour - The waterfalls
16. Oktober 2017 in Bolivien ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
We spent some time at the waterfalls enjoying the view and the beauty of the place. It had started drizzling a little bit and the temperature had dropped a bit so neither of us felt like taking a bathWeiterlesen
