Lunch break on way to Toro Toro
15 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
After about 3 hrs of driving we stopped for a lunch break in one of the villages.
More colorful mountains
15 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 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.
Toro Toro bookings
15 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 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, weLeer más
Toro Toro village
15 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 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 andLeer más
Toro Toro dinosaur plaza
15 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Like the whole village, there was a plaza with the dinosaur theme.
Toro Toro houses
15 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
The dinosaur theme and the modern new houses and old mud brick houses combination continue everywhere.
Pachamama Vupi Museum Toro Toro
15 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 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 anLeer más
Toro Toro dinosaur plaza at night
15 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 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 dayLeer más
El Vergel tour - dinosaur footprints
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 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 areLeer más
El Vergel tour - more footprints
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 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 thatLeer más
Vergel tour - the amphitheater
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 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).
Vergel tour - natural bridges
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 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 sapLeer más
Vergel tour - Grand Canyon Toro Toro
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 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 bottomLeer más
El Vergel tour - descent to the waterfal
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 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.
El Vergel tour - bottom of the canyon
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 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.
El Vergel tour - the waterfalls
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 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 theLeer más
El Vergel tour - break at the falls
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
We rested for 10-15 min and waited for the clothes to dry up before starting the trek back.
El Vergel tour - Back to Toro Toro
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 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 backLeer más
Chiflon Qaqa tour - Near Toro Toro
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 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 touristLeer más
Chiflon Qaqa tour - Into the canyon
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 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 andLeer más
Chiflon Qaqa tour - Pintura Rupestres
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 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 theLeer más
Chiflon Qaqa tour - The river pool
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 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 areLeer más
Chiflon Qaqa tour - Green parrots
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 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 getLeer más
Chiflon Qaqa tour - The viewpoint
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 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,Leer más
Chiflon Qaqa tour - The waterfalls
16 de octubre de 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌧 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 bathLeer más
