Valle de las Ánimas + Palca Canyon

What the day looks like

About six hours, hotel to hotel, in your own vehicle with your own bilingual guide. Sunrise and a walk in Valle de las Ánimas, a toilet stop on the way out, then the road to Palca Canyon with two snow peaks ahead — the Illimani and the Mururata, guardians of the city — and a 40-minute to one-hour walk between walls up to 200 m high, with all the time you want for photographs. Light breakfast and snacks included.

1. 5:30 am
   Pickup at your hotel

   Anywhere in the city. Light breakfast in the vehicle; 45 minutes to the valley while the sky turns grey.

2. 6:15 am
   Sunrise in Valle de las Ánimas

   First light on the spires from the ridge, then a walk between them at your pace — it is private, nobody is checking a watch. In the dry season we drive right into the middle of the valley.

3. ~8:30 am
   Toilet stop

   There are no toilets in the valley or the canyon; we stop on the way out, before the road to Palca.

4. +20 min
   The road to Palca Canyon

   Twenty minutes more, with two mountains rising ahead: the Illimani and the Mururata, the snow peaks that watch over La Paz.

5. ~9:00 am
   Palca Canyon

   Walls up to 200 m high along a dry riverbed. A walk of 40 minutes to an hour, with all the time you want for photographs — the landscape does the rest.

6. ~11:30 am
   Return

   Back to your hotel. About six hours door to door; in time for lunch in the city.

Walking: The valley at your pace, then 40 minutes to an hour in the canyon on a flat riverbed of loose stones.

Price by group size

Per person, in USD. The vehicle and the guide are yours alone — the more of you, the less each pays.

Bring

• Sun protection — hat, glasses, SPF 50
• Closed shoes with grip
• A windproof layer: it is cold at 5:30 am
• Your camera (drone? tell us — we clear it with the community first)
• Passport or a photo of it
• Cash for lunch and tips
• An empty bladder: there are no toilets in the valley; we stop 10 minutes before

Booking, payment and cancellation

• Book up to 12 hours before departure. Sales answer 9 am – 3 pm, every day; operations run 24 h for confirmed passengers.
• Pay by PayPal, credit or debit card (Stripe), WeTravel, crypto, or cash in La Paz.
• Travel insurance is required on every tour: our vehicles carry SOAT, Bolivia’s mandatory traffic-accident insurance, which covers accidents involving the vehicle only. All tours are easy to moderate with short trails — but the mountains are the mountains.
• You pay the full amount when you book, and your booking is confirmed instantly. Shared departures run with a minimum of 2 passengers — if yours is the only booking, we will tell you as early as possible and offer a new date, a private tour, or a full refund.
• Change your date for free up to 3:00 pm the day before the tour.
• Cancel within 24 hours of booking for a full refund, for any reason — as long as it is before 3:00 pm the day before the tour.
• Cancel up to 3:00 pm the day before for a 70% refund (30% administration fee). After that, or if you do not show up, there is no refund: everything is reserved for you and the seat cannot be resold.
• If we cancel — weather, safety or force majeure — you choose a new date or a full refund.

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