toro toro national park

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  Swissdsign

  We went to Torotoro for three days. Alone the view of the surrounding mountains was worth the visit. You can almost imagine the geological changes that have caused the stoneplates move and form hills and valleys. A big plus are the dinosaur prints. The absolute highlights were the view and walking through the canyon and the visit to the caverns with stalactites!

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  jaelnavas

  My cousin had been there a few times and told me to go, so when he organized a trip with his girlfriend, her sister and sister's boyfriend, they invited me along. Luckily he has a Toyota 4 wheel drive truck with an extended cab so we all chipped in for gas. I've heard stories about getting there either really late or transportation breaking down so I'm glad we skipped that. It is in the Potosí Department but closer to Cochabamba I believe. We arrived into town around noon, grabbed lunch and paid for our entrance and a guide to do Umajalanta cave, that was a lot of fun but there were some really tight spots and I'm a 5'3 110 lb (1.60m 50kilo)female but it's all very doable. You will get dirty and if you are smart, take some gloves, even work gloves would help because you will have to climb up and down some spots with a rope. On the trek to the cave there are some dinosaur footprints you can see but there's so much more all around anyway. The next day we did El Vergel which is a canyon with approximately 800+ steps down(which you will have to do on the way back up). It's beautiful and the trail leading to the canyon is also nice. There's a mirador(lookout) that you can use to get a good idea of what's ahead for you you when you start to go in. Immediately we saw the macaws everyone talks about. As someone who gets vertigo, it was hard to do but totally worth it. Then once at the bottom you make your way to waterfalls and natural pools, after a workout like that the cool water felt great. It's the way up, that kinda sucks but how else are you gonna do it. Resting at the top we talked to a women herding her goats, she told us earlier that day a condor snatched one of the kids. That's life I guess. The last day we did the the circuit that's either on the way into town if you're coming from Cochabamba or on the way out of town headed back to Cbba. This was a light hike to an awesome natural pool with waterfalls and rocks to jump off, after we swam there we headed back and about 5-10 minutes we did the natural rock slides into a tiny pool. That was so much fun but be careful because if you go over the ledge of that pool it's a bit of a drop. I did rip my bathing suit bottoms after using the rock slide about 8-10 times but I still had a blast. I only did 3 of the 7 circuits so I would definitely like to go back there again and do more as well as revisit some others.We stayed at Hotel Molina which had warm if not hot water although you had to let it run for a bit to warm up but a hot shower after getting muddy in a cave or doing 1600+ steps is heavenly and it was a decent price. On our way back we picked up a few of the locals in the back of the truck and took them to Quillacollo where we stopped to eat chorizo(which I recommend as well as the chicharrón). Everyone who visits Bolivia does the main stuff like Salar de Uyuni and the Death Road which are excellent too but I loved Toro Toro a lot, I also like dinosaurs so it was nice to lay next to tracks and take pictures.

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  Sheikita

  Toro Toro used to be this unknown adventure place that did not have many tourists visiting or even locals but that has changed. If you ever feel like grabbing your backpack, I would recommend you the park. Why? 1. You can do a tour inside the many caves there, including Umajalanta so you can see blind fish. 2. You can see dinosaurs footprints. 3. You can trek to " El Vergel".. In summary, you would fall in love with this offbeat place. Note: Remember that you are in a rural areal and the park is located in close a town, where locals do not have much to go by so instead of giving the kids candy, give them pencils, sharpeners. :) You would make their day.

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  DeeS907

  Forget museums, this is the real thing! Amazing dinosaur footprints! Lovely small town and worth the drive to get there. I'd suggest contacting Elmundo verde Travel if you're interested in visiting Toro Toro.

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  R5425BZmichaela

  6 hours trip from Cochabamba for just 130 km! hotels are very basic also food, but the experience it really worth everything. You need at least three days to see some of the attractions. I recommend the experience!

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  901chris

  amazing park...you will need 3 three days to see all.i dont know why all visitors said that "needs" to pay a guide and with a very high price (as 200 Bs) ..but i never used a guide.of course in the tourist office they try to convinced me that i need one for the footprints of dinosaurs..one for the umajalanta cave..one for the canyon,one for the torturas...and everyone of this has a different price..i just visit directly the umajalanta cave and the guards give me one guide for 20 Bs...(this one you need for not lost in the labyrinth..aand they asked me gently after to visit the tourist office for registration and i paid the general ticket that is for 4 days and costs 30 Bs.but i had discussions with many people of group and everybody confessed me that pay 200 for the cave...45 for the canyon .70 for the torturas..so i must need a guide to show me what? where is the place for trekking it?(i had rent my car from cochabamba and i was independent).you can use a pair of gloves during the visit to the cave ..and is not recommend it for claustrophobic..i believe that after salar de uyuni is the most important to see in bolivia..The dinosaurs footprints are every where..if you walk to the banks of the river exactly near to the bridge (the road's side) you will see huge footprints..also have some out of the cave.in the entrance..

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  Danusius

  It's really worth it to spend more time in Bolivia and visit Torotoro. It can be riched from Cochabamba by bus (6 h) and you need about 3 days to see around. The canyon, caves, stone city and if you are lucky enough - traditional local festivities! More info and pictures - https://boliviainmyeyes.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/torotoro-el-tinku/

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  176jana

  we went with Elmundoverdetravel 3 days to Torotoro: el cueva Umajalanta, the mountain Ita Ciudad, the canyon and everywhere the footprints of dino's. Amazing!! Thanks to local guide Victor and tourleader Remy. They saw every bird (big condors high in the sky), flower and sign and gold us about it. Thanks!

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  railtripper333

  First of all, yes, go there, it's great!We took a trufi/minivan from the Del Norte office on Av Republica ( cnr. Av Barrientos) - were told to come at 6am, the minibus left around 7am. We'd been confused by info online and in guide books about there only being buses at 6am on certain days of the week, and that only the 6pm buses go every day - well you can definitely travel by day to Torotoro any day of the week so long as you don't mind waiting for the minibus to fill up. And you get to see the lovely view on the way (sit on the left hand side for best views).

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  175matsl

  Hard to get there, but worth it. Fantastic nature. Magic mountains and rock formations. Basic standard but ok at Hostels