toro toro national park

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!

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!

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!

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/

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

This was a surprise on our trip to Bolivia. We saw a large photo of the area in the Uyuni airport and decided we wanted to see it. The park was created in 2008. The dinosaur tracks are amazing but it is really the canyon hiking and caving that makes this place amazing to visit.You have to hire a local guide. We had a guide who was questionable in his understanding of flash floods in river canyons and he was a bit slow but if you want someone who will describe everything and give you the history and details he would be great. http://lisaparsons.net/181652/bolivia-gallery.

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..

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).

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.

We spent three days hiking in this state park. We saw dinosaur tracks, hiked deep into an unbelievable canyon, and went into a deep, amazing cave. There are 800 steps leading down into the canyon, and we were treated to a wonderful waterfall and swimming hole at the bottom. The hikes involved some actual rock climbing, where we had to use indentations in the rock face to bring ourselves up with our hands and feet. I would recommend it for anyone who loves to hike and is up for some challenge.

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.

Small and beautiful town is an amazing place in Bolivia , quiet calm and with a lot of nature, toro toro, the salt flats and the sud lipez was the most impressive and amazing places for me in Bolivia,

Great place! Try to have at least 4 days to visit and make sure to see the caverns!!! This is definitely something for the physically fit and is often called the "grand canyon" of bolivia. Nice waterfalls, beautiful lagoons to swim in and dinosaur tracks everywhere.

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.

A tour from Cochabamba is totally unnecessary, as you can visit this park easily, find accommodation, and do pretty much all the tours in 3 days, on your own, for a fraction of the cost. Go to Avenida Republica at around 7 or 8 in the morning, and you can get a minibus, or Trufi, which takes around 4 hours to reach the town of Toro Toro in the National Park. You get dropped at the plaza, where you can find a hostel (there are many), register at tourist information, and then get a guide to take you on your first tour that same day. Easy. The next morning, you just decide which tours, try and get in a group to make the guide cheaper, and off you go! Getting back is easy, there is plenty of food in the town, but do not expect WiFi. But then you won't get that on a $300 tour either, will you?The actual walks are awesome - do not miss the cave (hard work, but worth it), and make sure to get a guide to take you to the mirador to see the extremely rare and endemic Red Fronted Macaw. They return at 5.15pm on the dot to their nesting spots in the cliffs amid trees below the mirador (look out). They should rename the Macaw to the Toro Toro Macaw to get more people to see them, and to raise tourist levels to such that conservation of the bird is priority. They are protected, but in Bolivia that status is purely in name only. Elias was our favorite guide - ask for him.