Cholet Tour: Explore Andean Architecture and Culture in El Alto

Immerse yourself in the vibrant Andean architecture and culture of El Alto on our half-day Cholet tour. Explore the colorful cholets, learn about their significance, and experience the rich traditions of Bolivia. Book now!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Mi Teleferico - Ride several cable cars! The best way to get around La Paz and El Alto
  • El Alto - Explore the colorful streets of this growing city with a local guide.
What's Included
  • Complimentary snacks
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Explore the colorful and exuberant architecture of El Alto known as Cholets with us every day on our half-day Andean Architecture tour.
The jolting, captivating mix of old and new, tradition and modernity, is uniquely Bolivian, and what better way to visit the cholets than with a local guide who loves to share his/her culture, city, and home. On the tour…

Location
Teleférico Morado
We meet at the doors of Michelline cafe, next to the ticket stand for the Purple Cable Car station in the center of the city. Look for your guide with a Red Cap.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Andrea
Jul 2, 2025
Excellent tour of cholets and Red Cap Tours - My family of 5 (2 adults, 3 kids ages 10, 13, 15) had a great tour with Denise. She was fabulous! Full of enthusiasm and fun facts and very organized. It’s easy to see that she loves her job, and we all enjoyed our time with her. The cholets were very interesting, and we were amazed by the various designs. Going inside one was fantastic! We loved this tour and our time with Denise and we recommend it 100%!
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Annabo641qw
Jun 19, 2025
Great tour to explore el Alto and Cholets - We‘ve booked the cholets tour and it was a really great expierience. Our guide Matt was very friendly and interesting person, we’ve enjoyed visiting el Alto with him. Thank you for the organisation.
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Penelope
May 31, 2025
Great tour guide, interesting story - Very knowledgeable and expressive tour guide Denise. Loved taking the cable cars to El Alto to see the cholets. Worth the money and time, about 3 hours.
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Departure37942358769
May 20, 2025
Amazing Tour - The guide was very knowledgeable and gave us great insights into the local culture. A bit of extra "fun" was taking the somewhat informal mini-bus/van system between sites. We only had 3 people plus the guide, so we took some taxis as well. All transit costs plus a delicious treat were included. We were very happy we took this tour as there's no way we could have re-created it without our guide's knowledge - very much worth it.
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Gill
May 5, 2025
Excellent tour - We had a brilliant tour with our friendly and knowledgeable guide REM. We enjoyed visiting the El Alto area of the city and learning so much about local culture and traditions. REM was an excellent guide, very patiently answering all our questions. He took us to parts of the city we would not have explored on our own
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Compass62447254360
Mar 25, 2025
Architecture tour - Denise is amazing guide. She has a lot knowledge about the topic. We had great time. The architecture is quite unique If you are interested
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Breakfastbuffets
Jan 18, 2025
Fascinating tour to see the cholets up close - My wife and I did the cholets tour with Denise on 13 January 2025. Denise explained the history and key features of cholets very well, and we appreciated the opportunity to be able to see a variety of them around El Alto. Going inside one was also a really special experience, and it helped us to better visualise the type of events that may be held inside them. Through this tour, we felt that we got a unique glimpse into the fascinating culture of the Aymaras who live in El Alto.
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Tonjef2025
Jan 4, 2025
Very good experience - A very good tour of El Alto and the Cholets. Thank you very much Denise, she was a fantastic guide, she speaks English and Spanish perfectly and is very friendly and has a lot of knowledge. I recommend this tour!
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Lizawormell
Nov 10, 2024
El Alto - An interesting insight into El Alto, local culture and cholets. I had visited the Sunday market but I wouldn’t have been able to find my way around without a guide and wouldn’t have understood the definition and purpose of a cholet.
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Samuelkt4050xt
Nov 7, 2024
Great experience! - Guide was super knowledgeable about Cholets and other areas of Andean culture. Our group had a wonderful time and got to get up close to plenty of remarkable Cholets!
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From $26
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).