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Tiwanaku Ruins Tour: Explore Ancient Inca Civilization and Monolithic Structures
3.9
31 Ratings
La Paz
Tiwanaku is one of the most significant archaeological locations in South America, serving as the cradle for the Inca civilization. The remnants that remain, including monolithic edifices, temples, pyramids, and museums, offer invaluable insights into the evolution of life on the continent.
Tiwanaku is one of the most significant archaeological locations in South America, serving as the cradle for the Inca civilization. The remnants that remain, including monolithic edifices, temples, pyramids, and museums, offer invaluable insights into the evolution of life on the continent.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Kalasasaya - This beautiful temple made of huge stones, a ceremonial place where you can feel very good energies and intangible sculptures, monoliths, the sun door and more.
- Kalasasaya - This beautiful temple made of huge stones, a ceremonial place where you can feel very good energies and intangible sculptures, monoliths, the sun door and more.

What's Included
- Shared tourist transport
- Bilingual guide
- Shared tourist transport
- Bilingual guide
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Tickets USD 15 (Cash only)
- Lunch
- Tickets USD 15 (Cash only)
Location
Sagarnaga 242
Sagarnaga
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.9
(31 Ratings)
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Daytrip50635960891
Jun 20, 2025
Good tour - Well organized tour to Tiwanaku and Puma Punku. Our guide Juan gave good explanations about the two museums and the various facilities. He also made transparent what consolidated knowledge is and what only guesses. Lunch was excellent. Only the bus for the trip should have more space for the legs.
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Filootto
Apr 9, 2025
A must in La Paz - Interesting site in development. You really need a guide to understand it. Our guide was very exhaustive and efficient.
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Arantxam201
Feb 12, 2025
Maximum kindness, fantastic tour - We booked the day before at a much more convenient price than with other agencies. Manuel passed us looking very close to our accommodation in a very comfortable vehicle. The trip was fast and when we arrived the guide took us on a tour of the museums and ruins of Tiwanaku. Then we went to lunch and asked Manuel if we could stay a couple more hours to do the tour calmly. He just had to take some passengers to Desaguadero and offered to pick us up on his way back, so everything squared up perfect. I highlight the timeliness, friendliness, willingness and excellent value for money. Without a doubt, if I have to rebook a tour in La Paz it will be with Owl.
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Kathryn_s
Nov 25, 2024
Tiwanaku temple - Very dusty drive out to the site. Guide was very serious and could have made things a bit less serious. Bus was very crowded and hot. Sites were very interesting.
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Ms2576
Jan 28, 2024
Tiwanaku - A well-organized tour, pick-up and return to La Paz... everything is well-organized to discover Tiwanaku: sites and museums, with the option of lunch.
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Global13633779987
Sep 16, 2023
Pleasant experience but a lot of effort from the guide - Getting to know the ruins and their history is a great experience, it's a shame the guide sometimes went very fast and didn't allow us to take photos calmly.
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Mobile25606259564
Jun 15, 2024
Interesting tour but poor transport and information - The parks are interesting and the guide was very explanatory, however, there was no clear information in the advertisement about the price of entry and lunch, we barely had the price available. On trip advisor it only indicates an entry fee of 15, I thought it was 15 Bolivianos, as the parks are only payable in cash. The van that took us was very cramped and the air conditioning was horrible, we ran out of air in there.
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Rebeccasj2056ns
May 10, 2025
Total nonsense guide - So, everything logistical about this tour was ok. We were picked up at the hotel on time, we got to the ruins, all entry sorted, and got back to La Paz in good time.
However, our guide on this tour was a total clown. These are some of the things he tried to convince us of: 1) The Altiplano was around sea level 2000 years ago and covered in rainforest. (This would explain how the Tiwanakus knew about capybaras apparently.) 2) The Tiwanakus were in contact with the ancient Egyptians and traded hieroglyphs. 3) One upon a time there existed blue-skinned humans who have now intermixed with others so the skin tone has assimilated. The source for this was depictions of blue-skinned Shiva in India.
He spent the entire time feeding us new age nonsense about shifting magnetic energies, telepathy, and similar. Obviously we could not trust anything he said even if it was not obviously false. We were jealous of the other groups we passed that seemed to get actual information from their guides. Advise to book somewhere else.
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Ashvin_p
Jan 20, 2025
Tiwanaku - The transportation broke down so we lost over an hour waiting for a new van. Once we arrived we were rushed through the museums without any time to explore on our own. Then the main tour of Tiwanaku was very quick due to the fact we had to make lunch. Again we only had 10 mins to explore the ruins the same with Puma Punku. As most tourists only do this once all we had was a few minutes to take photos. Very disappointing
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Fernadoh2019
Dec 8, 2023
ALL TERRIBLE. ESCAPE FROM THIS TOUR - The whole tour was horrible. The archaeological site is very far from the center of La Paz. The roads are horrible. The van that took me was falling apart. The tour cost R$ 190 REAIS and even so the Van was from the last century, its front window was broken and it was dirty inside. The air didn't work either and as there were 12 tourists besides me, apart from the guide and the driver, it became unbearable. On TripAdvisor it says that entry costs R$15 to the archaeological site, but that's a lie. It cost 100 Bolivianos and the place is poorly maintained and is one of the worst archaeological sites I have ever seen. To top it off, the guide stopped for 2 and a half hours to have lunch. Exactly that, it was 2 and a half hours of lunch. Terrible experience. To get bad, they need to improve.
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