Residencial Iskanwaya

Bolivia


Aucapata’s smart-looking (if basic) hotel has clean rooms, hot showers and a nice internal patio.


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1. Museum

0.08 MILES

This small, poorly maintained museum contains artifacts from the Iskanwaya site, including ceramics, copper utensils and bone flutes. Admission is free…

2. Pukara

0.81 MILES

A set of Mollo ruins so little explored that locals say you can still find ceramic pieces and other artifacts. It lies like a fortress on the peak above…

3. Iskanwaya

1.68 MILES

The major but near-forgotten ruins of Iskanwaya, on the western slopes of the Cordillera Real, sit in a cactus-filled canyon, perched 250m above the Río…

4. Gruta de San Pedro

16.71 MILES

A popular excursion, San Pedro Cave, known in the Aymará language as Chussek Uta (House of Owls), is approximately 500m deep, with an enclosed lagoon that…

5. Mirador Wila Kollu

18.55 MILES

This vertigo-inducing lookout 3035m above Sorata is, quite literally, breathtaking. To reach it, walk (or hire a taxi, B$80) up the road to Laripata. Just…

6. Las Cuevas del Rio San Cristobal

19.28 MILES

A short 3km round-trip hike down the road past Altai Oasis takes you to these small caves by the river where rural farmers used to sleep before market…

7. Casa Günther

19.61 MILES

It’s worth taking a look at Casa Günther, a rambling, historic mansion in the northeast corner of the plaza that now houses the Residencial Sorata. It was…

8. Plaza General Enrique Peñaranda

19.63 MILES

The main square, Plaza General Enrique Peñaranda, is Sorata’s showcase. With the town’s best view of the nevados (snow-capped mountain peaks), it’s graced…