Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Bus
Buses (B$25, four to seven hours) depart Cochabamba at 6pm from the corner of Avs
República and Barrientos every day except Thursday, with an additional 6am service on
Thursday and Sunday. They return from near the plaza in Torotoro.
Car & Motorcycle
The most comfortable terrestrial way to get to Torotoro is by 4WD or motorbike. Tour
agencies arrange transfers from Cochabamba; the journey takes about five hours, depend-
ing on road conditions.
You can rent 4WDs in Cochabamba (
Click here
)
, where you should fill the tank as
there's no place to buy petrol in Torotoro itself. To reach Torotoro, head out on the old
Santa Cruz road. Once you see the signs advertising La Angostura, take the uphill right
turn that follows the lake above the village. If you reach the Angostura dam on your right,
you have gone too far by a couple of hundred meters.
Follow this road via Caluyo until you reach the town of Tarata (35km from the La An-
gostura turnoff). Cross one bridge, then take a right turn immediately before a second
bridge. About 500m along this road, you need to cut across the riverbed to your left; on
the other side, a good cobblestone road starts and soon reaches the potters' village of
Huaycullí. Continue on this road past the town of Anzaldo; this is the last possible refuel-
ing place. About 10km beyond here, you turn left onto a dirt road that is signposted, but
easy to miss. This spectacular road descends into a river valley and finally makes a pre-
cipitous switchback ascent to Torotoro itself.
