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Chacaltaya Ski Resort

1638 Calle Mexico | Casilla, La Paz 1346, Bolivia
591 2 324682
Ranked #9 of 29 attractions in La Paz
4.5 of 5 stars 10 Reviews
Type: Ski/ Snowboard Areas
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Sucre, Bolivia
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9 reviews 9 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 April 2012

The Chacaltaya Ski Resort is a somewhat strange but beautiful spot in the sparse mountains near La Paz. Most tour agencies offer the half-day-trip to the abandoned Ski Resort combined with a trip to La Paz' Moon Valley, another strange but interesting place. However, as the Moon Valley, it definitively is not a must, only if you're not doing any... More

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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23 reviews 23 reviews
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 April 2012

Chacaltaya is a very beautiful mountain but take care if you want to get in the top. My guide didn't walk together with us and we got lost. So, we took a wrong way and we almost fell down from the mountain. Can you imagine this? So, the place is wonderful but doesn't have any estructure for receiving people with... More

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La Paz, El Beni, Bolivia
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3 reviews 3 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 February 2012
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Don't just go see the resort. It's an interesting place, but what's so much better is the mountain bike ride with Gravity Assisted Mountain Biking. Massive descent and such a wide array of scenery on a really fun road. s

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Ede, Netherlands
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21 reviews 21 reviews
Reviews in 10 cities Reviews in 10 cities
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 August 2011

We went there on a half day trip. Very cold and windy up there. Luckely we had really warm cloths so we could walk the final 100m up (many didn't because of the cold). The views from the summit are beatifull. Good idea to do this trip to acclimatise before going to one of the other summits around. Take one... More

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Riobamba, Ecuador
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24 reviews 24 reviews
Reviews in 11 cities Reviews in 11 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 May 2012
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Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 March 2012
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Laxenburg, Austria
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 March 2012
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Pucon, Chile
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 February 2012
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 November 2011
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 March 2011
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