Cochabamba Department - Places of Interest

Places of Interest

  • Carrasco National Park
  • Tunari National Park
  • Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory
  • Inkallajta
  • Inkachaka
  • Inkaraqay
  • Quillacollo
  • Villa Tunari
  • Laguna La Angostura
  • Payrumani: The Pairumani estate about 20 km from the city of Cochabamba comprises Villa Albina, a landed estate which was property of the Bolivian industrialist Simón I. Patiño, built between 1925 and 1932, a model farm and seed centre and a Centre for Phytoecogenetic Research. The palace of Pairumani was declared Bolivian National Monument in 1967.

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