Franz Tamayo Province - Places of Interest

Places of Interest

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipalities are:

• In Apolo Municipality:
  • San Juan de Asariamas dry forest in Apolo Canton. The dominant trees species are the Bilka (Anadenanthera macrocarpa), the Cuchi (Astronium urundeuva), and the Brazilian Soto (Schinopsis brasiliensis).
  • Machariapo River in Apolo Canton situated within Madidi National Park and Area of Integrated Management
  • the Inca bridge in Santa Teresa community and the Chiara Alto waterfall of 18 m height in Apolo Canton
  • the community of Pata, its old church and the Sillakunka tunnel in Pata Canton
  • the valley of the community of Virgen del Rosario, also named Tuichi, in Pata Canton at the shores of Tuichi River
  • the community of Santa Cruz del Valle Ameno, the Billipiza waterfall of 22 m height in Vaquería and the archaeological site near Inca Viewpoint in Santa Cruz del Valle Ameno Canton
  • Trinity festivity (Santísima Trinidad) in the community of Atén
  • the pre-Columbian trails
  • Turiapo River and its waterfall in the community of Pucasucho
  • Ayara waterfall of about 18 m height in the community of Munaypatac

• In Pelechuco Municipality:
  • Katantika Snowcovered Mountain (Nevado Katantika), one of the most important peaks of the Apolobamba mountain range, about 5,592 m high, in Pelechuco Canton
  • the colonial town of Pelechuco
  • the village of Queara near Pelechuco which is also situated in the highest area of Madidi National Park
  • the Ulla Ulla National Reserve in Ulla Ulla Canton, today a part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area
  • the pre-Hispanic Guanan ruins in Pelechuco Canton
  • Cololo Lake in Antaquilla de Copacabana Canton
  • Suches Lake on the border to Peru

Other remarkable places are Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve and Communal Lands, Lake Chalalan and Chalalan ecolodge.