Family Activities in Bolivia With Children

Travel advisory, as of October 2026. A nationwide state of exception was decreed in June 2026. Protests and road blockades can close routes, including roads to airports, at short notice, and fuel shortages are regular, which matters more when you are travelling with children. The UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to Chapare Province, including Villa Tunari, and the US warns against travel there. Read the FCDO advice and travel.state.gov before booking.

Bolivia with children

Bolivia can work for families who plan around altitude and keep plans flexible. The best child-friendly stops are a cable car ride, a dinosaur park, an animal sanctuary and a few city parks. Skip the working mines, Death Road cycling and high-altitude climbs, which suit adults only.

Altitude and children

La Paz and El Alto sit at about 3,600 to 4,000 m, and Potosí and the Uyuni plateau are just as high. Children can get altitude sickness, and they may not say what is wrong. See a doctor or travel clinic before you fly in, rest on the first days, offer water often and avoid alcohol and heavy meals. Coca tea is a local custom, not a proven treatment, and no tea or pill reliably prevents sickness. If a child has a headache, vomiting or unusual drowsiness, descend. Sucre at about 2,810 m is a gentler place to start than La Paz.

Mi Teleférico, La Paz

Cable cars glide over the city bowl, past brick neighbourhoods, football pitches on ledges and snowy peaks on clear days. A ride on the first line costs about Bs 3, with about Bs 2 more for each change, and reduced fares are roughly half. Children usually enjoy the ride more than most museums, and the network often runs when roads are blocked. Keep to daylight hours.

Parque Cretácico, Sucre

Cal Orck’o is a limestone wall about 110 m high and 1.2 km long, covered in dinosaur footprints from the Cretaceous, and it is on Bolivia’s UNESCO Tentative List. The park beside it has life-size model dinosaurs, a Titanosaur among them, and sandpits for small palaeontologists. Entry was listed at about Bs 30, and a Dino Bus from Plaza 25 de Mayo costs around Bs 15 return, though prices and times can change. Footprint tours run at set times, so ask at the gate.

La Senda Verde, Yolosa

This sanctuary, at the bottom of the Yungas road, rescues animals, including monkeys, macaws and spectacled bears. It enforces a strict no-contact policy, so children watch and learn rather than hold. Roads to Yolosa can close for landslides, so choose a day with a dry forecast and ask about current visiting hours at sendaverde.org .

Parque Bolívar, Sucre

Sucre’s central park has a small iron tower that children can climb, as well as pedal karts and ice cream stalls on good days. Treat these as a pleasant hour, not a destination.

Practical tips

  • Pack warm layers, sun cream and a hat, because the sun is strong and nights are cold.
  • Bring cash in bolivianos, which float at about 12 to the US dollar. Cards are rare and often carry a surcharge.
  • Lowland trips toward the Amazon need a yellow fever certificate and a clinic visit well beforehand.
  • Hire a licensed local driver for longer road legs, and carry snacks for delays.

Read more: Group activities in Bolivia and the 4 day Bolivia itinerary .

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