A walk up on the hills surrounding the town is an easy and nice excursion offering decent views. Bring ice cream and water.
One of the best sight views is the Faro del Conchupata.
You can also visit el Cerrato, also know as El Corazón de Jesús.
Near the zoo, in the south part of the city, there is a museum of ethnography and folklore. There you can see, how the ancient locals, the Chipayas, used to live. Also you can see an invaluable collection of carnival outfits, including masks.
At 45 minutes from the center ville, there is a little town called Cala-Cala. There you can visit the Señor de Lagunas temple, some stone based prehistoric art.
You can also visit some of the traces of our legends:
In the south part of the city, over the hills, you can see a long stone with a snake form.
Near Cala-Cala, at the east of the city, there is a mountain with the shape of a geant crocodile with the head cut-off.
Coming from the north, you can see a geant frog.
All around the city, there are some little sand monticles, made form the ants.
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