We decided to step off the “Gringo Trail” and visit the National Park of Toro Toro. Toro Toro is a 4 and a half hour 4×4 ride from Cochabamba and we headed off on Thursday morning at 7.30am. We passed some amazing scenery on the way, and arrived in the little town of Toro Toro in time for lunch. In the afternoon we visited the cave with blind fish and underground waterfalls, not to mention the amazing stalactites and stalagmites. Some of the gaps that we had to crawl through were tiny, and we spent quite a bit of the adventure hanging from a rope! It was really worth it though. There were also several dinosaur prints on the way to the cave. I, like most guys, had my dinosaur phase when I was younger (Triceratops was my personal favourite!), so this was just amazing to see!
Day 2 we got taken to some amazing views of a canyon where we got to see some fantastic parrots. In the afternoon we also visited some rocks that are just covered with dino tracks! The photos really do not do them justice!
The final morning we went upstream to visit rocks full of fossils. Because we were at the end of the rainy season, the stream was fairly high, meaning I had to take off my boots and take part in some major cliff hanging.
Overall we loved Toro Toro, and it is definitely one of the highlights of our trip.
