Tourism in Curahuara de Carangas - Oruro

Distance: 160 Kilometers away from Oruro

The name Curahuara of Carangas comes from the aymara expression "kori bara k'araa ancas" that means "the golden rod of the bare back". According to the community inhabitants K'araa anca were men who did not have any item of their belonging, because they would careless spend all their resources that they would find.

Their ethnical origin goes back to the Urus.

In this spot is Sajama snow - capped peak, the tallest on the western of Bolivia.

It is interesting to visit the colonial church. The Sajama National Park at 6.875 meters above sea level, the highest elevation in Bolivia, besides the Monterani peak at 4.068 meters above sea level; it is of volcanic formation.