Valle de las Ánimas

There are two possible explanations for the name: the first was referred by the locals who believe that the wind in the sector causes pitiful sounds passing through the formations,^[2] the second refers to the elongated nature of the formations, suggesting silhouetts of spirits.

Specialists believe that these formations are closer to Palca Canyon,^[3] furrowed by a river with a variable channel, a product of the melting of existing glaciers that existed at the end of the planet's tertiary stage.^[2]

It has the appearance of stalagmites and has similarities with another zone of La Paz, Valle de la Luna.

Access to the sector is made through the path to Uni, crossing through the zone of Apaña.^[4] The service does public transport.

In the sector, it makes hiking, climbing, photography and observation activities, for its height at around 3900 meters above sea level, it enables a view of the city and the Illimani and Mururata mountains.

Nearby, there are pre-Hispanic ceremonial edifications^[5] which have been put into risk by the permanent developments of unregulated urbanization by the municipal governments of La Paz and Palca.

The area, in its quality of protected and conserved state, is protected by the following norms:^[5]

• 1995: La Paz Municipal Resolution 450/95
• 1998: La Paz Municipal Resolution 081/98
• 2000: La Paz Municipal Ordinance 147/2000

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  View of the city of La Paz from Valle de las Ánimas.
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  Mutisia orbignyana in the valley.

• Valle de la Luna (Bolivia)