How to visit Sajama National Park?

Independent travellers can reach Sajama by taking a highway bus to the junction town of Patacamaya, then catching the only daily local minibus to the park. Alternatively, booking a private 2-day or 3-day 4×4 tour out of La Paz deals with all the fiddly logistics.

As Bolivia’s oldest national park, Sajama doesn’t have broad tourist infrastructure, so it feels like a rugged, pristine refuge rather than the packed southern salt flats. Most people lean towards private expeditions because they secure transport to the park’s distant geysers, thermal springs, and high-altitude forests, instead of depending on unreliable public transit.