Torotoro National Park was established in 1989. It is situated in the northern
Potosí department, 140 km south of
Cochabamba. It covers 165 km2, in a
semi-arid landscape at altitudes between 2000 and 3500m above sea level, with canyons as deep as 300 meters. It includes typical features of
karst terrain like caves and
dolines,
Paleozoic and
Cretaceous calcitic deposits with
fossils, and landscapes eroded by wind and waters. Dinosaur bone fragments and more than 3,500
dinosaur footprints have been found in the park. They belong to
biped and
quadruped dinosaurs,
theropods and
sauropods from the
Cretaceous period 120 million years ago. Llama Chaki, an archaeological site southeast of the town of Torotoro, has remnants of the
Quechua culture. ==Gallery==