The market is run by local witch doctors known as yatiri, who sell potions, dried frogs, medicinal plants like retama, and armadillos used in Bolivian rituals. The yatiri can be easily identified by their black hats and coca pouches containing amulets, talismans and powders that promise luck, beauty and fertility.

There's everything here from lotions, potions, clothing, fresh produce – take your time and take it all in. Tourists mingle with the locals at the Witches Market. If you are curious about shamanic rituals and powders and potions, then this is the place. People come here to buy ingredients for various important rituals.