Apolobamba is located in the eastern borderland of Peru and Bolivia.

On the Bolivian side, the mountain range is situated in the La Paz Department and on the Peruvian side it lies in the Puno Region.

Curva, the main locality of the Kallawaya-people, is located 3,800 m (12,500 ft) above sea level.

The highest mountain in the range is Chaupi Orco, also known as Wisk'achani, at 6,044 metres (19,829 ft).

Such'i is what the Aymara and Quechua people call a little fish which lives in the cold waters of the lakes and rivers of the Altiplano.