This paper concerns El Fuerte de Samaipata – one of Bolivia’s most important monuments inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The study describes the hardware and software used in the project “Architectural examination and complex documentation of Samaipata (Fuerte de Samaipata/Bolivia) site from the World Heritage List”, as well as the workflow adopted for the terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) of the site. It also explains the important role that TLS played in the entire project.