Coroico, Bolivia Travel Blogs

With Downhill Madness down The Death Road.
Aug 18, 2005 (20 photos)

... day on my trip so far? At least it's high up there among the winners. On a mountain bike from La Cumbre (4640m) to Coroico, a 3345m vertical decent down The Death Road (mostly a dirt road, but with some fast 60kph tarmac at the top). More than 64km of ...

The Long and Winding Road - The PanPipe Remix
Sep 20, 2004 (21 photos)

Back in 1995 one of those international development banks described the road from La Paz to Coroico as the 'most dangerous in the world' - not including those in Iraq, presumably. This was based on the high number of cars and buses that would fall off the ...

Yeee-ha! The world´s most dangerous road by bike
Jan 21, 2006 (3 photos)

We'd been told it's an absolute must-do in Bolivia... hurtling down "the world's most dangerous road" on a mountain bike! Always up for a challenge, we signed up with one of the many agencies in La Paz who offer this adrenaline-filled one-day adventure, ...

The ´ordinary´ is far away in another land....
Aug 27, 2005 (8 photos)

... really my forté, but Jason loved every minute of it. A warm interlude We spent a lovely, warm, relaxing day in Coroico which looks out over misty forested mountains and tropical plantations, before gingerly getting onto the dreaded bus back. If we ...

The world s most dangerous road
Sep 16, 2006 (15 photos)

... went for it, enjoyed and, as I am writing this, even survived! "The journey from La Paz to Coroico must be the most impressive in all Bolivia. It is an absolute must for the adrenalin junkies but a definite no-no for those of a more nervous disposition ...

The most dangerous road in the world...I guess
Nov 10, 2007 (20 photos)

... ; So we shared a few beers and sat in our sweat and dirt while we caught our breath before going to our last stop in Coroico.  There we had a yummy buffet lunch and showers and a dip in the pool before singing our way back to La Paz with English music ...

Downhill all the way.....
Sep 8, 2006 (7 photos)

... jackets and given our bikes ready for our adventure. We were about to cycle (well freewheel mainly) 60km to Yolonga near to Coroico. There are loads of companies that do this trip and we decided to do it with this one for safety reasons mainly plus they ...

The Most Dangerous Road In The World
Mar 29, 2006 (11 photos)

... in, saw us, and then sat at a table by themselves. No Comment! So, that as they say is how I came to arrive in Coroico! I found myself a nice hostel with a great view near the plaza. This is where time stood still again. I´d planned to stay for only a ...

Death Road and Swimming Pools
Jul 23, 2004 (5 photos)

... just paraded around in the nude and Emily and I felt very prudish indeed. Hotel Esmeralda Our mini bus took Emily and I up to Coroico as we planned to stay there and head to Rurrenabaque from there. We got a free ride up to Hotel Esmeralda, which had ...

Come on Barry....sing it for us!
Jul 22, 2005 (3 photos)

... different feel to Puno, smaller, more relaxed and laidback! It even had pedaloes and a little beach! We started off our Bolivia experience with a nice 5 course lunch/dinner (fatties!)...the soups out here are yummy and had a nice piece of lemon pie to ...

We laugh in the face of Death
Jul 19, 2007

... final push to the proper start of 'The Worlds Most Dangerous Road'. The road was once the only way to get into north west Bolivia, and buses and trucks used to come up and down this hairy 3 metre wide dirt track....and of course, every year, some of ...

Jess: Sick.
Apr 29, 2006

Well, we´re making an unscheduled stop in Caranavi, just until Jess gets better. We´re not sure what it is, but it´s likely bad food. Whatever it is, we decided she was too sick to continue on, so I grabbed a cab and found a hotel. It´s actually a pretty ...

Choro Trail
Jul 5, 2007 (5 photos)

10 day adventure via foot, jeep & boat into the Amazon Basin... more to come

Word s most dangerous road!
Dec 8, 2008 (7 photos)

... il s agit d une route qui sort de La Paz pour monter a La cumbre a 4700 m d altitude pour descendrea 1200 m puis remonter vers Coroico dans les Yungas. Les yungas est une partie de la Bolivie ou est produite la Coca. On descend donc de 3500 m sur 60 km ...

Mountain Biking the ¨World´s Most Dangerous Road¨
Apr 29, 2006 (4 photos)

... La Paz to Coroico on a mountain bike and spent 2 days relaxing around a pool in the jungle-like mountains of Coroico. It was a good decision. I chose to book my trip with Gravity Assisted Mountain Biking, a New Zealand company, because they have the ...

The Worlds Dangerous Road
Oct 29, 2005 (13 photos)

05-10-29 Don´t touch the front brakes! That´s the one piece of advice I got from lot´s of previous cyclists. This week is officially my mid-life crisis week. I've just climbed a 6000m peak, and today I signed up to cycle down the world´s most dangerous road ...

The Most Dangerous Road, Part 02: Survival.
Apr 25, 2006

... nice to be doing something outdoorsy and physical. I need to do more hands on activities on this trip. I really enjoy it. Coroico is beautiful. We´re staying at the hotel esmerelda. It´s pretty fancy and expensive, but we´re probably only staying the one ...

Field Visits to Coroico-Coripata Region
Mar 17, 2007

... Coripata, where we are currently building an office/warehouse for the local coca producers association.  This region of Bolivia is considered a 'traditional' region which means that each farmer is legally allowed to grow a certain amount of coca for ...

La Cumbre to Coroico and San Pedro jail
May 12, 2000

... flying over the handlebars landing face first in the middle of it all, to say I was a mess was an understatement. When we arrived in Coroico our guide booked me a hotel room so I could have a shower, I don't think he really wanted me back on his bus. It ...

(Possibly) The World's Most Dangerous Road
Dec 3, 2008 (19 photos)

... time here is to take a mountain bike and cycle for 40 or so miles down to a little town called Coroico in the Yungas (sub-tropical region of Bolivia) via a very narrow and precarious dirt road. A sweeping and audacious claim to make, and i'm sure it may ...

Zandvlooien, een bruiloft en Afrikaanse drums
Mar 31, 2009

... een heuvel. Ons hostel heeft een dondersmooi uitzicht en een groot zwembad. Heerlijk om ff te relaxen... ware het niet dat Coroico vergeven is van zandvlooien!! Eerste dag gerelaxed met een biertje in de korte broek (de locals hebben allemaal een lange ...

Life At La Senda Verde
Nov 20, 2009 (22 photos)

... . Pecos was put down shortly thereafter. We also had a very scary incident on the night of October 20th, the same night Coroico holds its annual festival. That evening Kate and I walked home alone, down the eight kilometer road from Coroico. We got ...

Sole survivor
Sep 30, 2004 (1 photos)

... groves and feeling a lot like a jungle (that´s because we hadn´t actually felt what a jungle was like yet). Unfortunately, to get to Coroico you have to go down the "worlds most dangerous road" so called because, in the words of the Lonely Planet, ´it hosts ...

On Yer Bike!!!!
Oct 16, 2007 (5 photos)

...  "death road survivor" tee shirt cool or what, though the fact that Kieran was wearing a Brazilian shirt in Bolivia helped to remind the guide to give us our shirts!!!!! The showers were the usual dodgy type ie electricity switch  ...

Coroico
Sep 12, 2006

... other along the single lane track marked by Catholic crosses and wreckage, fortunately the scenery down the valley was a good distraction! Coroico is a small hill-top town offering good walks in a warm climate and our hotel was perched at the very top of ...

Cycling the most dangerous road in the world
Oct 9, 2009 (11 photos)

... no 1 for the most dangerous road in the world, infact 3 or 4 seem to be in South America... 1) The North Yungas Road (Bolivia) Some of the nominations here may seem a little quirky, but few will deny that Bolivia's 'Death Road' is THE most dangerous in ...

It´s Nice to be Back
Sep 17, 2009 (2 photos)

It has been four and a half years since I stepped foot in Bolivia and things have certainly changed, though I am not sure if it is for the better. Evo Morales is in power, the hugely popular, indigenous left-wing patsy for Hugo Chavez. This ...

The ride down Death Road !!!
Aug 26, 2007 (28 photos)

... and we'd really recommend a stay there. Finally we tear ourselves away and head up the mountainside to spend a night in Coroico before heading back to La Paz. This is pretty small town situated on ridge overlooking the lovely green valley. More of ...

Abwäääääääärts!
Oct 28, 2006 (9 photos)

Gestern Abend, nach drei Glaesern Wein und einem Bier mit dem Quintett, das alles in 3800m oder so, nach einem Tag in der Sonne... da wurde mir doch mal kurz schwarz vor Augen. Nicht so optimale Voraussetzungen, um heute etwa 3700 Hoehenmeter mit dem ...

Trek del Choro, journee 1
Apr 4, 2009 (13 photos)

Vers 9h nous partons pour Villa Fatima d'ou partent les bus pour les Yungas (les jungles en bas du plateau). Nous partons faire le trek del Choro qui relie le col de la Cumbre (4662 m) a Chairo (1270 m) dans les touffeurs des yungas. Il suit un ancien ...