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There is really not that much to do in Coroico except relax and enjoy the views. This picture was taken sitting on the end of my bed looking out on my balcony.
Updated Sep 5, 2005
1 Review and 7 Opinions Although our stay was already paid from the USA, agents at the hotel's main office in La Paz and...
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Hotel Sol y Luna: A little paradise
pierre.ami Says: After disappointing Hotel Esmeralda I found a beautiful, charming place to stay:Sol y Luna is a couple of Cabanas and two houses with rooms situated in a wonderful parc. The subtropical climate contributes the rest. Two pools, a good restaurant and a library with english,...
Hotel Esmeralda: Big disappointment
pierre.ami Says: This hotel was recomended by guidebooks. Totally incomprehensible.Service is incompetent. They mainly receive big groups (from the death road tour). Food was very poor quality. Wifi was supposed to be free - they charged Bs 10. No atmosphere. I did not stay over night in the...
girllrig Says: This place is touted all over La Paz as the place to be in Coroico. I would say it's great if you are in a tour group. I went there as a solo traveller in low season. It is NOT friendly to solo travellers at all. It is overpriced for one thing. The rooms are pretty shabby,...
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You can even get Mexican food in Coroico. I did not eat at the Bamboos Cafe, preferring the excellent buffet at the Hotel Esmeralda instead. Probably better that I waited to get back to Albuquerque and the green chile there.
Updated Sep 5, 2005
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If you're heart is not strong enough to withstand the biketrip down Death Road, then you can still be a deardevil and take a van/bus down the same road :). It's dirt cheap (under $1 USD per hour). The ride can take as little as 4-5 hours, but usually takes more during the rainy season.
Updated Sep 26, 2002
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As I said earlier, the road was coined the Death Road back in 1997 because a study determined that it was the most dangerous road on Earth. In fact, there is at least one fatal accident per month! Just look at the photo to see a 3 week old accident. A truck carrying wood fell from a cliff killing everyone aboard. It's a sad fact of life in this road so make sure you ride with a driver you can trust.
Written Sep 29, 2002
AlbuqRay Says: The trailhead to Cerro Uchumachi is further up the hill behind El Calvario. It is a five hour round trip to the top (so I hear). I think the sign was at 2350 meters and Cerro Uchumachi at 2450 meters. I did not do the hike. Besides being too lazy, the clouds were covering...
AlbuqRay Says: You get a great view of Coroico from the grassy area around El Calvario. That is the Hotel Esmeralda "parking lot" with the one vehicle at the bottom of the trail.
AlbuqRay Says: You can hike up the trail past the Hotel Esmeralda, following the Stations of the Cross up to El Calvario.
Stations of the Cross on Uchumachi Trail
AlbuqRay Says: The Stations of the Cross start in town and continue on up the Uchumachi Trail to El Calvario chapel.
darthmilmo Says: Alas, we made it safely to Yolosa, our final stop on our bikes. All in all, we biked down a 3000 meters decent from an altitude of 4700 meters above sea level to an altitude of 1700 above sea level. We went through the four seasons from a freezing start with snow to a...
Biked down Death Road: San Juan Waterfall
darthmilmo Says: At one point, we got to see the waterfall of San Juan, which falls down onto the main road. Anyone say showers :)! We then stopped at another memorial for an Israeli girl who died biking down the same road we were in. Apparently, she lost control and went down a cliff....
Biked down Death Road: memorial shrine #1
darthmilmo Says: Several hundred meters later, we came across the memorial shrine of 5 Israelis who died on a jeep a decade or so ago. I knew about it so it didn't creep me out. Along the way, we stopped to admire the view.
Biked down Death Road: the end of the paved road
darthmilmo Says: Then, shortly after a 45-minute uphill battle, the paved road ended and we kept going on a dirt road. It is at this point where it starts warming up and no longer is freezing.
Biked down Death Road: Start at el Charro
darthmilmo Says: We started up high at El Charro at an altitude of 4700 meters above sea level. We could still see fresh snow from last night’s snowfall. Off we went down a paved road for a few hours.
darthmilmo Says: I biked down 70 kilometers on the infamous Death Road. It was 2 Britts, Eddy the Guide, and me battling down the most dangerous road on Earth! The road was coined the Death Road back in 1997 because a study determined that it was the most dangerous road on Earth. In fact,...
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On commence a La Paz avec l'agence de Velo... on part en mini bus jusqu'a la Cumbre...4700m et on monte sur nos v?lo pour faire le debut de la piste qui est en asphalte pour 1h environ... et par la suite nous rencontrons la fameuse route de la mort avec ses paysage a couper le souffle....(ceux qui on le vertige s'abstenir) c'est que que l'on appelle une DROPE de 90 degres.... plusieurs chutes de bus on fait des accidents mortels... mais le tout ?tant de descendre jusqu'a 1200m Coroico est le point final de cette excursion....epoustouflant pour ceux qui aime faire du plein air. Et en Bolivie quoi de mieux.
Equipment: L'agence de Velo fournit
Les velos de MONTAGNE
Casques
Gants
Masques pour la poussiere
Written Jan 23, 2006
Address: Plusieurs adresses a la Paz
hanspeter_W. Says: best tour agency for all kind of travels in Boliviais FLECHA TOURS specialised from biking and jungle-tours, but open for any kind of travel main office: Rurrenabaque, Avaroa Esq.Santa Cruz phone: 591-71143529-71505450office la Paz: Illampu n.747phone: 591 2 2461771...
Pietro_4wd Says: On the Yungas, road from Coroico to Caranavi is a beauty steel nerves test (it has been reported as the most dangerous on the world -drive by the left hand-). The coming back by Coripata is exiting and extraordinary (take a whole day to taste it quietly).
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