Death Road, Bolivia

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Best time to go: May to October
Budget: $$
Accessibility: not-accessible
Coordinates: Open in maps

The Yungas Road descends 3,600 meters from the La Paz altiplano to the subtropical Yungas valley, following a narrow unpaved track with precipitous drops carved into a cloud-forested escarpment. Once a main freight route, the road has become a recreational cycling descent where operators shuttle riders to the La Cumbre pass and allow the 64-kilometer downhill journey through multiple vegetation zones. Waterfalls cross the road surface at several points as the elevation drops toward the jungle.

While you're there · La Paz Department

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The world is wide open.

Carrasco National Park

Villa Tunari

The world is wide open.

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Doors that open for you.

What they said, once they'd been.

The world is wide open.

Carrasco National Park

Villa Tunari