Coroico (Yungas)

Things to do

• Cascadas (3-hour hike)
• Coffee and coca plantations
• Rest after the Death Road

What to eat

• Yungas coffeeLocally grown coffee, to drink in Coroico's little cafés or to take home.
• Tropical fruitMangoes, pineapples, papayas, achachairú (a small tangy fruit) and fresh juices everywhere for a few bolivianos.
• FricaséA spicy pork soup with yellow chilli and mote, said to cure hangovers.

How to get to Coroico

• Death Road Road (bus, car) · 20 min

  Taxi from Yolosa.

• Choro trek Road (bus, car) · 1 h

  From Chairo, end of the trek, minibus or taxi to Coroico.

• La Paz Road (bus, car) · 3 h

  Minibus from the Minasa terminal (Villa Fátima).

• Rurrenabaque Road (bus, car) · 10 to 13 h

  La Paz to Rurrenabaque buses that pass through Yolosa.

Photos of Coroico (Yungas)

More places in this region

• La PazThe world's highest seat of government, in a bowl at the foot of Illimani.
• El AltoThe big Aymara city on the Altiplano, right above La Paz: a giant market, cholets and cholita wrestling.
• Valle de la LunaMoon-like clay formations in the southern suburbs of La Paz.
• Valle de las ÁnimasA forest of earth spires on the edge of La Paz, bigger and wilder than the Valley of the Moon.
• ChacaltayaA former ski area at 5,400 m: the highest view of the Cordillera Real.
• Huayna PotosíA 6,000 m peak known as one of the most accessible, with a guided 2 or 3-day climb.
• Cordillera Real: CondoririGlacial lagoons and snowy peaks, two hours from La Paz.
• TiwanakuUNESCO-listed pre-Inca site: the Gate of the Sun and the Kalasasaya temple.
• Uru community of IruitoAn Uru community on the Desaguadero river, keepers of a very old lake culture.
• Jesús de MachacaAn Aymara Altiplano village and its 1706 church, south of Lake Titicaca.
• Comanche and its Puya raimondiiA forest of Puya raimondii, the world's largest bromeliad, on the Altiplano.
• Viscachani hot springsWarm-water baths on the Altiplano, on the road to Oruro, about 1 h 30 from La Paz.
• SorataA quiet village at the foot of Illampu, a base for treks.
• Charazani and ApolobambaLand of the Kallawaya Andean healers (UNESCO), with hot springs and great treks.
• Death Road (bike)The world's most famous mountain bike descent: from 4,650 m to 1,200 m in a day.
• Choro trek (Inca trail)Three days on a pre-Hispanic trail, from the snows of La Cumbre down to the Yungas forest.
• Takesi trek (Inca trail)Two days on one of Bolivia's best-preserved Inca trails, down to Yanacachi.
• Yunga Cruz trekThe wildest pre-Hispanic trail down to the Yungas: 4 to 5 days below Illimani.
• Chulumani (South Yungas)A small South Yungas town among coffee, coca and cloud forest, away from the crowds.