Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Únete
(Plaza García Lanza; per hr B$3;
10am-10pm)
Offers the most reliable internet
access in town.
Getting There & Away
The La Paz-Coroico road is now open, replacing the World's Most Dangerous Road as
the town's access route. It's asphalted along its whole length, but in the short time it's
been open several landslides have cut up some sections. Buses and
micros
from La Paz ar-
rive at the bus terminal on Av Manning. It's a steep walk uphill to the plaza, or hop in a
taxi (B$5).
Turbus Totaí
(
2289-5573)
runs comfortable taxi services to La Paz from
the terminal, leaving when full (B$25, two hours).
Bicycle
An exhilarating, adrenaline-filled option is to descend by mountain bike from La Paz to
Coroico (see boxed text,
Click here
)
. The thrilling one-day descent from the top at El
Cumbre is a memorable experience, but not for the fainthearted. An ever-increasing num-
ber of operators run the trip. Choose carefully - if your company cuts corners, it's a long
way down. There have been many fatalities on this route, the vast majority caused by
over-eager bikers going too fast. However, if you're sensible and follow instructions,
there's no great risk.
Bus
From the Villa Fátima area in La Paz, buses and
micros
leave for Coroico (B$25, 3½
hours) at least hourly from 7:30am to 8:30pm, with extra runs on weekends and holidays.
En route they stop in Yolosita, a dusty crossroads where you can connect with buses and
camiones
(flatbed trucks) heading north to Rurrenabaque (B$100, 15 to 18 hours) and fur-
ther into the Bolivian Amazon.
For Chulumani, the quickest route is to backtrack to La Paz. Although the junction for
the Chulumani road is at Unduavi, few passing
micros
have spare seats at this point.
The road to Caranavi was only open 3pm to 6am at the time of writing. Buses from the
Coroico terminal will take you there (and on to other Amazon destinations) for B$30.
