Biking in the Bolivia's Death Road Yungas Road
The nicknamed the Death Road or the Road of Death is given to the North Yungas Road, Inter-American Development Bank named it as the world's most dangerous road with 200 to 300 travellers were killed yearly along the road. Charles Huang decided to test out this hype to see if it lives up its nickname.
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The Death Road, Downhill Mountain Bike Ride - Bolivia
At one time legitimately considered the World's Most Dangerous Road, these days this 5 hour downhill mountain bike ride is more about entertaining tourists than it is about life and death transportation. Either way, it's an amazing amount of fun to bike continuously downhill for 5 hours. By no means is it a challenging ride, but what it lacks in skill requirement, it makes up for with amazing scenery and great speed.
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When we got to Bolivia and found out the number one thing to do is mountain bike down something called Death Road, there's no way we were going to miss it!
North Yungas Road between La Paz and the Yungas region of the country is known as the world's most dangerous road, due to its narrow width and the 2000-foot cliff that drops off to one side with no barriers. Over the years hundreds of people have unfortunately lost their lives on this stretch of highway, which has been dubbed Death Road. Surprisingly it's also turned into a tourist attraction, with plenty of intrepid travellers grabbing mountain bikes and riding down its twisting, perilous path.
We signed up for a Death Road mountain biking tour with the company Gravity Assisted, the most reputable operator in La Paz. We left the city and headed to the highest point of the road, way up in the mountains. From there it was a 3600m descent over 60km along the incredibly scenic and slightly terrifying Death Road.
Afterwards we paid a visit to a wildlife sanctuary that rescues endangered animals such as spectacled Andean bears and spider monkeys from illegal trafficking.
It proved to be one of the most amazing experiences of our entire time in South America, and despite the name, we survived.
This video is not sponsored - we paid full price for our tour with Gravity Assisted, and highly recommend them if you're considering mountain biking Death Road in Bolivia.
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Death Road Bike Ride in La Paz, Bolivia
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Bolivia - Biking Death Road & Sitting With The Devil
Travel Bolivia with vloggers Mike & Alex as they find the best travel tips and travel hacks in Uyuni, Potosi, Lake Titicaca, and La Paz. Adventure death road, the salt flats, and the best party hostels in Bolivia.
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Ride Day 56: Yungas Road, Bolivia / The Death Road by Motorbike
Full Post: Getting to Death Road, Bolivia (North Yungas Road) was always going to be a challenge. However, after meeting with Motorcycle Tours Bolivia and hiring a private guide (Tito) to take us there, we knew we would be in good hands.
I was joined by Chris Moody, another experienced rider I met on the Stahlratte and who joined me in La Paz for the Death Road or as it is known locally as North Yungas Road.
We set off early in the morning, and Tito told us he would take us on a more interesting journey. We bypassed La Paz and went up through the mountains to get to Death Road, Bolivia.
The adventure was crazy fun, first going around slippery cobblestone villages as we went higher and higher dealing with mud, some rain and some very slippery surfaces. At one stage a truck could not get through, and there was a lineup of another 4 or 5 trucks behind it.
Tito decided to bypass this track and go up a slope my KTM, and their Heidenau tires couldn't handle. Basically, my bike just would get traction. We then decided to go back down this ridiculously muddy steep slope and make our way around the trucks.
Tito was a very experienced off-roader and you could tell we were slow for him and his Suzuki, he just wanted to go go go! We ended up going high up this barren mountain with precarious drop off staring us in the face at every turn, surely Death Road, Bolivia would be easier than this., it was great fun, but quite scary.
Although the total trip was only 135 miles (215 kilometers), it still took us more than 9 hours, mainly because we stopped for the views of The Death Road, Bolivia and other roads so many times.
Death Road, Bolivia was as much as expected. Some crazy drop offs but mostly pretty good and steady riding. There were only a few sections that were precarious. It has been a few years now since they built a new road that bypassed the Death Road, so it was easier than the past.
There are still cars, buses, and trucks on the road, but not nearly as many as in the past. The first section has a lot of tour traffic with bicycles, and it was fun watching them all come off through the river crossing and get soaking wet.
Death Road has a legendary status, and I can only imagine trying to cross this in its heyday, but it was great fun, and the weather helped us out. Riding your bike on cliff edges with waterfalls drowning over you can only be described as invigorating.
All in all a great experience with the road to Death Road, Bolivia, more dangerous than Death Road itself.
Death Road - North Yungas Road, Bolivia
The North Yungas Road (also known as Grove's Road, Coroico Road, Camino a Los Yungas, Death Road, Road of death or Road of fate is a road leading from La Paz to Coroico, 56 kilometers (35 mi) northeast of La Paz in the Yungas region of Bolivia. In 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank christened it as the world's most dangerous road. In 2006, one estimate stated that 200 to 300 travelers were killed yearly along the road. The road includes cross markings on many of the spots where vehicles have fallen.
The South Yungas Road connects La Paz to Chulumani, 64 kilometers (40 mi) east of La Paz, and is considered to be nearly as dangerous as the North Road. From Wikipedia
Motorcycle Tours, La Paz, Bolivia
Whilst I was staying at the Oberland Hotel in La Paz, I noticed below there was a Motorbike Tour Company. I went downstairs and talked to the manager about getting a personal tour guide to take us to Death Road by Motorbike.
We had our own bikes and the manager got on the phone and spoke to a few people. The total cost was $120 plus a tip ($50) for the rider whose name was Tito (a legend)
The tour started at 8 am and went all the way through to 6 pm at night. It was absolutely sensational. Tito took us on roads that you would never know about and we went up some crazy mountains. In fact, some of the roads getting to Death Road were scarier than death road, but it was amazing. I have written about the experience on my blog at and I want to thank all of the people, particularly Tito on what was a memorable experience and one I will never forget.
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Mountain Biking Death Road La Paz Bolivia
Join me as I go on a mountain biking tour with Vertigo tours on the world's scariest and most dangerous road, death road. This was day 31 of my Peruvian/Bolivian adventure.
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SEE THE WORLD 27: Bolivia, The Highway or my way (cordillera real)
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27th episode following a bike ride from Alaska to Argentina and around the world. This one is sort of an experiment since I rode directly to La Paz when I first reached Bolivia, now I will go back and see what I missed by riding two days on the highway. This picks up very close to La Rinconada (Peru, highest settlement in the world) along the Tres Cordilleras bikepacking route toward Sorata and then backroads and trails along The Cordillera Real.
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Death Road, La Paz - Mountain Biking in Bolivia
An amazing experience to mountainbike down the famous and dangerous Death Road. Watch this video and get a cool sneak preview!
#14 DOWNHILL DEATH ROAD - ESTRADA DA MORTE - LA PAZ, BOLÍVIA [Canal Errei]
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DEATH ROAD (Yungas Road) on bike & LA PAZ [Bolivia] | Travel Series [S2-E9] - South America 2017
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The series shows my trip to South America in 2017. In this episode I'm taking a downhill bike ride on the Yungas Road, named in 1995 world's most dangerous road. However, in the first part of video you can also see some shots of beautiful city of La Paz!
P.S. The highest speed (on the video) I reached around 5:50 :)
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