Mountain Bike Death Road La Paz

This exciting mountain bike adventure will take you from the snowy mountains at an altitude of 4700 m a s l to 1200 m a s l to our small paradise dos ríos hotel in the center of the.

Mountain bike death road la paz. Yungas road grimly known as death road due to its notoriously high death rate was cut into the side of the cordillera oriental mountain chain in the 1930s by paraguayan prisoners during the chaco war. Enjoy the adrenaline surges as your soar down a road christened the world s most dangerous by numerous organizations. Capture photographs of the low slung clouds and forest smothered mountains before jumping onto your bike and embarking on the ride of your life. The death road as many tourists know is one of the main attractions of the adventure in la paz and is among the ten best south america adventure attractions.

We leave at about 7 15 towards the la cumbre in our vehicles. Feel the wind in your hair and the frantic race of your heart as you descend 11 800 feet 3 600 meters downhill. Begin your death defying descent of a serpentine road termed camino de la muerte or death road by bolivian locals. Our group of 14 met at a pub before embarking on the one hour drive to la cumbre 4 760 m where we d start downhill on our bikes equipped with double suspension and hydraulic disk brakes.

We are the only company that exceeds international safety standards and have the best bikes in bolivia to ensure that you love it and are safe along the way. Conquering the world s most dangerous road on a mountain bike bolivia s death road might be famous for claiming 300 lives a year but writer andrew fenton finds tackling it on two wheels can offer travelers far more than just bragging rights. We left the city and headed to the highest point of the road way up in. A combination of blind corners narrow roads and steep ravines is what makes the death road so deadly built in the 1930s during the chaco war by paraguayan prisoners of war this narrow winding mountain road was then the only connection between the northern parts of bolivia and its capital la paz.

We signed up for a death road mountain biking tour with the company gravity assisted the most reputable operator in la paz. Upon arrival at the peak the tour guide will provide safety instructions and an explanation about how to ride the bikes on this complicated road. The tour begins in the la paz city office at 07 00 a m. 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.