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The Yungas Road is a 64-kilometre (40 mi) long cycle route that links the city of La Paz and the Yungas region of Bolivia. It draws about 25,000 tourists per year [1] and is a major La Paz tourist attraction. [2] With 3,500 metres (11,500 ft) of descent, many tour operators cater to downhill mountain biking.
Area. 90,500 km 2 (34,900 sq mi) Countries. Bolivia. Peru. Conservation. Protected. 49.37% [1] The Bolivian Yungas is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Yungas of central Bolivia.
The Yungas (Aymara yunka warm or temperate Andes or earth, Quechua yunka warm area on the slopes of the Andes) [1] [2] is a bioregion of a narrow band of forest along the eastern slope of the Andes Mountains from Peru and Bolivia, and extends into Northwest Argentina at the slope of the Andes pre-cordillera. It is a transitional zone between ...
Officially known as North Yungas Road, this 43-mile-long stretch of mainly gravel and dirt has barely the width of a car and offers zero protection for vehicles despite the extreme and brutal ...
Route 3 has a length of 610 km [1] kilometers and runs in an east-west direction. It starts in the La Paz suburb of El Alto at a junction with Route 1. Continuing northeast on the Route 1 roadbed, the road runs around a hairpin turn and runs toward Central La Paz. [1] At the La Paz bus terminal, Route 3 turns off of Avenida Ismael Montes onto a ...
Coroico became the capital of the North-Yungas in 1899 making Coroico the political and industrial center of the region, which produces wood products, fruits, and coca for the La Paz region of Bolivia. In 1958, the city was made the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Coroico, and elevated to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroico in 1983. From ...
Volunteering. Website. sendaverde .org. La Senda Verde is a non-government organization dedicated to environmental education and the care of sick, mistreated and abandoned wildlife. It is a privately run animal refuge in the Yungas area of Bolivia along the Yungas Road. The organization was co-founded by Vicky Ossio and Marcelo Levy in 2003.
A new road on this route opened at the end of 2006, decreasing most motorized traffic on the older, more dangerous Yungas Road, also known as 'Death Road,' now highly popular for mountain bike tours. Rurrenabaque Airport was paved in 2010. Sometimes, low clouds over nearby mountains can hinder planes' visibility and prevent them from landing.