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Death Road Tour, La Paz, Bolivia:
Mountain Bike Tour on the World's Most Dangerous Road
Death Road Tour 2025: Quick Overview
Starting Point: La Paz, Bolivia
Getting to La Paz: Fly in with Latam or by land on regular bus services from all five of the countries with which it shares a border – Peru, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Paraguay
Top Death Road Tour Company: Gravity Biking Bolivia
Is the Death Road Tour Safe? Absolutely! Do the trip with a reputable company and follow your guide’s instructions
Death Road Tour Details:
Skill Level: Suitable for most riders
Departures: Tours Operate Daily
Duration: ~ 4 hours riding, ~12+ hours for the whole tour
Min Pax to Depart: Minimum two riders to begin the tour (private tours are available, please enquire)
Booking Period: Bookings are accepted right up two days before the ride
Insurance: As per local security policies, all passengers MUST have Travel Medical Insurance to take the tour (must cover Mountain Biking).
About the Death Road
Descend 70km and 3048 m in 4 hours as you take in high altitude landscapes on what’s popularly known as The Death Road in La Paz, Bolivia. Also known as the Yungas Road, it got its name from the cars that fall off the cliff taking an average of 200 lives per year.
While it’s too narrow for buses and cars, it’s plenty wide for bikes and the past 2 decades is a popular biking route.
Past 22 km on asphalt, you will start riding on the actual World’s Most Dangerous Road - a 44 km dirt and gravel road with drops and sharp corners, until you get to Yolosa (1,100 m). The support vehicle is behind all day.
About Gravity Biking:
Gravity is chosen for their high quality bikes & equipment as well as excellent standards of safety.
Since 1998, Gravity has been rip-roaring, hoot-hollerin’ and loving the amazing biking trails of the Bolivian Andes. They have taken more than 100,000 rides on once-in-a-lifetime, 2-wheeled adventures in these incredible mountains.
Death Road Tour itinerary
07:00am
The World’s Most Dangerous Road consists of a full day ride that starts at 7 am when you meet your guides at café Del Mundo on Sagarnaga Street (breakfast included).
Start from the city of La Paz, which is at a height of 3,600 meters (11,810 feet), to the foot of the Andes Mountains or Cordillera Real. Towards the summit which is 4,700 m (15,420 feet) out of the city of La Paz, appreciate the desert flora and fauna of the plateau and the snowy mountains of the Cordillera Real.
Here you will take a 45-minute bus ride with one of the Gravity buses to La Cumbre (4,760 m), which is the highest point, where we start riding.
09:00am
Guide briefing and presentation of bikes and gears, which you can try on to make sure you are comfortable with them. La Cumbre is also, where you will get your first set of instructions on the first part of the road, which is 22 kms of asphalt.
10:00am
Bike adventure starts. The first part is asphalt to reach the population Unduavi (narcotics and revision control, motorized transport only). During this first part, you will go through a Police Checkpoint where you must pay a BS. 50 (road tax), that goes to maintaining the road and building some toilets along that road, and that is not included in our price.
10:30am
Once you finish the 22 km, at the mouth of the Bolivian jungle, exactly where the paved road ends, begins the most dangerous road in the world. This dirt road with an amazing view will be an adventure. Along with the guides you will carefully go down going through rivers, waterfalls, along with the wide variety of flora and fauna.
Starting at a height of 2,700 meters (2,953 feet) above sea level, this 44 km dirt and gravel road has with huge drops and sharp corners, which you will ride until you get to Yolosa (1,100 m).
A support vehicle is always shadowing behind the group all day, and you can leave your bags in it.
12:30pm
Time for a break of 20 minutes with some refreshments.
1:45pm
Arrive at the bridge, a place with warm weather and the end of our cycling adventure at 1,200 m ( 3,940 feet ). You will finish your ride at La Senda Verde (LSV), an animal refuge and ecolodge where there will be a cold drink waiting for you, and a salad and pasta lunch. There are showers at LSV as well so we recommend that you take a full change of clothes (including shoes) and they provide towels, shampoo and soap for you.
2:30 - 4:30pm
You can also take a tour at La Senda Verde, to see the animals they rescued. You spend about 2 hours at LSV, with the animal (this extra activity at the end of the ride is not included).
7:30 - 9:30pm
Drop off back to your accomodation - return to the city of La Paz on our new road transport. It is a very safe to 2-lane, downstream and upstream, called Cotapata Santa Barbara.
The price of the bike trip includes:
✓ The bike - Kona with double suspension and hydraulic disk brakes.
✓ The gear (helmet, gloves, jacket & pants windbreak).
✓ Breakfast at Café del Mundo
✓ 2 snacks during the ride with bottle for water that you can refill with a filtered water tank we have on the bus.
✓ Pasta and salad lunch.
✓ 1 cold drink.
✓ Ride back to La Paz.
✓ 1 of our famous Gravity t-shirts and Buff.
✓ A link via Google Drive with pictures of the day trip sent to your email.
PLEASE BRING:
*Warm clothes for the beginning of the ride. Also, do not forget to bring extra clothes and shoes to come back (you will get wet and dirty). We don’t allow you to wear sandals during the ride, but anything from trainers to hiking boots will do.
*Make sure you’ve got a good pair of sporty UVA-UVB sunglasses, both for ray protection and to help keep the dust and grit out of your eyes.
*50 Bolivianos in CORRECT CHANGE on your ride. An official will collect this money and a person from the region during the day, and you will receive a legal receipt/souvenir in exchange. There will be a total of two taxes, 25bs each.
*Bring extra money for extra expenses. There are extra activities that you can do at the end of the tour; you can take a tour at La Senda Verde, to see the animals that they take care (80.-Bs bear tour) (www.sendaverde.com).
