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Max riding Death Road in Bolivia

Bolivia Done Properly

The cheapest country in South America, and the strangest one I've been to. Death Road, a week based in La Paz, and three days on the Uyuni salt flats.

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14day route
6,088mHuayna Potosi
$19AUD, paid once
Riding the Yungas Road, Bolivia's Death RoadMax on the Uyuni salt flatsLooking over La PazA street in the old centre of La Paz

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Fourteen days in the cheapest and strangest country in South America. You cross over from Peru at Copacabana, spend a week based in La Paz, with trips out to the North Yungas Road (Death Road) and the two-day Huayna Potosi climb (6,088m), then head south for the three-day Salar de Uyuni tour.

  • All 14 days, day by day
  • How to pick a Death Road operator
  • Huayna Potosi, and how hard it really is
  • The three-day Uyuni tour
  • How to plan your week in La Paz
  • Crossing the border from Peru
  • What to know about cash and road blockades
  • Yours to keep, updated every year
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Max walking down a dune towards the Huacachina oasis, Peru

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