Illustration.
From La Paz · Mountain Bike · 1 Day
Death Road Tour
Altitude Travel's Death Road Bolivia Biking Tour: pickup in La Paz, the asphalt from the pass down to Unduavi, the old dirt road through the Yungas valley, then lunch, a hot shower and the pool at a hotel near Coroico. You pick one of three bikes when you book.
- 4.9 / 5 3771+ Reviews
- 1 day Duration
- Up to 14 Riders in a Gravity Bolivia group, with 1 guide, 1 mechanic and a private vehicle
- Nov to Mar The rainy season, when the UK Foreign Office warns of landslides and blocked roads in Bolivia
- Free Cancellation
The Experience
What the Altitude Travel Day Includes
The bike, the helmet and pads, a jacket and trousers, snacks, the hotel lunch and the van. The road fee at Unduavi is paid on top.
What's Included
- Use of bicycle
- Snacks
- Driver/guide
- Lunch
- Use of helmet
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
Not Included: Travel insurance, Tips, Entrance fees in Unduavi
The Death Road Tour, Start to Finish
One long day from La Paz: the pass, the asphalt, the old road, a late lunch, and back by the newer highway.
Pickup in La Paz
Hotel pickup in downtown La Paz, or meet at Plaza Isabel la Catolica. The start time is 6:00 AM, and the operator confirms the pickup time. Pick the bike when you book: Transition, Specialized or Rocky Mountain RMX.
Gear Check, Then the Asphalt
At the top, a gear check, a briefing and a hot drink. The first stretch is paved and cold, down to Unduavi, where an entrance fee, not in the price, is paid.
The Old Road Through the Yungas
The dirt road begins: streams, small waterfalls, cloud forest and rest stops on the way down. The ride ends at a bridge on the valley floor, warm after the cold start.
Lunch, a Shower, and Back to La Paz
Lunch, hot showers and the pool at the Dos Rios hotel, about 35 minutes from Coroico. The van returns to La Paz by the newer highway through Santa Barbara and Cotapata, arriving about nightfall.
Photo Gallery
Cloud Forest, Waterfalls and the Old Road
From the cold asphalt at the top to the warm valley at the bottom.
Book Your Experience
Check Dates for Altitude Travel's Ride
Altitude Travel's Death Road Bolivia Biking Tour, a full day from La Paz with hotel pickup. Dates, the bike options and the live price open on its Viator page; free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Altitude Travel
Death Road Bolivia Biking Tour
- 4.9/5 from 3,771 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor
- 1 day
- From US$156 per person for the Transition bike; the Specialized costs US$175 and the Rocky Mountain RMX US$203 (checked November 2026)
- Free cancellation: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
On GetYourGuide
Gravity Bolivia's Ride, with Its Calendar
Groups of up to 14 with 1 guide, 1 mechanic and a private vehicle; full-suspension bikes with hydraulic disc brakes; lunch at La Senda Verde Animal Refuge, whose entrance is included. One option, 7:00 AM from Cafe del Mundo; the price changes with the date. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Gravity Bolivia · La Paz: Mountain Bike Down the World's Most Dangerous Road · 4.9/5 from 523 verified reviews · From US$145 per adult (US$145 on 27 November 2026; US$159 on 15 January and 26 March 2027; checked November 2026)
Before You Book a Bike
The Death Road, One Question per Page
Whether it is safe, which company, what it costs, what to wear, the rainy season and where to sleep.
Prices are each page's featured tour: Viator checked November 2026. Prices are in US dollars on GetYourGuide or Viator as marked; the road fee is paid in bolivianos.
Four Death Road Biking Tours Side by Side
Altitude Travel, Gravity Bolivia, BARRACUDA BIKING COMPANY and Vertigo Biking: where each starts, the bikes, the group, where the ride ends, what is not in the price and who it is not for. Prices with the month they were checked.
| Feature | THIS PAGE Pickup, three bikes | Small group, refuge lunch | Lowest From here | Shared or private |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What You Pay | From US$156 per person (checked November 2026) for the Transition bike; the Specialized costs US$175 and the Rocky Mountain RMX US$203 | From US$145 per adult (US$145 on 27 November 2026; US$159 on 15 January and 26 March 2027; checked November 2026) | From US$90 per person (checked November 2026) for dates to 31 December 2026; US$95 from 1 January 2027 | From US$110 per person (the shared ride, each of at least two adults; the private ride US$185 each; checked November 2026) |
| Where It Starts | Hotel pickup in downtown La Paz, or Plaza Isabel la Catolica; 6:00 AM on Viator | Cafe del Mundo in La Paz, 7:00 AM; breakfast included | Calle Murillo at the corner of Tarija in La Paz; hotel pickup not included | A meeting point in La Paz, 7:30 AM |
| The Bike | Transition, Specialized or Rocky Mountain RMX, chosen when you book | Full-suspension downhill bike with hydraulic disc brakes | Kona full-suspension bike with hydraulic disc brakes | Full-suspension downhill bike with hydraulic disc brakes |
| Group | Up to 50 travellers on the activity | Up to 14, with 1 guide, 1 mechanic and a private vehicle | 3 to 14 | Shared from 2 adults; leaves with at least 3; a private option |
| Where It Ends | The Dos Rios hotel near Coroico: lunch, hot showers, pool | La Senda Verde Animal Refuge, entrance and lunch included | Its jungle refuge: buffet lunch, pool, hot showers | A hotel with a buffet lunch, a shower and a pool |
| Not in the Price | Entrance fees in Unduavi, travel insurance, tips | Road tax (50 bolivianos), gratuities | 50 Bs road tax, hotel pickup, alcoholic drinks, gratuities | Zipline, Death Road tax (50 bolivianos), tips |
| Not For | Under 18s or pregnant travellers; moderate fitness | Under 120 cm, pregnant women, people who can't ride a bike | Under 18s, pregnant travellers, poor cardiovascular health | Under 155 cm, pregnant women, people who can't ride a bike |
| Best For | Pickup from your hotel and a choice of bike | A small group, the animal refuge and a calendar to book on | The lowest price in this table, if you can get to the start | A private ride for two, or the shared ride |
| Check dates | See the ride | See the ride | See the ride |
The North Yungas Road from La Paz
How the Death Road Biking Tours Differ
Where each company starts and finishes, what the bikes and groups are, and what you pay on the day.
A Death Road tour is a full day on a mountain bike: a van takes you up from La Paz to the pass at La Cumbre, and you ride down Bolivia’s North Yungas Road, once called the world’s most dangerous road, to the warm valley floor near Coroico. The ride this site books first is Altitude Travel’s Death Road Bolivia Biking Tour, with hotel pickup in La Paz and lunch, hot showers and a pool at a hotel at the bottom. It costs from US$156 per person on Viator for the Transition bike (checked November 2026); the Specialized and Rocky Mountain RMX bikes cost more. The road fee at Unduavi is paid on top.
Death Road Bolivia: pick the ride that fits
Death Road Bolivia Biking Tour
Altitude Travel: pickup in downtown La Paz, three bikes to pick from when you book, the old road down to a bridge on the valley floor, then lunch, hot showers and the pool at the Dos Rios hotel near Coroico. Ages 18 to 85.
Check dates →La Paz: Mountain Bike Down the World's Most Dangerous Road
Gravity Bolivia: from Cafe del Mundo at 7:00 AM, a group of up to 14 with 1 guide, 1 mechanic and a private vehicle. Full-suspension bikes with hydraulic disc brakes; lunch at La Senda Verde Animal Refuge, entrance included. Its calendar is on this page.
See the calendar →The World's Most Dangerous Road - Barracuda Biking's Death Road Riding
BARRACUDA BIKING COMPANY: Kona full-suspension bikes, a buffet lunch, a pool and hot showers at its jungle refuge, in groups of 3 to 14. Hotel pickup and the 50 Bs road tax are not in the price; you meet at Calle Murillo and Tarija.
See the ride →Prices, ratings and review counts from the listings (Viator checked November 2026; GetYourGuide checked November 2026). Operators price by date and season, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote. Gravity Bolivia’s ride cost US$145 per adult on 27 November 2026 and US$159 on 15 January and 26 March 2027.
Where the Yungas Road runs
The bike tours start at La Cumbre, the pass on the road out of La Paz towards the Yungas valleys. The first stretch is paved and cold, down past Unduavi, where riders pay the road fee. Near Chuspipata the old road begins: the North Yungas Road, the Camino de la Muerte, a dirt track cut into the side of the valley, through cloud forest, streams and small waterfalls, down to Yolosa on the valley floor, near the town of Coroico.
Gravity Bolivia’s ride starts at La Cumbre at 4,700 meters, by its own figure, and covers 64 kilometers of descent, ending at La Senda Verde Animal Refuge. BARRACUDA BIKING COMPANY rides the first 24 km on tarmac, loads the bikes onto its bus for a climb after Unduavi, and rides the last 40 km on the old road. Vertigo Biking's riders join the old road at Chuspipata and finish at Yolosita.
Why the “world’s most dangerous road”
BBC Travel reported in May 2022 that the road was built by Paraguayan prisoners of war after the Chaco War (1932-35), and that during the 1990s so many people died in accidents on it that the Inter-American Development Bank described it as the world’s most dangerous road. Traffic between La Paz and the Yungas now has a newer highway: Altitude Travel’s van drives back that way, through Santa Barbara and Cotapata, while the riders take the old road down.
What a Death Road tour day looks like
Altitude Travel’s day on Viator, step by step:
- Pickup at your hotel in downtown La Paz, or a meeting point at Plaza Isabel la Catolica. The start time is 6:00 AM, while the itinerary has the hotel pickup at 07:00, so confirm the time with the operator the day before.
- The top. A gear check, the guides’ briefing and a hot drink, then the paved, cold stretch down to Unduavi.
- The old road. Dirt from here: streams, waterfalls and rest stops, down to a bridge where the ride ends.
- Lunch and back. A lunch buffet, hot showers and the pool at the Dos Rios hotel, about 35 minutes from Coroico, then the drive back to La Paz, arriving about nightfall.
On Gravity Assisted Mountain Biking’s Viator day, the riding takes about 4 to 5 hours, 90% of it downhill, and riders are back in La Paz between 8 pm and 10 pm. Pack for both ends of the day: what to bring and wear goes through the listings’ lists.
See Altitude Travel's ride on Viator
The companies on the North Yungas Road
The companies sell nearly the same day, and the differences sit in the details. Gravity Bolivia on GetYourGuide caps a group at 14 with 1 guide, 1 mechanic and a private vehicle, and its bus follows the riders down: you can get on at any point, and the guide can put you on it for your safety. Altitude Travel collects you from your hotel and lets you pick the bike, and its activity takes up to 50 travellers. BARRACUDA BIKING COMPANY is the lowest From on this page, at US$90 per person (checked November 2026), without hotel pickup. Vertigo Biking sells a shared and a private ride; the shared ride needs two adults to book.
The UK Foreign Office says there are no official minimum standards for tour operators in Bolivia (checked November 2026), so the questions to ask are about the bike, the guide’s kit and the group. The Death Road bike companies compared puts the four listings, and three more, side by side.
What is not in the price
All the listings named in this section leave a fee for the day out of the price, and they name it differently. Gravity Bolivia and Vertigo Biking exclude a road tax of 50 bolivianos; BARRACUDA BIKING COMPANY excludes a 50 Bs road tax, to be paid in cash; Altitude Travel and One Death Road exclude the entrance fees in Unduavi; Gravity Assisted Mountain Biking’s Viator listing excludes two community entrance fees of 25 bolivianos each. Bring bolivianos in cash, and some extra for tips and for the optional zipline that some groups stop at. The Death Road tour price has the bike, date and private-ride prices.
Safety and the rainy season
The UK Foreign Office names the ride in its advice for Bolivia: if you’re mountain biking on the so-called Death Road, from La Paz to Coroico through the Yungas Valley, make sure the bikes are in good condition, and check your guide is carrying safety equipment and a first-aid kit (checked November 2026). Is the Death Road safe has the rest of that advice and what riders say. The same advice gives Bolivia’s rainy season as November to March, with a risk of landslides and blocked roads: the Death Road in the rainy season covers riding then.
The pickups start at 6:00 or 7:00 AM, so a bed in central La Paz the night before helps. Hotels in La Paz, Bolivia has room searches near the starting points, and for Coroico, at the bottom of the road.
Down the World's Most Dangerous Road in a Day
Altitude Travel's Death Road Bolivia Biking Tour: pickup in La Paz, the ride from the pass to the valley floor, lunch, a shower and the pool at a hotel near Coroico, and back the same evening.
Check dates on ViatorDeath Road Tour: Questions
Which company, what it costs, the road fee, safety, where the North Yungas Road runs, the rainy season and who can ride it.
For pickup from your hotel and a choice of bike, Altitude Travel's Death Road Bolivia Biking Tour on Viator, from US$156 per person for the Transition bike (checked November 2026). For a group of up to 14 with a guide, a mechanic and a private vehicle, ending at La Senda Verde Animal Refuge, Gravity Bolivia's Mountain Bike Down the World's Most Dangerous Road on GetYourGuide is from US$145 per adult (checked November 2026); its price changes with the date. For the lowest price here, BARRACUDA BIKING COMPANY is from US$90 per person (checked November 2026), without hotel pickup. See the Death Road bike companies compared.
The UK Foreign Office names it in its Bolivia advice: if you're mountain biking on the so-called Death Road, make sure the bikes are in good condition, and check your guide is carrying safety equipment and a first-aid kit. It also says there are no official minimum standards for tour operators in Bolivia, to use reputable companies, and to check your travel insurance covers the activity (checked November 2026). See is the Death Road safe.
On the listings compared here, from US$90 to US$156 per person on Viator (checked November 2026) and from US$110 to US$145 on GetYourGuide (checked November 2026). The bike you choose, the date and a private ride change the price, and a road fee of about 50 bolivianos is paid on the day on most listings. See the Death Road tour price.
Not on any ride compared here. Gravity Bolivia and Vertigo Biking exclude a road tax of 50 bolivianos; BARRACUDA BIKING COMPANY excludes a 50 Bs road tax, to be paid in cash; Altitude Travel and One Death Road exclude the entrance fees in Unduavi; Gravity Assisted Mountain Biking's Viator ride excludes two community entrance fees of 25 bolivianos each. Bring bolivianos in cash.
The bike tours start at La Cumbre, the pass above La Paz, ride the paved road down past Unduavi, and join the old road, the Yungas Road known as the Death Road, near Chuspipata. The old road ends at Yolosa on the valley floor, near the town of Coroico. Most companies finish with lunch nearby, at La Senda Verde Animal Refuge or a hotel with a pool, and drive back to La Paz the same day.
The name goes back to the 1990s. BBC Travel reported in May 2022 that so many people died in accidents on the road in that decade that the Inter-American Development Bank called it the world's most dangerous road; it also reports that the road was built by Paraguayan prisoners of war after the Chaco War (1932-35). In Spanish it is the Camino de la Muerte. The bike tours ride the old road; Altitude Travel's van drives back to La Paz on the newer highway through Santa Barbara and Cotapata.
You need to be able to ride a bike: Gravity Bolivia and Vertigo Biking rule out people who can't. Gravity Assisted Mountain Biking's Viator ride is suitable for both beginners and experts by its own terms, with 90% of the ride downhill and a good level of fitness required. On Gravity Bolivia's ride the bus follows the group down, and you can get on it at any point.
The UK Foreign Office gives the rainy season in Bolivia as November to March, when there is a risk of landslides and roads can be blocked (checked November 2026). The tours still run: BARRACUDA BIKING COMPANY operates in all weather conditions, and Gravity Bolivia includes pants and jackets for cold and wet weather. See the Death Road in the rainy season.
A full day. Gravity Assisted Mountain Biking's Viator day is 13 hours 30 minutes, about 4 to 5 of them riding, with riders back in La Paz between 8 pm and 10 pm. Altitude Travel starts at 6:00 AM on Viator and arrives back in La Paz about nightfall.
Still have questions? Email us at info@deathroadtour.com