After the visit of the Cotapata National Park, we return to the Cumbre pass and start a long descent towards Coroico. Along the way the road descents more then 3500 m (11482 f), thus there is a drastic change in scenery and vegetation; starting surrounded by snow-capped Cordillera Real mountains with barely any vegetation at all we end up at a humid tropical valley with tropical flora and fauna. The first 25 (15.7 mi) km is paved and the road is fairly wide and generally in a good condition, however after arriving to a village of Cotapata, the road narrows and is unpaved. The next section of the road has the infamous reputation of being the “most dangerous road in the world”. I do not agree with this, but nevertheless it is a spectacular road, it is actually the most scenic road around La Paz. It hugs cliff walls on one side and on the other side it is cut off by a sheer cliff. At several points, waterfalls fall directly on to the road. Road here passes through cloud forest, which is very often covered by fog. As the road looses alitude, the cloud forest is repalced by mountain jungle.
Just before we arrive to the village of Yolosa, we will turn off to a little used shortcut, which will connect us with the road to Choro, here our four wheel drive (4x4) SUVs will come handy again, as this is off-road track. Once on the main road, we will continue along the Huaranilla river, and we will follow it until the road ends at the village of Choro, which is the end of the Choro Inca trail. Along the way we will be able to observe all kinds of tropical trees an bushes which are grown in this area (papaya, avocado, banana, coffee, and citrus trees etc.)
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