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El Choro Trek

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👍 El paisaje es muy bonito. la aventura, los rios y cascadas espectaculares! Una travesia sin igual. Se comiensa desde la cumbre para ir bajando en plena nevada hasta llegar poco a poco a la vejetacion en el primer descanzo por el rio se puede pescar!! Lo malo: te cobran por el suelo de la carpa en do... People often mention trek, days, para, trail, water,


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El Choro, Bolivia

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (73 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: Open 24 hours
  • Thursday: Open 24 hours
  • Friday: (Good Friday), Open 24 hours, Hours might differ
  • Saturday: Open 24 hours
  • Sunday: Open 24 hours
  • Monday: Open 24 hours
  • Tuesday: Open 24 hours

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  • 4/5 marco a. 6 years ago on Google
    El paisaje es muy bonito. la aventura, los rios y cascadas espectaculares! Una travesia sin igual. Se comiensa desde la cumbre para ir bajando en plena nevada hasta llegar poco a poco a la vejetacion en el primer descanzo por el rio se puede pescar!! Lo malo: te cobran por el suelo de la carpa en donde descansas y no encuentras movilidad en chairo cuando llegas y quieres regresar a La Paz y tienes que si o si descansar una noche mas a que si los que no estan acostumbrafos a la caminata y solo se sacaron 3 dias para ver, disfrutar y tener una linda, tambie una mala experiencia contar con 4 dias si o si .
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Miguel C. 2 years ago on Google
    The treck is really beautiful and slippery. The landscapes are stunning even when it's cloudy. The treck is a Inka construction (but the locals decided to build a road). Highly recommend on sunny days, in rainy days the road/treck is really slippery. The weather changes a lot / the breakfast and lunch are really simple (there is no vegan option) / the are a lot of camp sites / Don't pack a lot. There are 71 Km of path.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mark W. 4 years ago on Google
    Rode it on my bikepacking rig, carrying food and overnight equipment. Fantastic scenery, ruins and location. Tough as a ride, but very enjoyable. Probably 70-80% rideable.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Celina 5 months ago on Google
    Beautiful and recommendable trek! However, much information and many comments are outdated, there are many changes since pre-Covid!! Most villages/farms along the way are desserted, so there is NO food available along the entire trek! Water was available for purchase at 3 locations, however, this is dependent on whether the locals are home and often, there are only a few bottles available. We filled up water at every possibility (waterfalls, streams, river) to 3 litres per person and that worked well. It is important to know that although the hike is along the river, the river is often quite far below or next to the trail with jungle in between, so it can not be reached in those cases. I would recommend to bring food for 3 days and enough drinkable water tablets for at least 4 days, just in case. Camp grounds are often desserted and sometimes even locked. If there is an owner there, be prepared to pay between 5 and 15BOB per person for a night of camping. We hiked the El Choro trek beginning of October, 2023 and met only 7 locals during the entire 3 and a half days we were hiking, and no other tourists. Download the trek on OSM (Open Street Maps) before, Google Maps doesn't help and there is no reception along the entire way. The map provided by the tourist information center in La Paz is not accurate, the trail doesn't only go downwards but has quite a few uphill sections in reality. We found a better map along the way, that also includes important landmarks and hiking times inbetween them. We took 1.3 times as long as was indicated due to our heavy backpacks, some a bit slippry stone parts, and further down the high temperatures. Don't let this scare you off though, it's an absolutely beautiful path! From the top above/in the clouds with the alpaca herds down to the dense jungle - it's an amazing experience for sure!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Job 10 months ago on Google
    The mighty Andes mountains at the beginning of the trek are impressive in every sense of the word. The start follows the beautiful old inca road for about half of the time, sometimes joining a newly constructed road for car acces. The trail was very well constructed and easy to walk on at all times, being slightly overgrown at times further down You will encounter a lot of small settlements and various options for established campsites and wildcamping. Later the trail descends into the jungle, the trail is littered with trash there, every tenth step I found something. Some bridges can be considered dangerous, but this time of the year all the rivers could be crossed on foot. most campsites are deserted, so bring your own supply of food. Please bring a trashbag and help make this trail cleaner. The trail is very doable in 2 days, but take 3 full days if untrained.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Gillis Van G. 5 years ago on Google
    Very nice trek! When it's raining it's quite difficult to descend on the slippery paved road though.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Donna G. 4 years ago on Google
    Not really worth the effort required. We went with a guide / porter (you can DIY if you want to carry your own tents etc). The trek is mainly downhill for three days on a path you have to look down on to watch your step so you don't get a twisted ankle. This means that unfortunately you don't get views because of that, also because a lot of time you are walking in areas that don't afford views. There are also hair raising (dangerous bridges) to cross and a lot of litter on the path, sweet wrappers, crisps packets, pop and water bottles. Day 1 for us we were probably unlucky as low cloud and rain meant no views of the mountains. We walked for 7 hours which was fine. Day 2 we walked for 10 hours which was crazy. Day 3 we walked for 3 hours. We booked through mountain guide travel agency who I can't recommend due not actually not having a porter and having to carry our own stuff and the Lench of walk on day 2 and the fact we didn't actually get transport back to La Paz as promised. It's an OK walk for views and requires easy too much effort for the reward. If your going to Peru trek there!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Alex E. 5 years ago on Google
    Amazing trek, took us 3 days
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 CARLOS P. 2 years ago on Google
    Ya lo recorrí 6 veces, lamentablemente están dañando con máquinaria, los caminos están destrozados para que entre movilidad. Por otra parte, el 2017 una gran riada se llevó varios puentes, así que se tiene que tener cuidado con las riadas, se pasa dos ríos sin puente. Hermosos paisajes, lindo para despejar la mente.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nestor Huallpa H. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very beautiful, excellent for hiking👌 (Original) Muy hermoso, excelente para hacer caminata👌
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Stev O. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Simply the only walk to reach the choro, I hope to return soon to complete the entire route (Original) Simplemente única la caminata para llegar al choro, espero volver pronto para culminar todo el recorrido
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Clém e. 1 year ago on Google
    Nous avons trouvé le trek très difficile !! Départ de "La Cumbre", jusqu'à "Chairo". Aucun accès en voiture sur ce trek donc prévoyez tout le nécessaire avec vous ! Quasi que de la descente mais aussi quelques montées, mais ce qui était difficile c'est le nombre d'heure à marcher par jour : 19km le 1er jour, puis 24km le 2eme jour puis 9km jusqu'à Chairo. Attention, certains camping sont abandonnés et n'ont pas d'accès à la rivière, notamment San Francisco et Bella Vista, donc remplissez vos gourdes dès que vous passez près d'une rivière.

  • 4/5 Marijn Z. 5 months ago on Google
    Great trek. Note that many of the campings are abandoned and that there's no water in the San Fransisco and Bella Vista campings!

  • 4/5 Bradley B. 10 months ago on Google
    The trek is absolutely beautiful, moving from snowy mountains to jungle in a matter of hours. You go about 1700metres up and around 5000metres down across about 55km. It actually gets pretty tough on the legs/knees going downhill so much! Definitely bring your own food and a water with a filter to fill up in streams/waterfalls as there are zero shops along the way. If I was to recommend which campsites to stay at I'd say Challapampa, Buena Vista, Super Vista and Sandillani. I downloaded the trek from an app called Hiiker and I found it really useful as it shows you exactly where the water points and camping sites are situated along the map. I'd recommend doing this trek with at least one other person if you want to do it independently!


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Activities
    • ✓️ Hiking
  • Accessibility
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible parking lot

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