El Choro is a three day trek based just outside of La Paz. The start of the trek sets off from La Cumbre and immediately forces you up to almost 5,000m. A good way to get the heart rate up! The view at the top is ridiculous. So rugged and vast. From there, you start descending into the valley. And down you go, down, down and more down. The trail winds from alpine into Inca trail over the course of the first day.
Day two takes you into dense foliage on the edge of the rain forest. As the title of the post suggests, day two is the best day of the hike. The actual trekking is more variable and the landscape is really beautiful.
Unfortunately, day three takes you back to more descent, down, down and down some more.
So, overall not our favourite hike of all time but the variety in the topography kept it interesting. Camping was easy albeit the areas around the campsites were quite littered which detracted from the beauty for sure (litter is a problem in Bolivia as a whole).
In order to get back to La Paz we passed through Coroico. It was so quaint, we spent the night. This was a great choice as it was so picturesque. We kicked back after three days of hiking relaxing in the cute town square watching the locals enjoy their evening.
Day two takes you into dense foliage on the edge of the rain forest. As the title of the post suggests, day two is the best day of the hike. The actual trekking is more variable and the landscape is really beautiful.
Unfortunately, day three takes you back to more descent, down, down and down some more.
So, overall not our favourite hike of all time but the variety in the topography kept it interesting. Camping was easy albeit the areas around the campsites were quite littered which detracted from the beauty for sure (litter is a problem in Bolivia as a whole).
In order to get back to La Paz we passed through Coroico. It was so quaint, we spent the night. This was a great choice as it was so picturesque. We kicked back after three days of hiking relaxing in the cute town square watching the locals enjoy their evening.
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