Andes to Amazon Tour (14 day adventure tour)

We’ll personally pick everyone up at the airport and settle you into a hotel in Santa Cruz.  After dinner we have an informal orientation & prep session and a good night’s sleep.

We take the bikes on a 70km. (43 mile) round-trip practice run up to the “Jardin de las Delicias,” where we’ll encounter a series of breathtaking waterfalls on the edge of Amboró National Park.  Hanging bridge, dirt roads, stream crossings, hiking, swimming, and a picnic lunch are just part of todays adventure.  We’ll cap off the riding portion of the day with a ride up some curvy new slab to the mountain village of Samaipata where we’ll spend the night. 

We leave our quaint hotel in Samaipata and take the mountain route 360km up to Cochabamba, central Bolivia’s green farming valley.  We’ll maneuver our way up a picturesque older highway with a mix of dirt and pavement riding.

Up, up we go,  a mountain highway will wind us through the Andean valleys up to the Altiplano (high plains), then down into the surprising urban canyon of La Paz, one of Bolivia’s capital cities.

We climb to the summit pass at an elevation of nearly 3 miles (4,700m/15,500ft.) and then plunge down the infamous “death road” to sub-tropical Caranavi (975m/3,200 ft.) to enjoy a great meal and an evening of relaxation at a comfortable hotel. Along the way we’ll try our hand at zip-lining high above the valley floors.

We drop more elevation today, all the way down to the Amazon jungle at the base of the Andes.

We exchange the bikes for canoes as we explore the jungle and tropical plains near Santa Rosa. Expect to see an abundance of pirañas, pink river dolphins, crocodiles, sloths, ant eaters and maybe even an anaconda, amongst other local wildlife. Lodging is a at an eco-lodge located on the banks of the Yacuma River.

There’s a lot to see in the Bolivian wetlands, we’ll continue our explorations until mid-day, then have lunch at the eco-lodge before heading back to Rurrenabaque. 

We ride again—this time through the cattle-rich flood plains of the Beni Department. It will be a challenging ride as we attempt to cover a lot of distance following the ruts across the plains, it may even make you wish you were back on “Death Road” again.

A much shorter ride today in terms of distance. One of the highlights will be a ferry crossing… it’s definitely an adventure-rider kind of day!

We the hit pavement again! From the Beni flood plains to the red dirt of San Ramon in the department of Santa Cruz, it’s a relaxing day on 2 wheels.

We follow the highway across the fertile plains of Santa Cruz until we reach “home” once again back at our hotel in Santa Cruz where our journey began. 

It’s a decompress day before returning to life as usual, so we relax the pace. We’ll spend the day exploring the city, it’s day of sight-seeing —last minute souvenir shopping, open markets and good food are a few of the options.  To cap off the day and the tour we’ll celebrate with a “farewell” dinner in the evening.

We’ll take you from the hotel to catch your flight home at the airport.  You’ll want to stretch out your sore backside before you board your flight and flip through your pics as you grin (and groan) thinking of all the fun that was had.  From here it’s time to start planning your next adventure!