El Choro Trek

 

We spent a day going round tour companies 

in la Paz to choose a trek.  We chose El Choro 

as it’s mainly downhill for 4000m over 60km 

in 3 days, 2 nights. 

The route was great, starting at 4900m high 

in the Andes with surrounding snow capped 

mountains and glaciers.  We wound down t

hrough desolate high altitude and gradually 

got to cloud forests ending in the upper 

part of the Amazon jungle.  

We went through tiny remote villages / hamlets 

where the locals lived on subsistence farming 

of llamas, potatoes and fruit.  It is incredible t

hat people live so remotely taking days by mule 

to get to the nearest “town”.  

If you see our local guide, Gómez, in one 

photo standing by himself in front of a 

house / shack, that was where he was born and 

grew up, walking an hour each way to school

every day - unbelievable.  

It is really sad how much rubbish is literally 

everywhere in Bolivia.  Even in the jungle there 

were plastic bottles and bags. 

There were some low points - trekking with 

children (and husband) with gastroenteritis i

sn’t the best and some of the food was pretty

 horrendous.  

Definitely hoping to try for another trek during this trip in Peru.