"The Waterfalls"

The classic hike from Coroico. The main reason for that is because it’s so easy and the views are good. However one must be aware of following downsides: the hike goes for two hours along a grassy mountain (no forest here, so loads of sun), the waterfalls (from august to November) may consist of nothing more then a drip (except if it has been raining the days before), and there is a big concrete water tank - including barbed wire - around the waterfalls, because this is where the drinking water from the village comes from.

However, if you visit with a taxi , you don’t see the constructions and you go straight to the most spectacular of the falls, the lower third one. A trail leads to the base of the fall from the curve just passed the stream. The walk starts at El Calvario and takes about 2 hours one way. It’s an easy one because it’s all plain. To come back there is a path going steeply down, through coca fields, between the first and the second fall. Take this one if you want to follow the road to continue to the lower third fall. An other path goes down just past the first fall (if you’re going back). Either one gives out to the main road from Cruz Loma to Coroico, from where you can find transport back to the village.

Around the second fall, San Jacinto , there are some paths and an albergue .

If you like to move, the best way to visit the waterfalls is on a bicycle , because there isn’t too much too see on the way to the falls anyway. You can do it following the trail or via the main road. After that you continue down to the river at the Vagantes (mostly road) or Santa Barbara (via a challenging trail), or to the Laguna Verde (for those who want to really swim).