Hey guys, I just finished and it was a lot of fun. The road is pretty good overall but does have some incredibly dangerous parts. I guess the road was closed yesterday and for the moring today and that is what made finding the entrance so hard (pretty sure it was blocked off) but I got on from a small service road that feeds into the Yungas road.

Here are the directions for getting there. Find the stadium in La Paz and get directions from there about which road to take to La Cumbre (beginning of Yungus). The road from the stadium will lead you to La Cumbre but it has some confusing areas in the city where it comes to a Y and you have to remember to stay to the right. Follow the buses because they are mostly headed there.

You will come to a Drug check point after the last outskirts of La Paz. Keep driving for 10-15 kms until another Drug checkpoint. You will drive thru a tunnel and see a very small town called Udavi (forgot which one comes first). The turnoff is to the right and there is a big sign. The turn off is for both the North and the South Yungus road. You want the North road so make sure and find out how to get on it.

You can also drive 15-20 kms past the turnoff until you pass a gass station on your left. 2 kms after the gas station there is a very small entrance to a service road that will put you on the Yungus. There is a yellow caution sign with some faded text at the turnoff.

BTW: I do not recommend driving to Coroico first and than doing the Yungus because the mud will be much harder to get thru because you will be going uphill through it.

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