It's easy to find taxis from the main square in Samaipata. We paid 250 bolivianos for a return trip, but if you're travelling alone in a motorcycle taxi, it will probably be cheaper.
Admission costs 15 bolivianos per person.
One kilometre from the end, there are several waterfalls where you can swim.
At the very end of the hike, in Las Cuevas, someone may ask you for 10 bolivianos per person. If there is no one there, the gates will probably be closed. Walk along the gates on the left (a small path that goes uphill), and after 20-30 metres there is a passage after the barbed wire.
Codo de los Andes
The hike takes 6 hours (including breaks and swimming), is 11 km long and has an elevation gain of 600 m. No guide is necessary, but there are several slightly technical sections: wear good shoes and avoid hiking if it has rained heavily just before or if you have children with you.
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 6.74 mi -
Average duration: 5h 05 -
Difficulty: Difficult -
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Back to start: No -
Ascent: + 2,116 ft -
Descent: - 2,608 ft -
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Highest point: 5,942 ft -
Lowest point: 4,081 ft
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Start: S 18.222069° / W 63.749822° -
End: S 18.186271° / W 63.725204° -
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Waypoints
- S : mi 0 - alt. 4,583 ft
- 1 : mi 2.31 - alt. 5,558 ft - Crossroads detour
- 2 : mi 6.04 - alt. 4,183 ft - Waterfall
- 3 : mi 6.26 - alt. 4,140 ft - Lake
- E : mi 6.74 - alt. 4,081 ft - Las Cuevas
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