Route · Oceania
Bolivia
- kilometres
- 748
- metres climbed
- 3,611
- hours in the saddle
- 57:49
- stages
- 14
Bolivia
- Capital
- Sucre
- Population
- 8'00,000
- Area
- 1,098'580 km²
- People
- 30% Quechua, 30% Aymará, 25% mestizos and 15% Europeans
- Languages
- Spanish, Quechua and Aymará
Route cycled
- La Paz
- Oruro
- Challapata
- Salinas de Garcia Mendoza
- Tahua
- Salar de Uyuni
- San Juan
- ChiguanaBorder to Chile
The route on the map
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Daily stages 2015
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| Date | Stage / destination | km | Climb | Altitude | Riding time | Night | °C | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27.-03. | La Paz | Hotel | Getting used to the altitude | |||||
| 04.10. | Ajo Ajo | 80 | 784 | 3813 | 3:42 | Tent | 23/11 | Transport to El Alto (20 km) |
| 05.10. | Lahuanhaca | 53 | 214 | 3742 | 3:43 | Tent | 31/8 | Village festival in Sica Sica |
| 06.10. | Caracollo | 64 | 317 | 3789 | 6:03 | Tent | 30/2 | Thunderstorm threatening |
| 07.10. | Oruro | 30 | 74 | 3728 | 1:58 | Hotel | 28/0 | Hotel near the bus terminal |
| 08.-13. | Oruro | Hotel | Alexandre ill (flu) | |||||
| 14.10. | Pazna | 71 | 189 | 3555 | 4:05 | Tent | 32/1 | Sandstorm |
| 15.10. | Huari | 61 | 157 | 3800 | 3:48 | Tent | 30/3 | Sandy and dusty |
| 16.10. | Villa Esperanza | 60 | 242 | 3757 | 3:53 | Tent | 28 | Sandstorm and headwind |
| 17.10. | before Salinas | 65 | 442 | 3657 | 5:30 | Hotel | 26/3 | Half the way paved |
| 18.10. | Tahua | 49 | 250 | 3804 | 5:00 | Hotel | 31/5 | Ride across the salt flat |
| 19.10. | Isla Incahuasi | 46 | 34 | 3670 | 3:35 | Tent | 26/2 | Ride across the salt flat |
| 20.10. | before Cholca K. | 52 | 201 | 3541 | 4:03 | Tent | 32/1 | Disastrous sandy road |
| 21.10. | SanJuandeRosario | 36 | 305 | 3684 | 5:05 | Hotel | 31/1 | Excellent dinner |
| 22.10. | Chiguana | 29 | 52 | 3718 | 2:45 | Tent | 37/2 | Gale-force winds from 14:00 |
| 23.10. | Ollagüe | 52 | 350 | 4:39 | Customs | 37 | Hard climb | |
| Total Bolivia | 748 | 3,611 | 57:49 | |||||