If you are coming from the Salt flats or the Titicaca Lake, from the high and dry climate, if you have visited museums, cities and mines, Coroico and Eco-lodge Sol y Luna are the perfect place to relax.

The climate, the subtropical fauna, the rivers and the silence of the nature makes you to forget the stress and give you back the energy to continue your trip.

Coroico has a marvelous climate. In the sub-tropical Yungas days are warm (around 26ºC grades) and the nights are comfortably fresh (around 16º C grades).

In winter (southern Hemisphere from June to august) the climate is dry and a little cold; during the summer (from January to April) it’s warmer and rains a lot, especially by night.

Day times are normally sunny. Sometimes during the year could be cold (because of the sur it’s a cold wind coming from the south and last for three days and usually comes with fog and rain). Because of that you should always bring good shoes and warm clothes.

Around Coroico you have plenty of option for short trips and easy walks or adventures:

You can walk up to the mountains; go down to the river with trilling bridges or to the waterfalls.

You can go with a guide or take a taxi to visite the villages, traditional coca and coffee plantations,  citrics and banana.

You can also go to visit Senda Verde which is in Yolosa, it’s an animal refugee; they have guides to show you the monkeys, parrots, crocodile and more. nearby there is a Zip-line where you can go from one side to the other side of the hill. There is a place with Tipi (a tent with hot stone and steam) a good therapy for health. A coffee production, it shows you all the process of how to select a top quality coffee and at the end you can taste an excellent coffee grown in Yungas

Restaurants, Discotheques and Internet-Cafés

Coroico has a wide standart of hotels, two German baker shops, typical Bolivian food restaurants and French, German, Mexican restaurants too and ice cream shops,  pubs and coffee shops. At night you can enjoy the diskos Bolivian folk music or cumbia, Rock and techno.

Events:

Coroico celebrates its anniversary with a parade with lots of dancers and music from 19 to 22 of October. In July every year takes place an international folk festival with famous groups from Bolivia, Chile, Peru and Argentina.

In holidays (1of may, 21 of June, 16 of July and 6 of august) or carnival, Easter holiday, all saints day, Christmas and New Year, most of the hotels are reserved in advance and the buses are full. We recommend making your reservation in advance.

Telephone, Internet and Tourist Information.

You can make international phone calls from Entel, Cotel and Tigo. There are a few Internet cafes in the main Plaza, also the local tourist guides have their office in the plaza and they offer information & services.

Banks and Money

• In Coroico there is no ATM; but you can get cash in advance with your credit card (Visa or Mastercard) in PRODEM and FIE. They charge 5% commission.
• If you don´t have Visa or Mastercard it´s better to come to Coroico with enough cash in bolivianos.
• You can change dollars into bolivianos in PRODEM and FIE at the Exchange rate.

Following a trip to Rurrenabaque

You can buy your ticket in Coroico for the bus to Rurrenabaque, a 14 hours trip, mostly an overnight bus trip.