The road runs for 64km (Image: Getty)
In the heart of , Bolivia is home to some of the most dramatic landscapes on the continent.
From pristine rainforests and high-altitude salt flats to cities rich with cultural diversity, there is much to explore and discover.
For those looking for adventure, then a trip along the Yungas Road is an absolute must.
More commonly known as the Death Road, it winds its way from the high-altitude Andean city of to the subtropical Yungas valleys and the Amazonian lowlands beyond.
A cascading waterfall on the Yungas Road (Image: Google Maps)
The 64-kilometre road descends some 3,500 metres and is just three metres wide in some places.
There are 200 hairpin bends and the road is often hit by landslides and rock falls, just to make things that bit more interesting.
Over the years, many people have perished travelling along its hazardous route.
At one stage, 300 people died here on average every year during the 1990s, causing the Inter-American Development Bank to brand it as “the world’s most dangerous road”.
Every year in the 1990s some 300 people died on the road (Image: Google Maps)
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The route is a gateway to the Yungas, a fertile, remarkably biodiverse transition zone between and the Amazon.
Rich soils and plentiful rainfall have made the Yungas, which run along the eastern slopes of the Andes, an agriculture centre.
Hillside terraces are planted with coffee, bananas, cassava, guavas, papayas and citrus fruits.
The area is also renowned for coca crops and gold reserves, which still attract those looking to find their fortune.
Bolivia is one of the continent’s biggest producers of coca, with hundreds of square kilometres devoted to the crop, two-thirds of which are in the Yungas.
Something of a gold rush is underway in parts of the Yungas and the Bolivian .
Much of the mining is illegal and linked to organised crime, poisoned waterways and increased deforestation.