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12 Apr 2011
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Igazu falls - Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Hi!
I'm going from the falls to Santa Cruz in about two weeks, does anyone have any idea about how the roads are?
I'm thinking three options;
North - Brazil, and Campo Grande, then west to Corumba.
Paraguay, straight thru all of it; thats like northeast..
Paraguay, then in to northern Argentina, then up north to Bolivia via Tarija.
Does anyone have any experiences with these roads?
Going on a Wee Strom, with low offroad abilities due to tires.
Thanks.
Lars.
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Don't Miss BONITO
Lars,
We did this route! See: Around the Block 2007 | and following....
You don't have to go all the way to Campo Grande just to ride on asphalt! Head straight north from Iguacu thru back country paved roads, cross the river at Guaira (24-03-23.00 S & 54-15-37.82 W) and snake northwest along the back roads to Bonito. Bonito, Brazil (21-02-45.10 S & 56-28-47.86 W), is an AMAZING place with a mineral river in the jungle for rafting and scuba diving.
Then go north to hit the main highway to Corumba. Before corumba you can explore the sout side of the Gran Pantanal. Cross over into Puerto Suarez, Bolivia and there is only one road to Santa Cruz (we took the train, but the road is very doable) even on a V-Strom.
 
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Tarija Crazy Roads
hey mate it depends what you want, i've done the way from iguazu to potosi by tarija 2 months ago, first you cross the whole chaco in paraguay, 700km of absolutly same vegetation, good roads, almost no villages, after that we decided to leave ruta 9 and take left 100km before the border because the roads where very bad and went to a place called villamontes, that's exactly the botton of "cordillera".
From villamontes to tarija, around 250 km, took us 11 hours, going up all the way on gravel roads and amazing views, death road in bolivia is joke compared with this road, if you want some serious off road go on this road.
when you leave tarija to potosi or sucre, the roads get "less worst" but the big problem of this area is that they're useless, not helpfull and nothing works, from restaurants to petro stations, everything is very cheap but the gasoline is a rubish, food and acomodation worst, if you need any help on the way I hope you have a good mate traveling with you.
I live in Iguazu, give a shall when you arrive here
safe journey
Rodolfo
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