The countryside around Coroico is packed with trails, waterfalls, rivers and cloudforest. Most hikes can be done independently, though a local guide opens up harder routes and adds context about the wildlife and history. Bring sun protection for the exposed sections and water shoes if you plan to swim.
Several outings are villages in their own right. Tocaña is an Afro-Bolivian village and a centre of saya music; Charobamba hides a remarkable WWII Jewish refugee history in the forest; and remote Santa Rosa de Kilo Kilo, at the end of the Suapi road, lies near pre-Columbian rock drawings.
For walkers, three larger routes stand out. The San Juan Valley is crossed by suspension-bridge trails linking Carmen Pampa, Old Coroico and Yolosa; the Kori Wayku Inca Trail climbs through a wild canyon on a cliff-carved Inca highway; and the easy Circunvalación loops around town along an unfinished 1940s railway bed.
Closer in, the area is full of single attractions — the swimming pools at the Pozas del Vagante, the canyon hike to Supay Punku, the Puente Armas Waterfalls, the climb up Uchumachi, the warm swim at Arapata and the Green Lagoon, and the legend-shrouded Perolani Waterfall.
