VERY BAD ROAD | Warning

October 11th, 2023 by petesduesouth

Just did this road on a V-Strom DL650 touring motorcycle. Absolutely fine road, although bumpy. Anyone can do this road with standard clearance and 2wd but give yourself an extra hour longer than google maps suggests.

October 7th, 2023 by yannic.loritz

The `bad road` part is not as bad as mentioned .. took us 2h for 40km ..

But the road to popayan is horrible .. we waited for many hours in constructions (sometimes 2h at a time ..) took us 7h from this point to popayan!

September 16th, 2023 by Roadtrip 2020

We drove this road today. At the moment it is 30 kilometres of gravelroad with potholes and it took us 1h 40min with a 2wd Sprinter in dry conditions to cover this stretch. We started our trip in Finca La Bonanza north of Popayan and after 6,5 hours we reached San Agustín. Between Popayan and Coconuco there were 2 building sites stops where we had to wait approx 20 min each.

July 17th, 2023 by Ezcheese

Travelled from east to west along this road. As bad as the road is, the worst part is the long waiting times at the various construction sites to the west between Coconuco and Popayan

January 27th, 2023 by undetoursurlaterre

passé du nord au sud, on a mis 2 heures. pas beaucoup de circulation vendredi matin entre 11h15 et 13h15

January 16th, 2023 by heloiseloli

The first part (coming from San Augustin) is the worst. Stone ripio, full of potholes. 2nd part is better! The road is not so Bad, dodable with any vehicle if you go slowly. Nice mountain landscape (you cross at 3000m).

September 10th, 2022 by niuniu1950

Carretera en muy mal estado aunque solo son 40 km. nosotros con un 4x4 5 horas

September 2nd, 2022 by dougsurfspr

We did this road from east to west in a pickup camper. Took about 6 hours to make it over the mountains to the hot springs on the west side of the volcano, including a one hour construction delay just past Isnos. We were in first gear for about 2/3 of the way in the dirt part, then second the last third. It was 90 percent dry-10 percent a little muddy. It’s not hard or scary, just REALLY slow. Might be harder and slower in the rain. Almost no pull outs to sleep either if you get caught in the dark. Some large trucks that will take the whole road and you have to stop and wait. The road from Tierra Adentro over the mountains is much easier and has better volcano views. Trampolina del muerte from Macoa-Pasto is more nerve racking and scary, but is way more scenic than this road. The valley on the west side near the hot springs is very pretty though. Enjoy!

May 7th, 2022 by OutboundBrothers

One of the best roads we did in Colombia. We drive a Land Rover defender and this road is why. A walk in the park for any 4x4 and the views are amazing. The start/end of this road had shortened since last check-in because they’re working in making the road “normal” so go and enjoy it before it’s too late.

We came from San Agustin and somewhere around this mark we were stopped in a military checkpoint. Felt a little weird and I almost didn’t stop when they flagged me down. They were nice but I’m not sure how legit they were. Been told by locals that whenever soldiers have rubber boots, don’t stop.. this guys had rubber boots but for some reason I still stopped.

December 21st, 2021 by davolala

Road is still horrible. There is even a section before this (coming from San Agustin) that is bad as well. Be prepared to bounce around for a good hour or two.

October 9th, 2019 by thebigtrip.world

Indeed bad road, but with a 4x4 totally doable (and we’ve seen many 2WD). Average 20km/h so this stretch took us 2 hours. Not as bad as expected.

August 7th, 2019 by austronauts.wordpress.com

Horrible road through the national park, not only unpaved, but also very uneven and lots of potholes, stones... Doable, but I wouldn't do it again, as it's umconfortable, time consuming and bad for the car. We went less than 10km/h average with our truck camper and it took us HOURS just for a few kilometers.

July 15th, 2019 by Baluaufweltreise.wordpress.com

Begin or end of 37 km dirt road with potholes or stones or both. The first 20 km from here are the "best" - we drove 12 km/h.
The worst are the last 10 km - we drove 5 km/h.
It was raining, but the road was not slippery.

July 9th, 2019 by Sigi

37 kilometres in 3 hours. Bumpy but doable. Lot of traffic.

June 9th, 2019 by closetoeternity.wordpress.com

we did this road without issues. it's just a bunch of potholes (40 km), yes it takes time and patience but can be done by ANY vehicle, 2wd as well. some clearance is useful but also normal cars do it, trucks as well.

June 7th, 2019 by amaia.uriarte

Yep, this is a very bumpy road! 10kms per hour, but if you take it slow, is ok for any car (im a 6mts long motorhome)! Just takes patience!

The pavement ends in Paletara, and then you have unpaved-full-of-potholes but mostly flat road until this point, aprox. So its 38 kms of a very shitty road, but you can do it!

From what local people and police told us, this road is much better than the Pasto-Mocoa road in rainy season. And the views of the Paramo are pretty!!

December 18th, 2018 by Betina

Lots of potholes. You need 5 hours for 40 km !!