Il existe des routes dans le monde qui sont à la fois époustouflantes et extrêmement dangereuses ! La route des Yungas en Bolivie, également connue sous le nom de "Route de la Mort", serpente à travers des falaises abruptes et il n'y a pas grand-chose pour protéger les conducteurs qui passent par là. En Inde, l'autoroute Leh-Manali emmène les voyageurs à travers de hauts cols de montagne, et ses tronçons étroits et cahoteux vous promettent quelques sensations fortes. Les touristes visitent ces lieux en raison des vues magnifiques, mais il faut être très courageux pour s'attaquer à ces itinéraires. En Italie, la route de la Côte amalfitaine est superbe mais comporte des virages plutôt serrés et la circulation y est intense. Et la Route circulaire d'Islande se couvre de verglas en hiver, ce qui la rend extrêmement difficile à traverser. Vous êtes amateur d'aventure et le danger ne vous effraie pas ? Alors ces routes sont incontournable ! Animation créée par Sympa. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Musique par Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com Pour ne rien perdre de Sympa, abonnez-vous!: https://goo.gl/6E4Xna ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nos réseaux sociaux : Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sympasympacom/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sympa.officiel/ Stock de fichiers (photos, vidéos et autres): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Si tu en veux encore plus, fais un tour ici: http://sympa-sympa.com
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00:00You prepare your next trip, you have to find a place to stay, book plane tickets, and what else?
00:06You make sure you are safe on the road, of course.
00:09However, some tourists are actively looking for dangerous destinations.
00:13The Yungas region, in the west of Bolivia, is the ideal place to go on an adventure.
00:19It houses one of the most dangerous tourist destinations on the planet,
00:23the Road of Death, or Carretera de la Muerte in Spanish.
00:28The Yungas road is about 69 km long.
00:32It connects the capital, La Paz, to the city of Coroico, located in the Amazon basin of Bolivia.
00:38A bus travels the distance in 3 or 4 hours. A little long, isn't it?
00:43The road between San Francisco and San José is about the same length.
00:47And you can drive it in less than an hour by car.
00:50What prevents vehicles from doing the same on this Bolivian road?
00:55There is more than one reason.
00:59If you want to go by car in the Bolivian capital, you will go at an altitude of 1,500 meters.
01:05But once you arrive at your destination, you will be at an altitude of 3,600 meters above sea level.
01:12La Paz is indeed the highest capital in the world.
01:15If these numbers give you the vertigo, you may have to sit down before hearing the following number.
01:22The top of this road, La Cambre, is at more than 4,500 meters.
01:27A reasonable height for parachuting.
01:33The Andes is not the best place to build a road.
01:36But the authorities did not do that for no reason.
01:39It is an important commercial road.
01:41Trucks transport everything, coffee, tropical fruits, etc. along the Yungas road.
01:47And it is almost a century old.
01:49It was built in the 1930s.
01:53In most places, the road is not even paved.
01:56Its surface is mainly composed of a mixture of earth and gravel.
02:00The workers dug it in an almost vertical mountain slope.
02:04Look down and you will have the vertigo.
02:07The elevation is about 600 meters.
02:10It is impossible to think of anything else when you pass through there.
02:14But there are at least two ways, aren't there?
02:16Well, not quite.
02:18Because of the terrain, there is only one way, so to speak.
02:21The width of the road rarely exceeds 3 meters.
02:24For comparison, a Tesla Model S is 1.5 meters wide.
02:29And it is not to mention the mirrors that exceed on each side.
02:33So there is something to feel close to.
02:35But believe it or not, even very large trucks take this road.
02:39Most of the time, there is not even a bodyguard to prevent vehicles from falling into the abyss.
02:48And then there is the weather.
02:50In summer, the dust raised by vehicles reduces visibility.
02:55And there is often fog, which gives the impression of blindfolded driving.
02:59In winter, the situation is not better.
03:02Heavy rains will make the road muddy and slippery.
03:06Torrents can carry whole trunks of the road.
03:09Slippery terrain is frequent.
03:11At any time, a rock can fall on a car without warning.
03:15It is therefore more of an obstacle course than a road.
03:19The only positive point is that you can take a shower on the way.
03:22Along the road, natural waterfalls allow travelers to wash.
03:29Until 2006, this mountain road was the only way to reach the capital from the Yungas region.
03:36This is why buses and large trucks had to squeeze along these cliffs.
03:41Unfortunately, some of them never reached their destination.
03:45On average, 26 vehicles fall into the abyss every year.
03:49The total cost of human life,
03:51200 to 300 people lose their lives every year on the Yungas road.
03:55It's really sad.
03:59The Bolivian authorities were determined to get things moving.
04:03But it took them 20 years to build another road.
04:07It runs along a nearby mountain range.
04:09The new bypass road has two roadways.
04:13It is secured by glaciers and even has a drainage system.
04:17This has reduced traffic on the old road, which was too dangerous.
04:21Today, traffic is much less important than in the 90s.
04:26In 1995, the Inter-American Development Bank had declared that it was the most dangerous road in the world.
04:35And then tourists arrived.
04:37Yes, once the inhabitants were able to cross the region safely,
04:41travelers from all over the world embarked on this difficult road.
04:45Tens of thousands of them flowed there in search of adrenaline, most of the time by bike.
04:50But the road remains dangerous.
04:52Since 1998, at least 25 cyclists have lost their lives on it.
04:57The road is so narrow that you don't have enough space to brake.
05:01Commemorative monuments are erected all along the road in memory of those who perished on bicycles.
05:09But this Bolivian road is not the only dangerous destination taken by tourists.
05:15In Zambia, there is a natural basin on the edge of the Victoria Falls.
05:20It is only accessible during the dry season.
05:23At this time, the water level of the powerful Zambian river drops enough for the basin to appear.
05:30People come here to take pictures.
05:33But danger lurks nearby.
05:35A rocky slope borders the famous basin.
05:38If a reckless swimmer crosses it, the fall is immense.
05:42More than 100 meters.
05:44The danger is therefore very real.
05:46Tourists often forget that they are on the edge of a powerful river.
05:50More than 400,000 liters of water are poured from the Victoria Falls every minute.
05:57The total lack of water can also be dangerous.
06:00This is precisely the case in the Valley of Death, in California.
06:04It is the hottest place on the planet.
06:07The temperatures there reach 54 degrees Celsius.
06:10But tourists are attracted by these extreme conditions.
06:14In 2022 alone, more than a million people visited the region.
06:18Hikes in this desert landscape are very dangerous.
06:22Even driving can cost some people their lives.
06:26If your car breaks down, the heat will soon catch up with you.
06:30Dehydration and heat strokes are real dangers.
06:33And as if that were not enough, there are snakes.
06:36This species of snake lives in the Mojave Desert.
06:41In Europe, Ireland is a very popular destination for travel.
06:45In 2019, 19 million people visited Emerald Island.
06:49It is almost four times the population of the country.
06:54Tourists explore Torc on the coast of Dublin.
06:56But they then want to see the countryside.
06:58And the biggest attraction is as dangerous as beautiful.
07:03The Moher cliffs.
07:05They stand on the steep west coast of the island.
07:08Visitors who try to approach their edge to take a nice picture, risk their lives.
07:13The slope is 215 meters.
07:16One wrong step and it's like you've fallen from the Great Pyramid of Giza.
07:21Unfortunately, this has already happened several times.
07:25New Smyrna Beach
07:28In Florida, there is a place that makes all American surfers dream.
07:32New Smyrna Beach.
07:34But there is a danger lurking under the waves.
07:37Sharks.
07:38These creatures love this region.
07:40A surfer who paddles on his board looks like a seal in the eyes of hungry sharks.
07:45And seals, they love it.
07:48Since 2010, 32 shark attacks have been reported in this area.
07:53This is why this part of the coast is nicknamed the most dangerous beach in America.
07:59It is certainly not the ideal destination for the summer.
08:04Maybe it's better to go to Hawaii.
08:07Or not.
08:08This atoll has its own dangers.
08:11The Hawaiian Islands have been formed by volcanic activity.
08:15These volcanoes attract tourists from all over the world.
08:18But it is not the lava that flows slowly that is dangerous.
08:22What are toxic gases?
08:23Have you ever heard of Vogue?
08:25No, I'm not talking about fashion magazines.
08:28This is volcanic smog.
08:30A mixture of ash and sulfur dioxide.
08:34It is the toxic gas that you breathe when you turn on a lighter.
08:38And when the lava flow touches the salty water of the ocean, you get lava mist.
08:44These panaches can travel up to 24 km in the direction of the wind.
08:49And it brings nothing good.
08:51Your eyes become dry and your throat starts to hurt.
08:55These are the least serious symptoms.
08:58In the space of 20 years, 5 tourists have died as a result of an exposure to volcanic gas.