The Cordillera Real (or “Royal Range”) is the longest and highest range in in the Bolivian Andes and also the most accessible. Many peaks over 6000m high can be found within its nearly 100 mile / 160 km length and several can be seen from La Paz (see the La Paz City galleries for views of La Paz and El Alto with mountains in the background). Notable peaks that are popular with climbers include Illimani (6439m / 21,125ft), Huayna Potosí (6088m / 19,975ft), Condoriri (5648m / 18,530ft), Ancohuma (Janq'u Uma and other similar spellings, 6427m / 21,085ft) and Illampu (6368m / 20,890ft); there are many others. Bolivia's altiplano plains lies to west of the range, on the eastern side the land drops precipitously from the mountains to the Yungas region and Amazon lowlands.
