
As they prepare to leave, they encounter a native woman, Chel, being chased by guards. Their boat reaches land, where Miguel begins to recognize landmarks from the map, leading them to a totem marker near a waterfall that Tulio believes is a dead end.

During the voyage, they are caught as stowaways and imprisoned, but break free and take a rowboat with the help of Cortés' horse, Altivo. After their con is exposed, the two evade the guards and hide inside barrels, which are then loaded into one of the ships to be led by conquistador Hernán Cortés for the New World. In 1519 Spain, two con artists, Miguel and Tulio, win a map to the legendary City of Gold, El Dorado, in a rigged dice gamble (though they ironically win the map fairly). The Road to El Dorado was released on March 31, 2000, to mixed reviews and was a box office failure, grossing $76 million worldwide on a production budget of about $95 million. After washing ashore in the New World, they use the map to lead them to the city of El Dorado, where its inhabitants mistake them for gods. The film follows two con artists who, after winning the map to El Dorado, escape from Spain. John is also credited periodically narrating the story in song throughout the film. The soundtrack features songs by Elton John and Tim Rice, as well as composers Hans Zimmer and John Powell. The film stars Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, and Edward James Olmos. It was directed by Eric "Bibo" Bergeron and Don Paul (in their feature directorial debuts) and additional sequences directed by Will Finn and David Silverman.

The Road to El Dorado is a 2000 American animated adventure-musical comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and released by DreamWorks Pictures.
