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Of course you've heard of Peru with its Nasca lines, Cusco and Machu Picchu. Although very interesting and a "must see", Peru has much more to offer. We would like to explore the North of Peru on a motorcycle and we'd like to do it with you! That's why we are planning this pilot tour. This part of the country has not (yet) been discovered by tourists, but it contains several important natural and cultural highlights. You will be able to experience the real Peru and visit places you've never heard of before. If the "unknown" and "non-touristic" is what you are looking for, this is your tour.
NOTE: This is a pilot-tour !!! For us this is a tour to the unknown, so things can (and will) be different than the tour-description below.
We'll take you from the coastal desert around Lima to the high Andes and down the eastern slopes into the Amazon rainforest. Dirt track lovers will appreciate this tour, because the asphalt to gravel ratio is about 50/50, which will tax your riding skills and endurance!
This is going to be a great adventure and since this is a pilot tour, we can offer it to you at a very attractive price.
Highlights:
• Huaraz: City on the slopes of the highest mountain in Peru - Huascarán (22,204 ft / 6,768 m.)
• Cajamarca: Wonderful Spanish colonial city with ancient Inca baths
• Amazon rain forest: A wild off-road experience
• Kuelap: Amazing pre-Inca Chachapoyas culture
• Huancayo: Famous for it's textiles, silver jewelry and carved gourds
• Islas Ballestas: The "Poor man's Galapagos" islands
Full tour-description:
Day 1 and 2 --- Arrival in Lima: The first day you will arrive in Lima, the sizzling capital of Peru. The next day is to acclamatise in Peru. We'll take you on a city-tour to the highlights.
Day 3, 4 and 5 --- Lima - Huaraz: Finally we leave Lima on our motorbikes. A good ride to start the tour to the north, through the coastal desert. Depending on the pace of the group we will take a hostal somewhere halfway Lima - Huaraz. We stay a whole day in Huaraz to acclamatise on altitude (9,000 ft.) and to enjoy the city and do some sight-seeing.
Day 6, 7 and 8 --- Huaraz - Cajamarca: In two days we ride through the mighty Andes to the famous city of Cajamarca. This city was important in Inca-times. Nowadays Cajamarca still is one of the most important cities in northern Peru. We have one day to explore the city and see some of the Inca-ruins adn beautiful colonial buildings.
Day 9 and 10 --- Cajamarca - Chachapoyas: Today again a perfect motortrip over rough unpaved roads to Chachapoyas. Home of the Chachapoyan culture. Here is where we will visit the magnificent site of Kuelap. One of the best known remains of this culture. The area around Chachapoyas contains some of the most interesting archeological sites in Peru!
Day 11, 12, 13 and 14 --- Chachapoyas - Moyobamba - Tarapoto - Juanjui - Tingo Maria: From a 9,000 ft. down to 900 ft. to the Amazonian lowlands on the eastern slopes of the Andes. This will be all gravel-roads and overnight stays in small pueblos.
Day 15, 16, 17 and 18 --- Tingo Maria - Junin - Satipo - Huancayo: Again we will cross the mighty Andes. And now back to the west to Huancayo on 9,000 ft. in the highlands.
Day 19 and 20 --- Huancayo - Huancavelica - Pisco/Paracas: From Huancayo we have to conquer again lot's of gravel-roads to get eventually to Pisco on the Pacific coast.
Day 21 --- Pisco/Paracas - Lima: In the morning we'll take you on a boattrip to the "Poor man's Galapagos Islands". After that you travel by bus back to Lima, where you will catch your intercontinental flight home.
Day 22 --- Arrival: Arrival 'back home'.
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