Destination: Peru - Motorcycle Travel in South America

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2015

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Destination: Peru Peru may be the ultimate adventure motorcycling destination. Alberto Lara and Naomi Tweddle share their travel experience about Peru. Find out more about Naomi and Alberto at their website. http://www.motolara.com Information from Alberto and Naomi about Peru • Huaraz - Huascarán National Park: ◦ Llanganuco Lakes ◦ Paron Lake ◦ Wilcacocha Lake ◦ Punta Olimpica Pass ◦ Portachuelo Pass ◦ Pastoruri Glacier ◦ Chavin de Huantar Archeological Site • Kuelap ruins near Chachapoyas (Amazonas Region) • Gocta Falls near Chachapoyas (Amazonas Region) • Islas Ballestas in Paracas on the coast "Peruvian Galapagos" • El Señor de Sipan Archeological Site in Chiclayo (Lamballeque Region on the coast) • Chan-Chan Archeological Site in Trujillo (La Libertad Region on the coast) • And your typical touristy spots: ◦ City of Cusco & Sacred Valley ◦ Lineas de Nasca ◦ City of Puno & Lago Titicaca ◦ City of Arequipa ◦ City of Cajamarca ◦ City of Ayacucho ◦ Machu Picchu ◦ The Amazon jungle: Iquitos, Tarapoto, Puerto Maldonado, Pucalpa, Manu National Park, Pacaya-Samiria National ParkRoutes we mentioned: • Angasmarca to Mollepata to Pallasca (dirt) - La Libertad Region • Chugay to Aricapampa to Pataz (dirt) - La Libertad Region • Dead-end road to Calemar from El Pallar (dirt) - La Libertad Region • Road from Pomabamba to Yanama (dirt) - Ancash Region • Cañon del Pato (dirt) - Ancash Region • Cascas to Contumazá (dirt) - La Libertad Region • Nazca to Cusco (paved) - Nazca/Cusco Regions • Celedín to Chachapoyas (paved) - Cajamarca Region • Panamerican Highway south of Nazca (paved) - Nazca/Arequipa Regions Official websites to find out more about traveling and what to do in Peru: • Visit Peru http://visitperu.com/nuevo-visitperu/english/index.php • Peru Travel http://www.peru.travel/?internacional Motorcycle rentals and tours in Peru: (most of them based in the South of Peru: Cusco) • Peru Moto http://www.perumoto.com/en/ • Cusco Moto Tour http://www.cuscomototourperu.com/ • Peru Moto Tours http://perumototours.com/ • Motorcycle Tours Peru http://www.motorcycletoursperu.com/peru-tours-en/rentals_motorcycle_cusco_peru.php • Peru Motors http://www.perumotors.com/English/RentalsPM.html • Peru Motorcycle Tours http://www.perumotorcycletours.com/ This episode brought to you by MAX BMW Motorcycles - Audible - Get a free audio book of your choice and a free 30 day trial at http://www.audibletrial.com/arr More motorcycle adventure travel episodes at http://www.adventureriderradio.com

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0:00.0	If you live in North America and you're looking to take your motorcycle and ride to an exotic land,
0:05.2	it's just down the road.
0:06.2	Literally, South America is relatively easy to get to now.
0:09.9	The Darien Gap that used to be so formidable is much easier to get around.
0:14.0	You can fly your bike over, you can put it on a couple of different boats to have it taken over,
0:19.0	you can even get on the ferry and take that over.
0:21.1	So it's getting simpler to get around that one obstacle and South America has a lot to offer.
0:26.0	Today we're going to talk about Peru in particular because we have a couple on that sort of specialized in Peru.
0:32.0	One because one of the people that we have on today
0:34.8	was born in Peru, so he knows it very well.
0:37.1	The other has traveled a lot there with him.
0:39.6	And we're going to talk about the ins and outs.
0:41.5	There's a lot to learn about the country and some things that may surprise you.
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