CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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290 km from Desaguadero to Desaguadero, about 5 h 27 of riding. The stops in between: Segment Ccaje-Sisipampa-Pomata, Segment Jayllihuaya-Ichu and back through Segment Ccaje-Sisipampa-Pomata. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 4,150 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Bolivia into Peru - carry ID and check the toll rules. The line favours views over speed.
At around 3,800 metres above sea level the air on the Altiplano is thin enough to make lacing your boots feel like exercise, and Desaguadero is a place where you should take everything at half speed. The town sits on the border between Peru and Bolivia at the southern end of Lake Titicaca, where the Desaguadero river drains the lake toward the south. The segment of old road near Titijoni is part of the Qhapaq Ñan, the Inca road network listed by UNESCO in 2014, which ran along the shores of Titicaca on its way between Cusco and the southern provinces.
Read the complete Segment Desaguadero Titijoni write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Segment Desaguadero Titijoni is where the day begins. Next is Segment Ccaje-Sisipampa-Pomata.
Segment Ccaje-Sisipampa-Pomata is a stretch of the Qhapaq Ñan, the great Inca road network, that survives on the high plateau beside Lake Titicaca. The Inca built roads like these across the Andes, stone-paved, with drainage, retaining walls and way stations, to link their empire from Colombia to Chile. On the Peruvian shore near Pomata the road passes through country that was Aymara long before the Incas arrived, and the same communities farm potatoes, quinoa and barley today. The Qhapaq Ñan has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, with sections in six countries.
Read the complete Segment Ccaje-Sisipampa-Pomata write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Segment Ccaje-Sisipampa-Pomata comes up about 53 km into the recorded legs. Next is Segment Jayllihuaya-Ichu.
Puno sits on the shore of Lake Titicaca at about 3,800 metres, and the stretch between Jayllihuaya and Ichu runs along the edge of town into the open altiplano. Jayllihuaya is a district on the western side of Puno; Ichu is the name of a river and of the tough bunch grass, ichu, that blankets the high plateau and feeds llamas, alpacas and the little sheep that wander the verges. The label belongs to the Qhapaq Ñan, the Inca road system that tied this far southern province, Collasuyu, to Cusco, and the old trail is the thread that connects these segments.
Read the complete Segment Jayllihuaya-Ichu write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 144 km into the recorded legs you reach Segment Jayllihuaya-Ichu. Next is back through Segment Ccaje-Sisipampa-Pomata.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Segment Ccaje-Sisipampa-Pomata write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Segment Ccaje-Sisipampa-Pomata, late in the day. Next is Segment Desaguadero Titijoni.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Segment Desaguadero Titijoni write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Segment Desaguadero Titijoni. That is the ride.
Segment Desaguadero Titijoni → Segment Ccaje-Sisipampa-Pomata is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment Ccaje-Sisipampa-Pomata → Segment Jayllihuaya-Ichu is 91 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Segment Jayllihuaya-Ichu → back through Segment Ccaje-Sisipampa-Pomata is 93 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Segment Ccaje-Sisipampa-Pomata → Segment Desaguadero Titijoni is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.