Why this ride
The stops in between: Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca and back through Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 3,150 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Segment Pampa del Inca-Finca de Chañaral and Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 332 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 8 h 53
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Segment Pampa del Inca-Finca de Chañaral
The Atacama desert is the driest place on earth outside the poles, and the Inca crossed it on foot. The Qhapaq Ñan, the great Inca road system, included a southern branch that ran from Cusco down into what is now northern Chile, and this segment between Pampa del Inca and the farm of Chañaral lies in the region of Atacama, close to the town of Diego de Almagro. It is part of the UNESCO listing of the Qhapaq Ñan in 2014.
Read the complete Segment Pampa del Inca-Finca de Chañaral write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Segment Pampa del Inca-Finca de Chañaral is where the day begins. Next is Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca.
2. Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca
Out here the Incas walked a road through country that most of us would call empty, and they did it without wheels, horses or a single petrol station. The stretch between the Río de la Sal and the Pampa del Inca is one of the Chilean pieces of the Qhapaq Ñan, the great Andean road network that tied Cusco to the far corners of the empire and was listed by UNESCO across six countries in 2014. In the Atacama region it shows up as a faint, dead-straight trace across gravel plains, sometimes edged with stones, sometimes marked by the low ruins of a tambo where runners and caravans once rested.
Read the complete Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca comes up 19 km in.
3. Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca
Think of this as the same journey seen from the other end of the segment. The label here is Portal del Inca to Río de la Sal, and the first half of that name is the interesting one. Portal suggests a gateway, a place where the trail passes through a narrowing or a pass and the ground begins to change. Without a signed monument underfoot, the useful thing to say is what the surrounding country does: the Atacama's interior basins rise gradually toward the Andean crest, and the Inca engineers used each step in that rise as a staging post.
Read the complete Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
38 km in you reach Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca.
4. Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca, about halfway. Next is Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca.
5. Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca sits at 77 km, about halfway. Next is back through Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca.
6. back through Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca comes up 96 km in.
7. back through Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
115 km in you reach back through Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca.
8. back through Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca, late in the day. Next is Segment Pampa del Inca-Finca de Chañaral.
9. Segment Pampa del Inca-Finca de Chañaral
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Segment Pampa del Inca-Finca de Chañaral write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 332 km.
Leg by leg
Segment Pampa del Inca-Finca de Chañaral to Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca
Segment Pampa del Inca-Finca de Chañaral → Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca to Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca
Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca → Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca to back through Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca
Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca → back through Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca to back through Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca
back through Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca → back through Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca to Segment Pampa del Inca-Finca de Chañaral
back through Segment Río de La Sal - Pampa del Inca → Segment Pampa del Inca-Finca de Chañaral is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.