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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A 451 km round trip from Tanta - roughly 10 h 51 in the saddle. On the way it passes Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi, Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco, Segment Molle - Huarangal and Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 4,700 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
The ride follows Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi → Segment Casila Alto - Chi for 90 km.
It is part of the Qhapaq Ñan, the Inca road network, a web of about thirty thousand kilometres of paved and stepped paths that linked the empire from Colombia to Chile and Argentina, and which UNESCO listed in 2014 across six countries. A segment named for a portachuelo, a small pass, and a lake, Laguna Escalera, suggests a path that climbs from a valley through a notch in the ridge and drops to a lake on the far side, as Inca roads often do.
Read the complete Segment Portachuelo - Laguna Escalera write-up.
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Segment Portachuelo - Laguna Escalera is where the day begins. Next is Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi.
The mountains above Lima rise quickly from the desert coast, and within a couple of hours the city's sprawl gives way to steep valleys, terraced slopes and high villages perched on spurs. The segment of the Inca road between San Juan de Tantaranche and Huarochirí runs through this country, part of the Qhapaq Ñan route that linked the sanctuary of Pachacamac on the coast with the highland centre of Xauxa, crossing near the sacred mountain of Pariacaca.
Read the complete Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi write-up.
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Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi comes up about 65 km into the recorded legs. Next is Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco.
In the mountains east of Lima, high above the desert coast, a stone path clings to the slopes of the province of Huarochirí. It is a section of the Qhapaq Ñan, the great Inca road system, which in this region linked the sacred coastal sanctuary of Pachacamac with Jauja and the central highlands. The segment between Casila Alto and Chillaco is one of the stretches listed by UNESCO in 2014 as part of the transnational Andean Road System. The Inca engineers built it with retaining walls, steps and drainage channels to cope with the steep terrain and seasonal rains, and parts are still used by local farmers and their animals.
Read the complete Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco write-up.
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about 155 km into the recorded legs you reach Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco. Next is Segment Molle - Huarangal.
The names tell a story about the land. Molle is the Peruvian pepper tree, with its weeping branches and pink berries, and a huarangal is a grove of huarango, the tough, deep-rooted desert tree that once covered much of the Peruvian coast. Between these two places, in the lower hills east of Lima toward the Lurín valley, runs a short stretch of the Qhapaq Ñan, the Inca road network. Here the road descended from the highlands toward the sanctuary of Pachacamac on the coast, one of the most important religious centres of the ancient Andes, where an oracle drew pilgrims from far and wide. The segment is part of the UNESCO listing of the Andean Road System.
Read the complete Segment Molle - Huarangal write-up.
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Segment Molle - Huarangal, about halfway. Next is Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac.
Lima is one of the driest capitals on earth, and yet just south of it, in the hills above the Lurín valley, the desert turns green for a few months every year. The Lomas de Quebrada Verde are fog oases, where the winter mist called garúa, rolling in from the cold Pacific between roughly June and October, condenses on the hillsides and brings to life a brief explosion of grass, flowers, cacti and shrubs, attracting birds, butterflies and the people of Lima, who come here to walk. The segment between Quebrada Verde and Pachacamac is part of the Qhapaq Ñan, the Inca road system, which linked the coast with the highlands.
Read the complete Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac write-up.
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Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac sits at 153 km, about halfway. Next is back through Segment Molle - Huarangal.
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Read the complete Segment Molle - Huarangal write-up.
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back through Segment Molle - Huarangal comes up about 261 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco.
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Read the complete Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco write-up.
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about 296 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco. Next is back through Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi.
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Read the complete Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi write-up.
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back through Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi, late in the day. Next is Segment Portachuelo - Laguna Escalera.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Segment Portachuelo - Laguna Escalera write-up.
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The route ends here after 451 km.
Segment Portachuelo - Laguna Escalera → Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi → Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco is 90 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco → Segment Molle - Huarangal is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment Molle - Huarangal → Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac → back through Segment Molle - Huarangal is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Segment Molle - Huarangal → back through Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco → back through Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi is 90 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi → Segment Portachuelo - Laguna Escalera is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.