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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From Sangallaya it runs 456 km to Sangallaya; allow about 11 h 00 of riding. It goes by way of Segment Masho - Piticocha, Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco, Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay and Segment Molle - Huarangal. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 4,700 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
This part of the ride is 135 km of Segment Masho - Piticocha → Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco.
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 is where the day begins. Next is Segment Masho - Piticocha.
High above Lima, where the desert coast gives way to the bare, windswept grasslands of the Andean puna, an old stone path crosses the mountains of Huarochirí. This is a segment of the Qhapaq Ñan, the great Inca road network that UNESCO listed in 2014, and it is one of the many trails that linked the Pacific coast with the central highlands. The region has a particular literary fame: a Quechua manuscript from around 1600, known as the Huarochirí Manuscript, records the myths and rituals of the local communities, with stories of mountain gods, floods and the great shrine of Pachacamac on the coast. It is among the few surviving texts that tell the pre-Hispanic stories in their own words.
Read the complete Segment Masho - Piticocha write-up.
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Segment Masho - Piticocha comes up about 58 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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At least about 193 km into the recorded legs you reach Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco. Next is Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay.
The Peruvian coast is a desert, and the road up from Lima to the mountains is one of the most dramatic climbs in the Andes. Sisicaya and Santa Rosa de Chontay lie in the Huarochirí province, in the hills above the Rímac valley east of Lima, where the Inca road once climbed from the coastal plain to the high sierra. This stretch of the Qhapaq Ñan, part of the six-country UNESCO listing of 2014, follows ridges and dry valleys, with stone steps, retaining walls and terraces that are still visible if you know where to look.
Read the complete Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay write-up.
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Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay, about halfway. 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 sits at 148 km, about halfway. Next is back through Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay.
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Read the complete Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay write-up.
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back through Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay comes up about 246 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 263 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco. Next is back through Segment Masho - Piticocha.
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Read the complete Segment Masho - Piticocha write-up.
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back through Segment Masho - Piticocha, late in the day. Next is Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 456 km.
Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi → Segment Masho - Piticocha is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment Masho - Piticocha → Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco is 135 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco → Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay → Segment Molle - Huarangal is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment Molle - Huarangal → back through Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Segment Sisicaya - Santa Rosa de Chontay → back through Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco → back through Segment Masho - Piticocha is 135 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Segment Masho - Piticocha → Segment San Juan de Tantaranche - Huarochi is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.