Why this ride
A named mountain-road corridor with sustained elevation change and pass scenery. It links naturally to Central Andes high lakes.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Lima Canta and Abra La Viuda
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 155 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 07
- 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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Editorial context
Coordinates are curated start-via-end route seeds. They are not a surveyed centreline or navigation geometry. Run road snapping, topology checks, access checks and a live-status review before publication.
Access context
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Seasonal context
May-Oct
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Lima
Lima sits on the edge of one of the driest deserts on earth, and yet it is a city of more than seven million people, held together by a grey sky that locals call la garúa, a damp, low cloud that hangs over the coast for much of the year and rarely produces rain. The city's coastline rises in cliffs above the Pacific, where the districts of Miraflores and Barranco look out to the surf, and parks, cafes and paragliders occupy the clifftops.
Read the complete Lima write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Lima sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Canta Peru.
2. Canta Peru
Canta is a small Andean town in the mountains northeast of Lima, a place where the coastal desert gives way to high, cold valleys and the sky turns a deep, thin blue. The town sits at about 2,800 metres on the banks of a river that tumbles down from the cordillera, with terraced fields climbing the hillsides and a plaza where life revolves around the church and the market. It is only a few hours from the Peruvian capital, but the atmosphere is completely different, with a slower pace, cooler air and a strong sense of rural Andean life.
Read the complete Canta Peru write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Canta Peru comes up 54 km in. Next is Abra La Viuda.
3. Abra La Viuda
Abra La Viuda is a high mountain pass in the Western Cordillera of the Peruvian Andes, and its name, the Widow's Pass, carries a sombre note that suits the scenery. The ground here is a pale, windswept grassland of ichu, the tough bunchgrass of the high Andes, with small lakes tucked in hollows and the glaciated peaks of the cordillera rising nearby. At this height, well above the tree line and above four thousand metres, the air is thin and cold, and clouds boil up over the ridges with the afternoon heat.
Read the complete Abra La Viuda write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
155 km in you reach Abra La Viuda.