hello out there,

some maps show a direct road connection between the cities of pucallpa (peru) and cruzeiro do sul (brazil). guidebooks suggest that this road does not exist.
has anyone ever tried to cross the border there?

good luck to everyone

Hi,

If been looking for the same info for a while. But more than plans of building a road, I have never found or heard of. I recently received en email of somebody who lived in Pucallpa. Who gave my this responce
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Pucallpa is kind of the end of the road. One main road
in and out. I don´t know of any plans to build the roads you mentioned,
but I am reasonably sure they don´t exist right now. I will check around
and see if I am wrong.
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Info on this topic elsewhere on the web:

http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/s.../ontoperu.html

search for pucallpa+boqeuiroa
on google and you find info on plans of building a road. (boqeuiroa is on the border)

I want to do this route(if possible) november of this year and than continue on to Rio Branco Porto Velho and Manaus. If there is no connection between pucallpa and brasil I will take the Cusco - Peurto maldondo - Rio Branco route.
If you find any info let me know...

Cheers Mark

thanks for the information. sounds like this road does still not exist. i think we will have to take the same road you're suggesting: brasileia - maldonado -cuzco. should be a nice jungle expierience, too!

good luck to everyone

In bradt's amazon handbook. The gap between pulcallpa and boqeuiroa(border)is described as a two day riverjourney from pucallpa and than a a trek to the jungle to the beginning of the road on the border. There lots off drug traffiking and smugling. So it seems possible but with a bike? it's a long way back if it's not.

Hi,
I went to Pucallpa and caught the boat down stream. Pucallpa is a bit mad but its an ok place - didn't see or hear anything when I was there about a road out of town towards Brasil. I enjoyed the adventures on the boat , for sure.

Oh , whoops , this isn't very helpful is it !!

I thought I would bump this interesting thread.

new info on the subject:

Lunes 16 Noviembre 2009

UNIENDO AL PERU Y BRASIL EN MOTOCICLETA

Leandro Altheman López motociclista Brasilero, llego a Pucallpa partiendo de cruzeiro do sul - Rio Branco - Puerto Maldonado - Cusco - Nazca - Lima - Oroya - Huanuco - Tingo Mar�*a - Pucallpa haciendo un recorrido de aproximado de 3,400 Km en Pucallpa fue recibido por Luis Bonilla Gerente de RTM y sus compañeros motociclistas de Charapas Rally, Boris Tello y Ricardo Cárdenas (Naysha)

Se recuerda que en calidad de periodista, viene realizando un reportaje y al mismo tiempo demostrando que no estamos tan distante del hermano pa�*s de Brasil , como también para conocer la Ruta para un próximo Rally de Motos entre Peruanos y Brasileros.

Para su retorno tiene planeado tomar la ruta Pucallpa - Nuevo Italia y Breu a donde partirá acompa�ado de sus amigos de Charapas Rally.

Esta noche se reunirán con los amigos de Charapas Rally para ver todo lo referente a esta Nueva Aventura.

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Lula e Alan Garc�*a anunciam ligação rodoviária entre Cruzeiro do Sul e Pucallpa

15 diciembre 2009

Presidentes se reuniram em Lima, na sexta-feira, durante o seminário ‘Interoceânica: uma nova ligação entre Brasil e Peru”, para anunciar investimentos conjuntos na malha viária que liga o Acre ao litoral do Pac�*fico.

Amigos da Terra Amazonia Brasilera

13 de decembro 2009

O presidente do Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, e o presidente do Peru, Alan Garc�*a Perez, anunciaram nesta sexta-feira, em Lima, capital do Peru, a construção de rodovia asfaltada entre Cruzeiro do Sul e Pucallpa, capital do Departamento de Ucayaly, que vai ligar a região do Juruá ao porto de Chimbote, no Oceano Pac�*fico, um dos mais importantes do pa�*s vizinho. A rodovia terá aproximadamente 210 km, dos quais 120 km em território brasileiro. De Cruzeiro do Sul até Chimbote, que em território peruano é denominada de Interoceânica (IRSA) Central, são 1.020 km e representam a menor distância entre o Acre e o litoral peruano bem menos que a Interoceânica Norte que ligará o litoral norte peruano a Manaus e a Interoceânica Sul que ligará Rio Branco ao litoral sul peruano.

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