For Peru, you have all the wrong information:

(1) Nazca is mostly hype. Yes it's an amazing concept... and WHY they did it does boggle the mind but you will leave feeling: "Is that all there is?" The town? A bit of a let-down there too. The only real reason to go to Nazca is to say you've been there.
(2) Huancachina? Okay, after you've been traveling days on end down the boring desert which the Panam follows, Huancachina is a bit of novelty... but it will cost you an arm and a leg to stay there..
(3) Cuzco and Machu Picchu... DEFINITELY go there. I think the best time to go there is Jan-Feb because everything is so green and there are less tourists, but NOT the time to try to get there by motorcycle! The ride from Nazca over the Puquillo pass will kill you that time of year! In fact, stay out of the central Andes (Peru Bolivia) Dec to March unless you are willing to travel VERY short distances each day, and not travel some days. Freezing rain and hail at 15,000 ft is not something to mess with! (Been there, done that...IN Peru for many years).

Because of the time you are starting, start in the south and travel north. Forget the Panamericana and go up thru the center of Bolivia and Peru. From Cuzco keep going up the center. Later April, May, June the weather will be great! 70 degrees and sunny every day (until about 3 pm when the wind picks up and it starts getting colder). Go Cuzco-Andahuaylas-Ayacucho-Huancayo-Huanuco-Huaraz-Canyon del Pato, Huamachuco, Cajamarca-Chachapoyas (Gocta waterfalls and Fortress of Kuelap which rivals Machu Picchu)-Jaen and north into Ecuador to Banos-Cuenca-Quito.

50% of that is gravel and you will only see other vehicles every 20 min. the views are to die for and the room and board cheap and the people friendly. You will get NONE of that (but you will get dangerous traffic and corrupt cops) if you stick to the !@#$%^&* PANAM!



Toby

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