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About the Huaraz - Huanuco ride, break it into two parts:

Ride south on the highway just past catac and enter the National Park. Continue on that gravel road up past the Pastoruri Glacier to the fantastic overlook where you can see snow capped mnts in every direction. Almost 16,000 ft, but if the sun is shining you will hardly notice it. Don't leave Huaraz unless you can see it will be a sunny day...

You will pop out on the highway and it is all downhill from there to La Union. Stay the night there.

The 'highway' from La Union to Huanuco is in TERRIBLE shape, traffic and narrow town streets. The dirt route is MUCH nicer, shorter in km, and in VERY good condition. It quickly climbs thru a forested hillside and before you know it you are up on top. You go past Huanuco Viejo (Incan Ruins), Huanuco Pampa, Rondos, Jesus, then it puts you out on the small highway just 15 km out of Huanuco.

What you would do in 2 days, we have often done in only one on motos, but it is too rushed and you miss the best time of the day at the high spots.

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Just a warning to anyone who is thinking about doing the route Huaraz - Huanuco via La Union. We left Huanuco yesterday morning and only got about 50 kms before we were halted in our tracks. They are doing roadworks and so the road is blocked for 2 kms and they will not let you pass. It is closed from 7am to 5pm every day! We had to turn around back to Huanuco and now will have to go around on an alternative route. We were told that this will be the case for about 300 days! So you might want to consider taking another route!
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Just a warning to anyone who is thinking about doing the route Huaraz - Huanuco via La Union. We left Huanuco yesterday morning and only got about 50 kms before we were halted in our tracks. They are doing roadworks and so the road is blocked for 2 kms and they will not let you pass. It is closed from 7am to 5pm every day! We had to turn around back to Huanuco and now will have to go around on an alternative route. We were told that this will be the case for about 300 days! So you might want to consider taking another route!
You STILL in Hunuco?? Come by and see Sara and I (just ask a mototaxi to guide you to the strret in Los Portales that the MORGUE is on) The shop is the yellow wall/gate accross from the morgue and we live in the 4-story apt. at the corner. I will be in the shop all day (and checking here for a response).

There is another MUCH better way to La Union! Come by and I'll give you the details!

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Oh! And DON"T try to go around on the east side via Tocache. First, Tocache is a drug area and Second, it is a 3-day desolate ride (after the 1 day to get to Tocache!).

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Hello motoviajeros, thanks for all the info about the route. We have been having some document problems to cross to Peru so we are still in Ecuador. Now we are going to cross to Peru using La Balsa border crossing. Route now goes Vilcabamba-La Balsa-Chachapoyas.....the rest so far would be the same.
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No, we left Thursday unfortunately... Otherwise it would have been cool to catch up! We stayed in Huanuco two nights and found the people there to be really lovely and helpful. We took the southern route via Ambos, Yanahuanca, Oyon, Sayan, which was actually a really pleasant surprise for most of the way. Except, here too there were roadworks! Like the other place they also close the road all day until 6pm but luckily we arrived at 5.30 so we didn't have to wait too long to be let through. From here it was a 45 km video game ride in the dark, trying to race the cars and trucks who had been waiting there all day....an experience!

Now we're in Huaraz. Quick question; do you know of any good motorbike stores in Trujillo that stock good motorbike tyres such as Pirelli MT60 or the like? We have unsuccessfully been searching in every single city now but either they don't have the right size or it's all Chinese tyres.
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No, we left Thursday unfortunately... Otherwise it would have been cool to catch up! We stayed in Huanuco two nights and found the people there to be really lovely and helpful. We took the southern route via Ambos, Yanahuanca, Oyon, Sayan, which was actually a really pleasant surprise for most of the way. Except, here too there were roadworks! Like the other place they also close the road all day until 6pm but luckily we arrived at 5.30 so we didn't have to wait too long to be let through. From here it was a 45 km video game ride in the dark, trying to race the cars and trucks who had been waiting there all day....an experience!

Now we're in Huaraz. Quick question; do you know of any good motorbike stores in Trujillo that stock good motorbike tyres such as Pirelli MT60 or the like? We have unsuccessfully been searching in every single city now but either they don't have the right size or it's all Chinese tyres.
Hi, I run Pirrelli MT21s on all my adventure bikes, from the 250s to the 650s and there is no better tire for the reasonable price (usually about $130 for both). As good as the MT60 in the loose stuff (except sand) and VERY smooth on highway due to the alternating knobs down the center. You can get them in any large city (off the coast). I would shoot for Cajamarca (I assume you are going north) and go to BikerPlanet https://www.facebook.com/cajamarca.bikerplanet?fref=ts

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Hello motoviajeros, thanks for all the info about the route. We have been having some document problems to cross to Peru so we are still in Ecuador. Now we are going to cross to Peru using La Balsa border crossing. Route now goes Vilcabamba-La Balsa-Chachapoyas.....the rest so far would be the same.
Hey guys,

As we are also planning on taking the La Balsa border crossing from Peru to Ecuador, we are curious as to how you got on there? Did you get through without any problems and what is the road condition like?
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As we are also planning on taking the La Balsa border crossing from Peru to Ecuador, we are curious as to how you got on there? Did you get through without any problems and what is the road condition like?
We haven't crossed yet, still in Vilcabamba, Ecuador. Hopefully we can be on the road in a couple of days, we are trying to fix a problem with one of our passports.

I got a couple of recent reports of this road from travelers that crossed using this route a week ago (motorcycle and 4x4 camper), they said it was really rainy and muddy in some section but fun!!!! Aduana and immigration was easy, they just had to wait a bit. The road after la Balsa to Chachapoyas is in really good condition.

When you come to Ecuador stop in Vilcabamba hosteria Izhcayluma, really nice place to stay and relax!!!
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