Hello! In this blog, we present to you the best bicycle routes that you can do when you are in Peru. You can do these routes independently or with a travel agency that operates bike tours in Perú.

Cycling routes in Peru that you can take 

Routes in all of Peru, from the coast, mountains, and jungle, with different biodiversities and better cultural attractions; on wide, short singletrack roads for cross-country, downhill, enduro, XCO, etc.

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and according to where you find yourself—city or region—choose your level of driving or technique and the appropriate route for your level.

Miraflores, Barranco and San Isidro bike route

This route is located in the capital of Peru, Lima, one of the main cities that is highly visited by many tourists from all over the world.

The most visited places by bicycle are Huaca Puccllana, Virgen Milagrosa Church, Love Park, Panoramic View of the Pacific Ocean Next to the Old Lighthouse, Salazar Park, Villena Bridge, Larcomar, Kennedy Park (a cat park), Miraflores Malecón, Bridge of Sighs, Malecón de Barranco and Central Park of Barranco.

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The Miraflores district has bike paths that connect with many parks, squares, and museums and connect with the Miraflores boardwalk, where the best view of the Pacific Ocean is found.

Then you can continue riding your bike to the bohemian neighborhood of Barranco, a district highly decorated by street artists, from the walls, bridges, houses, a place to enjoy good local music and others.

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One of the best ways to get to know the capital is to rent a bicycle or join a tour with a travel agency.

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This can be a good option to get to know the city of Lima in your own way if you know how to use the Google Maps application and also have an idea of what tourist attractions you can visit and what places are dangerous.

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Take a bike tour with a travel agency.

This is the best option that you can choose because the travel agency is in charge of organizing everything, from the bicycles to the equipment and the route to take.

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Recommendations for this route: Miraflores, Barranco and San Isidro

• helmet, gloves
• appropriate clothing
• shorts
• repellent
• water
• repair kit

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Take into account that depending on how many tourist sites you want to see, this bike route can last anywhere from four hours to a full day; this ride is suitable for all cyclists, novice or experienced; rent your bike or take a tour with a travel agency now!

Paracas National Reserve bike route

If you are on the coast of Peru, I recommend you do this bike route through Paracas, a unique destination to walk around the beach in the desert, on the Pacific coast lines. Also,  here is the most important national reserve in the world, the Ballestas Islands, which are full of penguins, sea lions, and guano birds that you cannot miss.

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This bicycle route is located three hours from the city of Lima to the south. You can choose the Chaco dock as a starting point for this route and follow the route along the coastline, next to the Paracas reserve that is made up of beaches:

• lagunilla beach
• red beach
• scratch beach

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In this same reserve is the “Museum of Julio C. Tello” a renowned researcher of ancient cultures such as Chincha, Nazca, Paracas and pre-Inca, so you can also visit the interpretation center of Reserva Paracas.

Recommendations for this bike route through Paracas:

Easy for all ages
Consider a day of bike riding.
Wear appropriate clothing for this activity.
sunscreen
water, moisturizing
bike and helmet in good condition.

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Jungle of Tarapoto bike route

One of the lowest bicycle routes, at 351 m, has enough jungle and is located in the north of Peru.

How do I get to the Tarapoto jungle?

You can take ground transportation, but I recommend a commercial flight from Lima to Tarapoto, which takes less time in transportation and is not very tiring, Lima to Tarapoto takes one hour.

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This bicycle route through Tarapoto crosses various waterfalls, large and small, that are very clear and descend from the high mountainous jungle.

This route is highly recommended to get to know the jungle in depth and enjoy the nature that is around you.

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Another of the best bicycle routes in Tarapoto is the one that starts from the Lamas community, a route that goes up to the Ladder Mountain Range, recognized as a regional conservation area. After going up to this place, you will enjoy a full descent down an unpaved track to the Chunchiwi Native Community, a place where you will enjoy a refreshing swim in San Roque de Cumbaza after this bike adventure.

Important data:

• level: intermediate
• Distance traveled: 24 km
• Type of road: trail, unpaved track
• route type: cross country

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The best bike routes in Cusco

Cusco, is one of the places that have many bicycle routes; here in this article, we tell you what routes you can do by bicycle.

Machu Picchu bike route

This is one of the best routes you can do when you are in Cusco. We recommend you start this route in Cusco, where you can rent a mountain bike and start your adventure. To leave Cusco, you will always start with an ascent of a positive difference of 845 m or less, depending on the route you choose to cross the sacred valley.

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There are two routes you can choose:

Misminay-Moray-Maras-Machu Picchu bike route

This route has a positive slope of 1,000 m. It is recommended for experienced cyclists due to the distance (66 km) and the unevenness of the route.

Sacred Valley MTB enduro downhill XC

The route starts from Cusco towards the sacred valley along a paved road towards the tourist attraction “the abode of the gods,” which is 13 km away. After this, the road will be unpaved, surrounded by cultural and natural attractions such as the Ninantayniyoq Inca ruins, the colonial aqueduct and the Piuray and Huaypo lagoons.

Then we’ll head up to Misminay, where the viewpoint to the Inca ruins of Moray is located; from here, you can choose a long or short singletrack route based on your skill level.

South valley MTB XC Downhill Enduro trail

This route connects to the town of Maras and continues down the short road to the salt mines, salineras, then crosses the Urubamba River over the Pichingoto bridge and connects with the corn route to the Inca ruins of Ollantaytambo.

Options to get to Machu Picchu

That same day, from Ollantaytambo, you can take your train to Guas Calientes, and the next day, you can visit Machu Picchu.

or you can take a tourist transport the next day in the morning at 8 a.m. towards hydroelectric and walk 13 km. to the town of Aguas Calientes and the next day visit Machu Picchu.

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This option is for very experienced cyclists; they will climb from 2,990 m to 4,316 m until they reach the famous downhill inca avalanche, and then the 75-kilometer cross-country inca jungle route will begin. until Santa María (1,300 m), and from here, continue pedaling to Santa Teresa, where you can stay and relax in the thermal baths of Cocalmayo.

The bicycle route to Machu Picchu is not allowed because there is no bicycle path or route.

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If they have reached Machu Picchu by bicycle but have risked their lives because they took as a route the train track that starts from the hydroelectric plant to the town of Aguas Calientes, we recommend leaving the bicycle in Santa Teresa and continuing by transport to the hydroelectric plant, then walking to the town of Machu Picchu and returning to Cusco by this same route.

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Corn Route: Taray, Ollantaytambo, and Machu Picchu

This bike route has a positive slope of 400 m and starts from Cusco, crossing the Inca ruins of Sacsayhuamán, Pucapucara, Tambomachay, Pisac to the town of Taray, where the maize route of the sacred valley of the Incas begins.

The path of this route is on paved tracks up to Taray and from this place the path is flat dirt with a 120-meter drop. crossing small towns like Coya, Lamay, Calca, Urquillo, Huayllabamba, Yucay, Urubamba, and Ollantaytambo.

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The distance from Cusco to Ollantaytambo is 62 km, with less unevenness than the first route, which is recommended for intermediate-level cyclists.

This route can last from a day to a half, depending on your physical condition, and you can choose the same options as the first route: by train, tourist bus or full bike only to Santa Teresa.

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Four Inca ruins bike route

This bicycle route is located north of Cusco, and is considered a 22-kilometer cross-country circuit. with a positive unevenness of 450 m uphill.

This circuit is one of the favorites of many local cyclists, who really enjoy the landscapes and the exciting climb.

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The route crosses through Inca ruins such as Sacsayhuaman, Pucapucara, Inkilltambo and hatunplaza; The path begins on a paved road, a wide dirt road, or short singletrack roads.

If you like animals such as alpacas, llamas, huanacos, and condors in the community of Huayllarcocha, this is the place for the hands of the community, an animal exhibition, and a handicraft store.

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On this bicycle route, we will enter the community of Yuncaypata along a wide dirt road downhill towards the district of San Sebastián to connect to the main cycle path of Avenida la Cultura and return to the historic center of Cusco.

 What is the best option to enjoy this route?

To enjoy this route to the four Inca ruins, you can rent a bicycle in Cusco and travel in your own way and at your own pace.

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Advantages and disadvantages:

The advantage is that if you rent a bike, you can spend the entire day cycling wherever you want.

Disadvantage: You have to choose an appropriate route according to your level and know how to use Google Maps or other route applications.

You have to get your repair supplies, like patches, inflators, keys, etc.

The easiest option is to take a bike tour with a travel agency that operates this type of activity, where you won’t have to worry about organizing your bike, helmet, gloves, or the route to have fun.

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Routes through the best viewpoints of Cusco

All the routes from Cusco always start with climbs, because Cusco is located in the Andes at 3,400 m, surrounded by many mountains and to get to the viewpoints you have to climb.

Viewpoint of San Blas bike route

This place is located in the San Blas neighborhood at 3,550 m., to get to this site, you can take the following streets: Calle Recoleta, Avenida Circunvalación, Jardines del Inca (urban downhill), and Kiskapata street, and you will arrive at the San Blas viewpoint.

San Cristóbal viewpoint bike route

This location is 4 kilometers away.From the Plaza de Armas, to get to this viewpoint you have to take Plateros, Saphy street and continue via Don Bosco road until you reach the San Cristóbal viewpoint.

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Sacsayhuamán viewpoint bike route

This place is located north of the city of Cusco, 6 km away. To get to this place, you have to take Plateros street, connect to the San Cristóbal viewpoint, pass the entrance control to Sacsayhuamán, and continue until you reach the fortress community where this viewpoint to the Sacsayhuamán Inca ruins is located.

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White christ viewpoint bike route

Another of the routes that you can do by bicycle from Cusco is this one, which is located just north of the city in the same direction as the San Cristóbal and Sacsayhuamán viewpoints. From this place, you only have to pedal about 100 meters and descend to the second entrance control for Sacsayhuamán and go to the Cristo Blanco viewpoint.

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Yuncaypata bike route

The route to Yuncaypata is one of the classic places for local cyclists, as well as for cross-country, enduro, and downhill, Here in this place, you will find many roads, from wide to short singletrack.

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To get to this place, you can either reserve a special vehicle to carry the bicycles or you can start pedaling from the city of Cusco, an 8-kilometer climb. from 3,400 m up to 3,735 m, crossing the four Inca ruins and starting with the descent from the community of Yuncaypata.

From here, you can choose a wide path or a short path to enjoy it to the fullest.

In this place, you can see the Inca ruins of Inkilltambo, Rumiwasi, Hatunplaza, K’allachaka, and Machuanden, among others.

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This Yuncaypata route is 22 km long and runs from Cusco, crossing the main points of the Huayllarcocha community, Yuncaypata, San Sebastian district, and Cusco center.

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What is the best option to enjoy this route?

The best option you have to enjoy this route is to book a bike tour to Yuncaypata, which includes a professional adventure guide, a Trek bike, equipment and the best route according to your driving level.

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The other option is to rent a bicycle in Cusco, but you will not enjoy it as much as you want.

Consider the following recommendations:

• Rent a good bike.
• carry a small backpack.
• Bring a kid who can fix things.
• Bring a rain poncho (from December to March)
• Have good physical condition.
• Wear safety equipment such as a helmet, gloves, elbow pads, knee pads.
• bring water

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The Cusco Region

Cusco has many routes; this article is too short to cover them all; click on this link to see more routes.

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