20 Day Guided BMW Motorcycle Tour to Machu Picchu across Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia

You will be picked up at the airport in Salta and brought in to the hotel from where your motorcycle adventure tour starts next day. A winding road across a woody landscape will take you to the city of Jujuy and the picturesque valley of Quebrada de Humahuaca. You will start riding motorbikes up the Andes, climbing La Cuesta de Lipán, a pass which will take us to 4180 meters above sea level.

You will get to the salt flats of Salinas Grandes. After crossing the Puna of Argentina, you will arrive at San Pedro de Atacama, Chile and have the opportunity to see the driest desert on earth, Atacama desert. You will watch the sunset in the Valle de la Luna. After riding your motorcycle through Atacama desert, you will reach the Pacific Ocean in Chile.

On a winding motorway, you will reach the beach town of Iquique. After crossing three deep valleys and you will get to the Peruvian border and the beautiful city of Arequipa, also known as the White City. Early in the morning, you will go to the deepest part of the Colca Canyon to watch the Condor families up close. It’s a stunning experience to watch these huge birds sail along.

On the way to Cuzco, you will find various Spanish churches and Inca temples to visit. Today, you will have the opportunity to visit Machu Picchu, the spiritual center of the ancient Inca reign. You will start the trip by train, continue the journey through the ruins of Ollantaytambo along the River Urubamba, until you reach the town of Aguas Calientes. From there, you will take a bus to the impressive ruins of Machu Picchu, elegantly situated on a hill and in between majestic mountains.

You will return to Cuzco by train leaving the furthest point of your trip and head to the floating islands near Puno to see The Uru. Skirting Lake Titicaca, you will leave Peru and travel towards the border of Bolivia. You will get a chance to visit the town of Copacabana on the shores of Lake Titicaca before you will board a ferry to cross over Lake Titicaca. Then, you will head towards La Paz and descend from El Alto into the centre of the highest capital city in the world.

If you are feeling adventurous, you can ride the infamous Death Road (200 kilometers gravel roads), or you can visit the city of La Paz in the afternoon. You will ride your motorcycle to the salt flats of Uyuni through the stunning Bolivian mountains. For the rest of the day, you can have the big salt-lake experience. Enjoy the easy ride on the almost endless plains of this white sea of salt! You will stay in a stunningly beautiful hotel built entirely of salt.

Over the plains and through colourful mountains, the ride will take you on a twisting tarmac road to Potosí, a mining town famous throughout Spanish colonial times for its legendary mountain Cerro Rico, known as The Rich Mountain. You will leave Bolivia and arrive at the border of Argentina. After travelling through la Quebrada de Humahuaca, you will ride through the winding cornice route to bring you back to Salta “La Linda”, where you will end the journey with a well deserved “asado” on courtesy of Horizonte Tours.

Intermediate

• Can ride for three to four hours
• Average riding experience
• Little assistance required
• Comfortable with extreme curves and leans
• Average experience with unsurfaced roads
• Steep ascents and descents

• Discover Atacama Desert in Chile
• Explore the town of Copacabana on the shores of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia
• See the famous Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru
• Visit various Inca temples and Spanish churches in Cuzco, Peru
• Watch sunset in the Valle de la Luna in Chile

Horizonte Tours will guide you from Salta in Argentina to the city of Jujuy, cross over Chile to Atacama desert, to Machu Picchu, to Lake Titicaca, to La Paz, and across the seemingly endless Uyuni salt lake.

Snacks and water on the road, all dinners, which is mostly gourmet, and breakfasts are included in the price.

• 4 × 4 support vehicle
• 19 nights accommodation
• BMW F700GS, F800GS, or R1200GS motorbike rental
• Third party insurance
• Custom permissions for border crossings
• Multilingual guides
• Mechanical support
• Satellite phone
• Petrol for the whole trip
• Road toll
• Ferries
• Maps
• Breakfasts and all dinners
• Snacks and water on the road
• Luggage storage
• Airport transfers from and to Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (SLA)

• Accident insurances
• Additional transport (taxi, bus, or train)
• Third party insurance and fully comprehensive insurance xx(excess of 4000 US$)
• Drinks
• Entry fees
• Flights
• Health or travel insurances
• Riding gear
• Lunch
• Tips

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.