Im thinking of going, been snooping round at a few sites and it looks good... just wondering if anyone has any recommendations.
thanks,
Kev
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Has anybody been mountain biking in Peru ?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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I went to Peru last year and managed to get on a bike twice. We hired in Cusco and Arequipa and went with a guide on tame-ish stuff. There is some great stuff there obviously (given the topography) but the bikes we had were shocking. Ancient death trap hardtails. They gave us the choice between ones with no brakes or no suspension! Given the altitude the modest routes we did were adventurous enough and I was just grateful to get out on a bike.
However, if you are going for biking (or indeed climbing/hiking) specifically I think the place to go would be the Haurascaran mountains. I emailed this guy and he sent some useful info back. The problem I had was that we were on a tour and the itinery wouldn't give us enough time to get up there and aclimatise to the altitude before moving on. Having said that we (two fairly fit early 30s) didn't suffer too much from altitude anywhere even when walking at 5000m plus. We were taking in the usual tourist attractions including Macchu Picchu etc which are further south. Of course altitude sickness and fitness are far from mutually exclusive. Hope that helps.
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No, but I wish I had. My sister-in-law has lived there for 5yrs and loves it. My wife visited earlier this year and loved it. Maybe one day...
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