Hello friends,
I’ve been riding the Peru Great Divide the last week or two from Huaraz heading south(ish). It is wonderful.
I had a bit of bike trouble so had dipped out to Huancayo for a fix and I’m now faced with options! I’m heading towards Cuzco and will probably cycle towards Machu Picchu on my way.
The obvious options I see are:
Rejoin the Great Divide at Huancavelica and head from Abancay at the end of the route up and around through Santa Maria (for Machu Picchu) and continue on after to Cuzco.
Find a new route through the Amazonian side of the Andes and swing by Santa Maria and in to Cuzco.
Does anyone have any experience of both of these sections of mountains? Or any insight of the southern half of the Great Divide compared with the northern? Is it just as unmissable? Or is the Amazonian side also unmissable?
Thanks in advance! Please enjoy this picture of a friend I made along the way.
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