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distancia Pucallpa to trans amazona highway

I would like to ride to pucallpa and then reach the trans amzonia highway. I see on a Brazilian map that the trans amazona highway seems to come more or less straight across on the Brazilian side.
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From Pucalpa, unless they have been working extremely fast.... there is no direct road connection to Brazil. You have to go via Puerto Maldonado or by boat.
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tolugringo,

marker is correct, there is no road from Pucallpa, Peru, to Mâncio Lima, Brazil (where you could eventually connect with the Tran-Amazonian.) I don't see options for travel by boat from Pucallpa to Mâncio Lima...

To get to the Trans-Amazonian from Peru, you will no doubt ride on the Interoceanic Highway (a.k.a. Transoceanica Highway) See the map below for a rough idea of the highway you need to take.

These web pages may be useful to you:

Interoceanic Highway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interoceanic_Highway

Puerto Maldonado is the last major city as you travel from Peru to Brazil by land. Visit this page for the annual rain fall charts if nothing else. (Hint: June/July is the driest part of the year, if you have a choice of when to schedule this portion of your ride.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Maldonado

The overland route from Peru is a follows: Interoceanic to Porto Velho (BR), north on BR-319 to Humaitá. From there you can pick up the Trans-Amazonian Highway.

Trans-Amazonian Highway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Amazonian_Highway

In Fordlândia, there is a long abandoned rubber plant built by Henry Ford. When you get to Itaituba, try to find the road a little further east, then ride north, to Fordlândia. I haven't been there, but it is on my list...
https://goo.gl/maps/CcGRaGgGSps

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