Maps and Petrol in Peru
 

Hi

Does anyone know how easy it is to find road maps and petrol stations in Peru?

In Chile Copec sells a decent map with all the petrol stations marked. Does anyone know if there is anything equivalent for Peru (and where to get it!)?

Cheers

Matt

You could probably find something in the larger cities, but I have seen nothing like the Copec (Rutas de Chile) which is excellent.

There are plenty of petrol stations in Peru, so you dont need a big fuel range, until you get lost in the Andes, LOL!

I found that most of my navigation in Peru involved talking to truck drivers, FWIW. If you have a problem, talk to truck drivers or cops, you see them everywhere and they know where everything is.

Maps
 

You should contact Touring y Automóvil Club, ( :: Touring y Automóvil Club del Perú :: Home ) offices in all major cities, detailed Peru maps (north/central/south) for S./5 each
Have a safe trip
Albert

Those are the maps I ended up with. It's kind've irritating switching back and forth from one map to the other, and the detail and accuracy are not quite what I'd hoped, but they were the best (and only) maps I found in Piura, my first day in the country.

Seems to me I saw other maps for sale in Cuzco, but my memory's not what it once was....

Mark

Thanks guys - appreciated!

M

Octane
 

Somethimg that surprised me about petrol in Peru is that 95 octane is impossible to find, 90 octane is difficult to get hold of and 84 grade is the common fuel for sale.

This is up near Cusco and Puno, maybe it´s different on the coast....? On the plus side, the fuel looks very clean.

near the coast, at the big towns you will find 90 quite regularly. 95, you can pretty much forget about it. The pump may be there, but they probably dont have any fuel in it.

In the Andes, 84 is what you get, pretty much all through Bolivia as well.

Lower octane works better at altitude. Lower octane means it's more volatile. That's good at altitude.

The foregoing is a gross over-simplification which, however, works for 95% of situations.

Mark

Aha! That´s why my ktm 950 works better at altitude with the lower octane ignition setting engaged (or rather disengaged - you activate it by uncoupling a cable).

I really should get my head around moto mechanics !

For good GPS maps, see
PERUT=Peru Ruteable