It seems that it's possible to take a rented motorbike from Chile -> Peru. The guys from Motorcycle Rental help you with it for 100 us dollars per bike, which is very nice.
Ah, sorry for being vague with the term affordable. The guys from the above link also have a pick-up and drop-off service, but that'll cost 3200 dollars if we're going to have the bikes dropped off and picked up at Arica again. In that case the total of the rent would be 1066 + 10 x 90 = 2000 dollars (for just having a bike for 10 days, excl. helmets and such) per person. That's a bit out of our budgets to be honest.
Point is that we would really like to see some of Chile and Bolivia and that the route is epic so far as I've heard. Basically, if the rental guys would be in Arica or Antofagasta for instance, and there were no pick-up and drop-off costs, the trip would be set in stone already. That's why I'm inquiring for rental places around that area. Otherwise we will probably go to Cuzco indeed!
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