The mountain roads in northern Peru were the highlights of our trip through South America last year, but they weren't exactly paved quite often. We crossed from Ecuador at la balza. The Ecuador side was pretty muddy but paved as soon as we hit Peru , I think all the way to chachapoyas, which was amazing, and then to Cajamarca was also mostly paved. After that the roads between there and Colcas were seldom paved, and really narrow and winding through the mountains, but generally good gravel and no traffic with stunning views of the mountains . It was no problem , but there was also very little rain. A wet rainy season might be a little dicey. Chachapoyas was a really interesting place and so was Huaraz. You don't want to miss highway 107 from Carhuaz to San Luis.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-F...WY&usp=sharing

I hope you can access this - i tired to stay off the Panam there too, it really is dull.

If you zoom in you can see in red where i stayed each night, and just link up the roads between.

I came in from Titicaca Bolivian side then to Puno, down to Arequipa, into Colca Canyon, looped through it out to the Panam - straight up it to Nazca and Paracas. Then from there i headed due east to Ayucucho, Abancay and into Cusco. Then North through the Sacred Valley, from Quillabamba- into more jungley (actually sort of dodgy - get local advice in this area if you go -cocoa production) Kiteni, Kimbiri then back into the mountains to get to Huascaren National Park (i think i stayed in Carhuez); check out the 200km mountain loop (to Chacas and back - id stay rather than do it in a day like i did). From there, heading out north along the Canon del Pato towards the coast and up to Piuri before heading into Ecuador.

You cant go wrong in Peru in the mountains - its absolutely stunning and well worth any amount of time you spend there - i was there 6 weeks in total.

Im on a 250 tornado btw - adventure dirtbike so my tyres are dual sport. Alot of gravel, and switchbacks to die for, but youl get that in the mountains - its just not feasible to build pavement roads out there. Maybe avoid the jungle because its pretty slidey out there if youre tyres are not up to it?

Also - these routes are generally quite remote between towns, Peruvians dont own alot of cars so theyl mostly be traffic free..

http://adventuremotodirtrider.blogsp...ough-peru.html

Have fun!