Dear HUBBers,

I'll go in South America at the end of June and I have many questions

I think that I'll open different threads, as to keep discussions separated and more useful for the other users.

This first thread is related to weather and road conditions

The plan is to go in Santiago, buy there a motorbike (not yet decided between Honda XR125R and Euromot GXT200, mainly depending on their availability) through a friend of mine, then start straight to the northern part of the Continent, crossing Bolivia, Peru', Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil

Return is booked at the end of September, 3 months in total

I'm afraid about the weather, since it'll be winter.

For instance, I would like to go to Salar de Uyuni; I read a very recent thread about this, dating back to mid of April and it said that it was really cold. I guess if the roads will be closed because of snow.

Would it be possible to go there from Chile (for instance from Atacama) to Uyuni or the road is usually blocked / closed by snow? Are they maintained (i.e. cleaned, salted, etc like in Europe) or, as I suppose, roads are left "to the Nature"?

What about Cuzco? Also that region is very high, so I wonder if roads are closed or not by the snow

Some regions that for sure I won't be able to cross because of cold / snow / ice? Again, from north of Chile to Bolivia, Peru', Ecuador, Colombia, etc

Finally, a question about how to go to Manaus.

The road coming down from Venezuela (Ciudad Guayana) should be ok, as far as I read, please, could you confirm?

I'm afraid about Venezuela internal situation, it seems very unstable or, at least, potentially quickly changing to clashes more or less widespread

So, I'm checking about other possibilities to go to Manaus if northern road starting in Venezuela won't be crossable
I read that so-call Trans Amazonas is crossable? I have read that it is almost destroyed , in particular the part from Porto Velho to Manaus. Is it true or was it been rebuilt?

Other chances to go to Manaus by motorbike?

Many thanks in advance for your help,

kind regards,

Nelik