Originally Posted by Snakeboy

The route I rode through Peru was awsome. Maybe something similar to that?

Cusco to Nasca on R30A, all paved but through a scenery thats unbelivable. From 2500 masl to 4500, down to 2000 and up to 4700 and so it continues. Huge Lamaheards up in the mountains. Very little traffic, just a few trucks. Approx 700 kms. One long day or two short ones.

Nasca - Ica along the Panam, very boring but then you have tried that too.

Ica to Huancayo - a bit on Panam and then up R24, great ride up to 4500 meters altitude again. Some gravel if I remember right. A long days ride.

Huancayo to Lima - 3S and R22, spectacular road up to 4825 meters altitude and then down through a narrow valley. Again spectacular landscape but quite a bit of traffic on this road (buses and trucks)

Lima to Huanuco along 20A and 3N - again a narrow valley and the road snaking up higher and higher and again up to more than 4000 meters altitude. Mindblowing again, partly gravel. A long days ride!

Huanuco to Huaraz - on 3N (I belive) along the ridges and valleys of the Andes, spectacular again. Road snaking around peaks and valleys, up to 4500 meter again. Huaraz is a really nice city btw. First 100 k are gravel.

Huaraz to Trujillo along the Canyon de Pato - more and more spectacular! A road following a very narrow canyon, many short one lane tunnels are build and you have to be careful to ride through. 50-100 kms of gravel down towards the Pan-Am and Trujillo.

Trujillo to Cajamarca - nice road starting from sea level and up to almost 4000 masl again. Winding and spectacular views. All paved. Cajamarca is a nice town btw.

Cajamarca to Chachapoyas - OMG - the most spectacular road of them all I rode in Peru. A road snaking around steep mountains and the side of the road are sometimes 1000 meters vertical drop. Narrow and winding is just the fraction of what it can be called. Not for those with any fear of heights. What a ride!

Cajamarca and especially Chachapoyas are both very interesting towns with heaps of ruins and artefacts after people who lived there 1000-1500 years ago. So it is in Trujillo and Nasca too btw..

From Cajamarca to the ecuadorian bordercrossing at La Balsa - not so spectacular but a calm border and the road in Ecador from the border are spectacular again. Gravel the first 100 kms or so - and great road to Cuenca in Ecuador.

You can of course ride even more up into the Andes and more remote than I did. It will be mostly gravel then. But it will for sure be spectacular also.