It's only the really remote tracks on the alitplano that are usually in bad condition. Even the roads that follow the boarder between Bolivia and Chile North (with two national parks, reservas de vicuñas and volcan isluga) are very good quality because of the mining operations. By the way they would make a good alternative to the southwest circuit which does have a fair amount of sand (though recently two riders who have a blog on ADVrider did it with fully loaded Africa Twins... It's possible). South American roads are generally good and definitely nothing to put you off... If it's too rough you can always turn around!
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