Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu
Motorcycle Tour in South America

Argentina – Chile – Bolivia – Peru

Now All Inclusive*

DURATION

20 days / 19 nights

PARTICIPANTS

4 – 10 Riders

DISTANCE

5.000 km

PILLION
Suitable
DIFFICULTY
Easy
GRAVEL ROADS
5%
4 Countries, 4 Climatic zones, 10 UNESCO heritage sites - it's got it all!

Machu Picchu Here We Come!

Our 3 week Machu Picchu Motorcycle Tour in South America takes you to Machu Picchu across the picturesque Andes of Northern Argentina and Chile, Southern Peru and Bolivia.

Explore places of interest: ride your motorcycle across seemingly infinite white and glistening salt flats, admire the majestic volcanoes, discover pre-Inca ruins isolated towns and of course the famous Inca ruins of Machu Picchu.

Here you have the chance to visit the cities of Cuzco and La Paz, Lake Titicaca as well as 10 other UNESCO world heritage sites.

The best Motorcycle choice for our

Motorcycle Tour in South America

Our Machu Picchu motorcycle tour in South America is suitable for any experienced motor-biker with some basic off-road experience. People having lung, heart or blood circulation problems should consult their doctor for the altitude.

BMW F700GS

798cc
75 hp
210 kg
820 mm seat hight
19” front wheel

All inclusive*

12.600 US$

Low seat hight, good handling on road, suitable for gravel.

BMW F800GS

798 cc
85 hp
220 kg
880 mm seat hight
21” front wheel

All inclusive*

13.400 US$

Best for gravel, good handling, not heavy, high seat.

BMW R1200GS

1.170cc
115 hp
240 kg
850 mm seat hight
19” front wheel

All inclusive*

14.400 US$

Good handling, recommended for riding with passenger.

PILLION / PASSENGER

All inclusive*

5.700 US$

SINGLE ROOM SURCHARGE

1.700 US$

* Services included in the all inclusive package
Services NOT included
Travel itinerary

Machu Picchu Motorcycle Tour South America

Our Machu Picchu motorcycle tour through South America starts at the airport in Salta where you will be picked up and brought to the Hotel from where your adventure starts next day.

A winding road across a woody landscape will take us to the city of Jujuy and the picturesque valley of Quebrada de Humahuaca.

Then we’ll start riding our motorcycles up the Andes, climbing La Cuesta de Lipán, a pass which will take us to 4180m above sea level we’ll get to the salt flats of Salinas Grandes. After crossing the Puna of Argentina, we’ll arrive in Chile and the town of San Pedro de Atacama, an oasis in the driest desert on earth: the Atacama Desert. We’ll watch the sunset in the Valle de la Luna.

Riding our motorcycles through the Atacama Desert we’ll reach the Pacific Ocean in Chile. On a winding motorway, we will border the coast to the beach town of Iquique. We’ll continue our motorcycle tour through the Atacama Desert, crossing 3 deep valleys and we’ll get to the border with Peru and the beautiful city of Arequipa, also known as the White City.

Early in the morning we’ll go to the deepest part of the Colca Canyon to watch the Condor families fly from close up. It’s a stunning experience to watch these huge birds sail along.

On the way to Cuzco, the centre of the ancient Inca Kingdom, there are various temples and ruins to visit.

Today is the awaited visit to Machu Picchu, the spiritual centre of the ancient Inca reign. We will start the trip by train, zigzagging upwards to gain height and then continuing the journey through the ruins of Ollantaytambo and alongside the River Urubamba until reaching the town of Aguas Calientes. From there we will take a bus up to the impressive ruins of Machu Picchu, elegantly situated on a hill and in between majestic mountains.

We’ll leave behind the northernmost point of our motorcycle tour in the heart of South America. The ride now takes us south to the city of Puno. Near by live the Uru in their floating islands.

Skirting Lake Titicaca, we’ll leave Peru and travel towards the border with Bolivia. We’ll visit the town of Copacabana on the shores of lake Titicaca before we’ll undertake an adventurous ferry crossing over lake Titicaca. Then we’ll head towards La Paz and descend from El Alto into the centre of the highest capital city in the world.

The adventurous ones can ride the “Death Road” on the motorbikes (200km tar and gravel), others have time to visit the city of La Paz in the afternoon.

We’ll ride our motorcycles to the salt flats of Uyuni through the stunning Bolivian mountains. One whole day is the big salt-lake experience, as we ride our motorcycles across the seemingly endless Uyuni salt lake “Salar de Uyuni” – enjoy the easy ride on the almost endless plains of this white sea of salt! We’ll stay in a stunningly beautiful hotel built entirely of salt.

We’ll leave Bolivia and arrive at the border with Argentina. We’ll leave behind the plains of the Atacama and after travelling through la Quebrada de Humahuaca we’ll ride on a winding little mountin road back to Salta “La Linda”. Here we’ll end our South America motorcycle tour with a well deserved “asado” on courtesy of Horizonte Tours.

 

*Note: The tour operator reserves himself to make changes or adjustments to the itinerary at any time.

Do you have any question?

Our Tours are suitable for any experienced motorbike rider. You should have a riding experience of at least 10.000 km altogether and some 2.000 km over the last year. Off-Road experience is only necessary for as “difficult” marked tours, although some off-road riding experience of course is advisable.

Usually from all over the world you first have to fly to Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. From there you go on a local flight to your starting destination. Depending on the tour you chose this would be Salta, San Carlos de Bariloche, Ushuaia or Mendoza.

There are two airports in Buenos Aires: The international airport Ezeiza (EZE) and the city airport Aeroparque (AEP). Usually you will arrive in Ezeiza, go through immigration, get your bags, go through customs. Then you probably have to change to the local airport Aeroparque to go on your local flight. You need to have 3-4 hours minimum between the arrival and take off if you change Airports in Buenos Aires

The tour begins with your arrival at the starting location. E.g. if the tour is dated 1.1.2025 – 10.1.2025, we meet in the evening of the 1st of January for briefing, handover of the motorbikes, welcome dinner, and you can catch a flight back on the 10th of January to fly back home.

You can take your flight back home on the date indicated as ending date. That is the day after the last riding day

It is recommended to get to the starting location one day earlier, we happily make a reservation for the room extension for you.

All the hotel nights with breakfast on the tour are included. Starting with the night of the meeting, handover of motorbikes and welcome dinner, ending with the hotel night of the last riding day.

You will need a decent riding gear, clothing for all kinds of weather and moderate temperatures, sun protection, personal items. 

  • Paperwork: It is necessary that you have a passport valid for at least another 6 months, a valid drivers license for big motorcycles, vaccination documents, credit card with min. 4.000US$ credit for the guarantee deposit.
  • Money: Cash US$ Dollars is the best to have. You can change US$ cash dollars in most towns, but they will not be taken as payment. Everything you want to purchase during your stay will have to be paid in local currency. 

    ATMs are found in bigger towns and cities, but you will be restricted to extract a small amount of cash each transaction, but you will be charged high bank fees.

    Credit cards are useless outside big hotels and restaurants, most shops don’t accept credit or debit cards.

Apart from the big cities, South America is safer than expected. It is very safe to travel in the countries we go to. In the mayor cities you have to take care of pick pocketers and scams as everywhere, but no violent crimes are to be expected.

The official language in all South America is Spanish, except for Brazil. English is understood and rudimentary spoken in Hotels, Restaurants and other touristic locations. Anywhere else you would need to speak and understand Spanish to communicate. 

You need an international health insurance that does not exclude motorcycling. It has to cover any possible hospitalisation, surgery, medicine and/or repatriation costs. It also has to cover explicitly COVID 19.

  • Vaccination: For Chile and Argentina there are no obligations for vaccinations expect Covid 19.

    Bolivia has an obligation for yellow fever vaccination but it is not controlled in the mountain areas where we are entering the country. 

    COVID 19: Travel rules due to the Covid 19 Pandemic are different from country to country and are changing frequently. With an internationally accepted vaccination proof it is possible to travel in most countries lately.

Due to the ongoing SarsCov2 Pandemic we are frequently adjusting to the changing rules worldwide and in Argentina. It is very important that you check the travel rules of your home country but also the ones you are traveling to.

If travel rules of the affected countries by your travel will make it impossible to participate on a tour with us, we will refund any payments you have made to us.

Available dates

21.09.2024 10.10.2024
19.10.2024 07.11.2024
04.10.2025 23.10.2025

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