PERU | The Road That Shouldn't Exist

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Peru 3N

This route we’re planning to drive in Peru can easily be considered one of the most unlikely roads to ever exist. There’s almost nothing written about it online, ‘cause it’s just another highway right? Wrong, far from it. From my research parts of this road can be considered the most switchbacked in the world, with one section containing a staggering 57 hairpin turns in a distance of 1.8 kms as the crow flies. Not only that, the number of landslides can be counted daily, not annually. Carved thousands of feet above sea level into the sides of mountains, the 3N is an anomaly. It chalks up as the most hair raising and dangerous drive we’ve ever attempted. Just an average day here n Latin America.

We’re entering Peru on the North West Coast. Coming from the mountains in Ecuador, this was a shock to the system on all fronts. In some ways it felt like we had entered into a Mad Max film. Dust everywhere. We’ll be following the coast along the Pan American highway until be reach Trujillo. Along the way we’ll be looking for some sand dunes. From there we’ll navigate directly East, towards the 3N.

What started as a leisurely drive through farmland and small villages quickly left us in anticipation for the most intense parts of the route - the game of counting land slides, and the locals who are practicing for the indy 500 on the edge of a cliff.

If you remove the remnants of recent land slides, the perilous cliff edges, pure solitude and 1000M elevation gain through dozens of hairpins, it’s just your average highway right.

The route continues it’s winding snake like story though mountain villages dotted with beautiful murals, locals selling their wares and kids yelling to their parents “gringo gringo!”

Things became more interesting when the road turned to mud. Thankfully the government has interest in maintaining this section but its obvious these land slides are recent, likely from rain in the last few days.

It’s amazing to us that these peaceful mountain villages exist along these crazy roads. We didn’t know it yet, but we hadn’t even seen the real crazy….

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