Five key destinations to do 'off road' near Lima

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Many users have vehicles that offer an excellent development in all terrain. This is the perfect excuse to plan a "weekend getaway" and be able to take advantage of all the features of your 4x4 and the performance they offer on uneven terrain.

                     

The Toyota of Peru company recommends five key places to carry out this practice near Lima.

1. Dunes of San Bartolo. It is the closest and most po[CENSORED]r dune site, entering through the Quebrada de Cruz de Hueso. There are dunes of all levels and thousands of tracks to follow. Good place to start and train.

2. The Dunes of Sarapampa. Entering the km. 107 of the Pan-American South trail you reach the Sarapampa dunes. These have a total distance of 35 km. It has a lot of space and dunes of all kinds ideal to start in 4x4 driving, or to make national championship races. This place is ideal for all tastes and levels of management.

3. Windward / Palovento. Between Pisco and Ica (height km 255 of the Panamericana Sur) you reach Barlovento crossing the desert through a well-marked footprint. You must have a GPS to avoid getting lost if it is at night, they are 60 km away. to the beach and from there you can go south towards Lomitas and Puerto Caballas or return to Paracas heading north traveling near the sea.

4. Dunes of Pasamayo. The Tube is an incredible sand formation at the height of Pasamayo very close to Ancón. A route of much sand that takes us to know this wonder with the shape of half a tube with walls of 150 meters high that has been for years the meeting point of the people off road. It requires experience in dunes and has a somewhat more demanding level.

5. Orcón Canyon: The entrance to the Orcón Canyon is on the road to Canta. Between the limit of Trapiche and Huaral are the sinkholes of a mine abandoned by an area of 100 meters. Finally, the canyon will be reached, which is formed by a huayco that generated the El Niño Phenomenon in 1983. A 100% off road route with a lot of history. It requires a lot of care for the edges and ravines, as well as concentration when going through the rocks.