e2e.bike

Cycling adventures across Yorkshire, Britain and beyond

Menu
  • End to Ends
    • Britain
    • Ireland
    • France
    • Spain
    • Portugal
    • Belgium
    • Netherlands
    • Luxembourg
    • Denmark
    • Austria
    • Switzerland
    • Czechia
    • Slovakia
    • Poland
    • Latvia
    • Cuba
    • Sri Lanka
    • Taiwan
    • Isle of Man
    • Faroes
    • Liechtenstein
  • Coast to Coasts
  • Yorkshire Ridings
  • Others
  • Writings
Menu
← PreviousNext →

Peru: Abra Málaga

Posted on 25 October 20142 April 2021 by Rob Ainsley



I’ve signed up for a four-day ‘jungle trek’ to Machu Picchu, which involves a variety of methods of getting from Cuzco to the famous lost Inca city: hiking, zipwiring, and – today, the first day – biking. A minibus whisked our group up into the mountains via the pleasant Inca town of Ollantaytambo (pic). There’s no shortage of altitude round here.


At the top of the Abra de Malaga, we were issued with more safety equipment than Buzz Aldrin took the moon (pic): elbow pads, body armour, helmets, shin- and knee-pads, reflective jackets, and kevlar-reinforced gloves… for cycling on a very lightly-trafficked, well-tarmacked, smooth road. I was surprised they didn’t issue us with guns and walkie-talkies, too.



We were on 27-gear mountain bikes, none of which we actually used, because we had 45km of downhill (pic) through astounding canyon scenery. The bikes didn’t have mudguards either, and it was chucking it down with rain. Not that they would have stopped us from getting soaked: there were about a dozen ankle-deep mountain streams that crossed the road surface that we had to pedal through. It was all great fun.

Previous
←   Ecuador: Village life, Baños
Next
Brazil: Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo →

You are here

e2e.bike > Other > South America > Peru: Abra Málaga

Recent Posts

  • Germany 9: Kassel to Beverungen 14 September 2025
  • Germany 8: Bad Hersfeld to Kassel 13 September 2025
  • Germany 7: Kothen to Bad Hersfeld 12 September 2025

Random Posts

  • Copenhagen v London 5: Bikes of a different colour6 November 2009
    Copenhagen is a superb city for real cycling – for getting from …
  • Tan Hill Inn: Drink up7 June 2015
    Yorkshire reckons it’s got the best of everything. All the stuff that …
  • (Latvia 11: Liepāja)5 July 2023
    With the End to End done, I holed up in a cheap …

Search e2e.bike

Find me

        
Facebook • Bluesky • Linked In • Email
© 2025 e2e.bike | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme