Destroyed road! | Warning

March 12th, 2024 by roeltje456

This place is permanently closed.

March 10th, 2024 by adeck236n

We drove the road with our motorbikes and it was no problem. There were also trucks and busses on the road. The road is often single lane and in a bad condition, but no problem.

September 21st, 2023 by IG:opusonthemove

Generally as described. There are many rockslides and debris flows that occured in this Canyon along PE 3N between Chuquicara and Huarochi during the storm in March of '23. All of those have now been made passable, and the road is travelled by all types of vehicles including heavy trucks and buses. There are many single lane, potholed, repairs. Unless you are looking for a real adventure, consider avoiding this route during a storm, as many of the repairs look like they would fail quickly, and the one in the vicinity of this pin leaves the road and joins the riverbed.

September 14th, 2023 by luqiusi

passable road, but need a lot of patience to drive through. some narrow parts just wide enough for one car, and road is very bumpy with many potholes. there are pull outs but need to be very careful cuz next to us are steep cliffs. honk if you can't see incoming cars around a corner. definitely avoid driving it at night!

August 20th, 2023 by mmotzki

you can pass. deviation gravel road nearby the river

August 17th, 2023 by ChezTeam

it is still in bad shape but completely doable... have patience and time... enjoy the road, it's beautiful.

August 15th, 2023 by followdirectionsouth.com

This is not a highway, but a partly potholed mountain road. It is being used by buses and heavy trucks, we drove it with a 12,5t camping truck. It is a beautiful and scenic road, but as parts have been washed out one has to go slow. It’s absolutely drivable, we had no problems at all and really enjoyed it. All problem parts are being or have been repaired

August 10th, 2023 by emiboi2102

Once upon a time this was a tarmac road but it is not any more. Parts of it have fallen away completely and the rest is covered in rubble so it's now a very bumpy dirt road, narrow and with big rocky overhangs. We gave up after half an hour from chuquicara and turned back. The rest of the 12 and ruta 3N is terrible, more pot holes than road.

May 10th, 2023 by marshal.mayhew

The road is open now and completely passable. Many buses and large trucks were using the road.

April 28th, 2023 by jornadagolden

The road is entire destroyed, but I just pass with my VW Kombi. DONT COME WITH YOUR BIG RIG HERE!!!

April 20th, 2023 by undetoursurlaterre

alors, la route depuis Chimbote est très chaotique. beaucoup de coulées de boue, effondrements, trous etc... un passage à été fait le long de la rivière pour passer à côté du pont effondré. par contre plus loin (environ 10-15 kms) dans un tunnel une partie de la route s'est effondrée. je suis passé avec mon fourgon (fiat Ducato) mais je pense que plus large, gros camping car ou poids lourd, ca ne passera pas. les gens qui travaillent à ce niveau nous ont demandé 50 soles. (pour payer en parti la location du tractopelle). je vais créer un point. en tout cas, nous avons mis presque 6h pour aller de Chimbote à Caraz en passant par cette route. peut être vaut il mieux prendre une autre route plus au sud...

so, the road from Chimbote is very bumpy. many mudslides, collapses, holes etc... a passage was made along the river to pass next to the collapsed bridge. on the other hand further (about 10-15 kms) in a tunnel part of the road collapsed. I went with my van (fiat Ducato) but I think that wider, big motorhome or heavy truck, it won't pass. the people who work at this level asked us for 50 soles. (to partially pay for the rental of the backhoe loader). I will create a point. in any case, it took us almost 6 hours to go from Chimbote to Caraz via this road. maybe it's better to take another route further south...

entonces, el camino desde Chimbote es muy accidentado. muchos derrumbes, derrumbes, agujeros etc... se hizo un paso por el río para pasar al lado del puente derrumbado. por otro lado más (unos 10-15 kms) en un túnel parte de la carretera se derrumbó. Fui con mi furgoneta (fiat Ducato) pero creo que esa autocaravana más ancha, grande o camión pesado, no pasará. la gente que trabaja en este nivel nos pedía 50 soles. (para pagar parcialmente el alquiler de la retroexcavadora). Voy a crear un punto. de todos modos, nos tomó casi 6 horas ir de Chimbote a Caraz por esta carretera. tal vez sea mejor tomar otra ruta más al sur...

April 18th, 2023 by cemdev

still closed. road leading up to the closure is in rough shape. road completely destroyed in multiple locations. they've built little desvios around many, including one that takes you down to the river itself which wouldn't be passable if the river rises, until finally the road inside a tunnel is destroyed and no way through. closed for a while.

March 29th, 2023 by olegmotin

Just like many places in the area this road too got hit hard by the cyclone.
Currently the road up to the marked point is passable and work is being done to clear it of the many rockslides.

At the marked point the road fell completely down 10m into the river, right after a small tunnel.
The only way I could pass is with the help of some local miners. We had to rope down my bicycle and gear using an electric wire and then I scaled down 10m to the river on a very steep cliffside.

All and all, kind of dangerous and not the best idea to do but I was determined to pass and it worked out well. I even spent the night at the miners' camp.

They said it might take weeks/couple months to fix so be sure to ask before taking this road.

Very pretty road otherwise.