South America continues to be a prominent destination for today’s motorcycle touring enthusiast, attractive due to its stunning geographical diversity, colorful traditions, layered cultural heritage and an inviting Latin charm.  

With two prominent players in the adventure motorcycling travel world entering into a unique collaboration, MotoDiscovery and Motolombia announce a fresh offering for adventure riding enthusiasts with the first running of the Trans Amazonian Challenge slated to gather in Cartagena, Colombia in August of 2015

The Trans Amazonia Challenge, a 45 day 8,700 mile (14,000 km) adventure ride, is the first venture generated by the teaming of Motolombia-MotoDiscovery. The focus of the event is the 3,000 mile Trans Amazon Highway, stretching from the border with Peru through Brazil.

The roadway was intended as a massive social project in the 1970’s providing “land without people for people without land”, and access from the mountainous Andean region to the jungles of the Amazon and Brazil.

Yet it has served well as a means of accessing the Amazon jungle regions and as an alternative to river barges and water transport. Only partially paved the Trans Amazon Highway will certainly in time rival the notoriety of Argentina’s Ruta 40 in the world of adventure motorcycling. Additional highlights include the mountain top ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu, the mysterious Nazca Lines and Angel Falls, the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall. 

Group size will be limited to 10 bikes plus staff, encouraging interested adventurers to make an early commitment. Pre-planning and preparation for such an event is considerable and creating a cohesive team of riders even before the rubber hits the road can be considered part of the fun and magic of the Trans Amazonian Challenge. motodiscovery.com motolumbia.com