Road Iquique-Huara-Colchane-Pisiga by bike

Short summary of the road from Chile to Bolivia, starting from Iquique to Colchane and Pisiga.

We did this road in May 2016 see the article it's here.

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Km	Kmtot	Place	Water	Food	Description
0	0	Iquique			Big city with bike shop (Redolfi cycle, very good service)
12					Long climb, wide emergency lane and quite important traffic
	12	Alto Hospicio	o	o	Take the right lane on arrival, in order to avoid highway forbidden to bicycles and without continuous emergency lane. Large supermarkets.
38					No house on the way, long climb. Little traffic. Bicycles theoretically not allowed on this stretch of road, but no problems, large emergency lane. Last 15 km downhill.
	50	Humbertstone	?		Site registered in UNESCO.
6					6 km flat on the ruta 5, good supply point but in the wrong direction
	56	Pozo Almonte	o	o	Full of small supermarcados and central market.
32			?		On the way military base, ask for water? Ruta 5 with moderate traffic
	88	Huara	o	o	Just before entering Huara watermelons seller on the left

In general, there was little traffic on this road, approximately 1 car / 15 minutes

Km ruta 15	Km tot	Place	Water	Food	Description
0	88	Huara	o	o	Big village we did not stop here as we bought all our provisions in Pozo Almonte
18	106		?		At km 18 there is a house, possibility to ask for water?
22	110	Crossing to Tarapaca	o	chips cookies	Houses and small restaurant. Here we planted our tent. It is the crossing to go down to Tarapaca village.
					Absolutely nothing in the way, to reach the villages you have to go downhill
72.5	160.5	Before Chusmiza	o	cookies Bread	Houses and small restaurant. Cookies, bread. Here we planted our tent.
75	163	Chusmiza	o	o	Thermal bath for 1000 pesos/p, enter the village and ask at the hous behind the "thermal bath" sign, in the curve. You can buy some basic food. Cabañas in the village.
					2 houses on the road at approximately km100, but seemed empty
130	218	Quebe	o		One inhabitant in this small village. Low warm thermal water to shower.
155	243	Village?	?	?	Village in construction
160	248	Colchane	o	o	Congratulations you have arrived. There are mini shops (we could not test them it was Sunday). There is a Saturday market. Possibility of having a hotel. No bank or ATM.
163	251	Pisiga Bolivar	o	o	Exchange Pesos, Dolar. No bank or ATM. We found a basic room for 30 Bolivianos / person. Gas station. Small store with fruits, vegetables, etc...

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