Canon del Pato: Is This Really Peru's Most Dangerous Road?

Cañón del Pato — or Duck Canyon — sits in northern Peru between the Cordillera Negra and the Cordillera Blanca, carved over millennia by the Santa River into a spectacular 40km gorge. It is known as one of the most dangerous roads in South America, and with 35 hand-cut tunnels barely wide enough for a single vehicle, no barriers between you and the canyon floor, and heavy vehicles plying the route, it's not hard to see why. In this episode of Adventure Riding in South America, I ride my Yamaha Ténéré 700 from Trujillo to Caraz — fallen bridges, switchbacks, tunnel roulette, and all — to find out whether Cañón del Pato deserves its reputation as Peru's most dangerous road. This is adventure motorcycle travel on the kind of road that separates the curious from the cautious. #adventure #adventurebikerider #advrider #adventurebike #adventuremotorcycle #motovlog #motovlogger #motorcycleadventure #dualsport #motorcycletravel Watch this next:    • Riding South through the Amazon, Ecuador   If you enjoyed this video, please give it a 'like' and subscribe to my channel! Check out my other Adventure Riding in South America episodes here    • Adventure Riding in South America   For more adventure riding and travel stories, check out www.midlifecrisisodyssey.com #adventurebikerider #advrider #motorcycleadventure #motorcycletouring #SouthAmericaRide #AdventureRiding #MotoVlog #OverlandMotorcycle #AdventureMotorcycling #MotorcycleTravel #adventureriders #yamahatenere700 Check out my Adventure Riding in Tunisia videos here    • Adventure Riding in Tunisia   Check out my Adventure Riding in Morocco videos here    • Adventure Riding in Morocco   Connect with Midlife Crisis Odyssey on Social Media: Youtube: @jimclayton4495 FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... Have you ridden the Canon del Pato? Let me know in the comments below! Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:15 - Bridge out! 02:21 - Leaving Huallanca 04:42 - Tunnel-a-Rama 07:17 - Gorges, waterfalls and falling rocks! 08:16 - Give way...please... 09:03 - No barriers 09:47 - No waving 11:00 - Peru's most dangerous road? 12:16 - Where to next? About Cañón del Pato — or Duck Canyon — sits in northern Peru between the Cordillera Negra and the Cordillera Blanca, carved over millennia by the Santa River into a 40-kilometre gorge that drops 1,000 metres at its average depth. The internet calls it one of the most dangerous roads in South America, and with 35 hand-cut tunnels barely wide enough for a single vehicle, no barriers between you and the canyon floor, and Peruvian truck drivers treating the centreline as a suggestion, it's not hard to see why. In this episode of the Midlife Crisis Odyssey, I ride the Yamaha Ténéré 700 from Trujillo south to Huallanca and then east into the Andes — switchbacks, tunnel roulette, and all — to find out whether Cañón del Pato deserves its reputation as Peru's most dangerous road, or whether that title belongs somewhere else entirely. Adventure motorcycling, overlanding South America, and the kind of road that separates the curious from the cautious.