Paracas Trail, live.

The Grand Final on the desert coast of Paracas

The Grand Final of the 2026/2027 Perú Trail Series, on Saturday 24 April 2027 in the Reserva Nacional de Paracas, three and a half hours from Lima. Four races and a 2 km kids’ run, where the season’s championship is decided.

The starts are an hour apart, longest first. The 35K (703 m of climbing) goes at 05:00, the 25K (611 m) at 06:00, the 15K (446 m) at 07:00 and the 9K (341 m) at 08:00, and the kids’ 2 km run, for ages 5 to 13, follows at 10:00. The organiser publishes each distance as a range and says lengths vary with each venue’s trails. Championship points scored at the Grand Final count double.

The Reserva Nacional de Paracas protects one of the most unusual desert and sea ecosystems on the planet. The courses cross coastal desert, cliffs, hard sand and rock, never higher than 350 m, in the paracas wind, with the red sand of the desert and the Pacific beside them. The organiser promises a well marked route, well stocked aid points, a type 2 ambulance, rescue staff at the critical points and an emergency number on every bib, and says it waits for the last runner. Every runner carries their own container, because the aid points hand out no cups or bottles. Buses from Lima can be booked, opening a month before the race.

On Livebib the runner shares a link with whoever they choose. Family and friends open it in a browser, no app or account needed, and see the position on the course line, distance covered and a finish estimate that updates as the race goes. When the signal drops, the position is carried forward along the course and marked as estimated instead of freezing.