Paris - The Dakar Rally will return to Peru after a two-year absence next January, as the eighth edition of the race through South America also crosses through Argentina and Bolivia, organisers confirmed on Thursday.
The 2016 edition gets underway in Lima on January 3 and concludes in Rosario, Argentina on January 16, after a journey through Salta, on the foothills of the Andes.
The announcement comes days after Chile pulled out of the event because of major flood damage in the north of the country, which has hosted the race since 2008.