I am kind of sure that this was the roughest and the longest part of our Patagonian road trip. This section of the Carretera Austral consists of 3 ferry rides and you have to be on time at the first ferry otherwise you are stuck on this side for a day. We purchased the Caleta […]
There are plenty to see on the way from Coyhaique to Puyuhuapi. We left early from Coyhaique, stopped by the mirador right after town that has fantastic view over the city, then followed Carretera Austral as it turned into a gravel road. This was a mistake though as if we take a detour towards Puerto […]
We left Puerto Rio Tranquilo around noon due to the fact that there was no petrol available in the local COPEC petrol station earlier. The road conditions are pretty bad almost all the way to Coyhaique and there are plenty of roadworks slowing you down. The scenery makes up for your troubles though. There are […]
Mirador Glaciar Exploradores is about a 1 hour drive away from Puerto Rio Tranquilo in Chile. The very same road runs all the way until the river where the Exploradores glacier tours are continuing on by boat. Since this is not a very long trip we left right after I have done the Marble Caves […]
Puerto Rio Tranquilo is a nice little town with only a few streets located next to Lago Gral Carrera in Chile. The Gral Carrera lake is the second biggest lake in South America. This small town is mainly famous for the Marble Caves tours originated from here. Everything revolves around the port area where you […]
The marble caves are located near Puerto Rio Tranquilo town along the Carretera Austral in Chile. There are organized boat trips leaving from Puerto Rio Tranquilo or you can also do an organized kayak trip which takes longer and costs more. The boat trip costs 10.000CLP and it is the same price regardless which tour […]
Originally I wanted to drive all the way from El Calafate to Puerto Rio Tranquilo in one day but after learning that a 70km stretch of the Ruta 40 is still a bad quality gravel road I decided to drive up until Gobernador Gregores, stay overnight and leave from there the next morning. This is […]
The first leg of our Patagonian road trip was to cross over to Argentina from Chile. We left from Puerto Varas and drove all the way to San Carlos de Bariloche with a rental car. We had to apply for a cross border permit 3 weeks in advance, which turned out to be a bunch […]
Last year when we came to Chile getting a sim card was very easy. We walked up to this phone shop, the guy gave us a sim card, we loaded it with money, he enabled data, and we were good to go. Well… not anymore… Since 09.22.2017 some new regulations came into effect. The IMEI […]
Since We loved Chile last year and we had no time to discover most of the Patagonian part we decided to go back and do it this year. The plan was get to Puerto Varas as quick and possible and drive from there. Initially we booked a Wizzair flight from Budapest to Rome then an […]