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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 Los Glaciares National park’s entrance is about 40 minute drive from El Calafate on a quite good paved road. The entry fee is 500 Argentinian Pesos per person and you can only pay cash. After the entrance there is an additional 20 minute drive on a paved but very bumpy road to the glacier. […]
We arrived in El Calafate after staying a few nights in El Chalten. After El Chalten it was a real change. Mobile phone services were working, there were plenty of working ATMs, petrol stations having petrol and taking credit cards. So El Calafate has all the services you would need for a comfortable stay. El […]
The shortest part of our Patagonian road trip was the drive from El Chalten to El Calafate. The distance between El Chalten and El Calafate is just 213km which took us about 2.5 hours to drive. The road is good quality, all paved. Google maps estimates 3:20 hours for the trip which is not correct. […]
If you are in El Chalten and you have a car you should drive all the way out to Lago del Desierto. This is where the Argentinian and Chilean border lies and if you are planning to cross the border into Chile to get to O’Higgins this is where you have to be. Unfortunately there […]