Overlanding in Chile: dare2go Experience Over 14 Months
Overlanding in Chile: our summary of road conditions, road tolls, safety, overnight camping, supplies, and other topics relevant to overland travellers.
Chile: a long narrow country west of the Andes. From dry desert in the North to rugged Patagonia in the South – there’s much to explore!
Overlanding in Chile: our summary of road conditions, road tolls, safety, overnight camping, supplies, and other topics relevant to overland travellers.
The far north of Chile offers more than just desert and beaches: ancient geoglyphs, mummies, historic town centres, and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
We recommend a visit to the historic Saltpeter Works of Humberstone and Santa Laura industrial site in North Chile, which is UNESCO World Heritage listed.
Our challenge was to show our visitor an interesting variety of sights in and around Santiago. We had only a little over one week and made the most of it.
Driving Paso de Jama from Chile to Argentina: our second time, but this trip we took more time to enjoy and photograph the breathtaking mountain scenery.
Chile’s North is a popular tourist destination – so much to see around San Pedro de Atacama: Chile’s largest Salar and old adobe towns in stunning scenery.
Travelling overland we sometimes come close to disaster: the north of Chile was hit by 7 years of rain in 12 hours – we witnessed the result in Atacama.
We were stuck, due to floods, around La Serena and Valle de Elqui in Northern Chile. Yet it’s such a beautiful region with friendly people – we loved it!
Back to Chile, finish with Santiago, then on to new adventures. We found mountains and dry riverbeds and evidence everywhere of Chile’s long drought.
On our tour around Lago Ranco in Chile we happened to come onto a historic car meeting in Futrono. A reason to stop and shoot a few photos for this gallery.
Living and working in Santiago was great but being on the road is better. Here I compare and contrast 10 months in the city with 2 months ‘on the road’.
Having seen hay baling as a kid, I wanted to see how the modern plastic-packed bales were made. By complete chance, I had a front row seat!
Lago Ranco provided us with excellent opportunities to practice slow travel. We relaxed in beautiful scenery by day and watched stunning sunsets at night.
Valdivia has some beautiful architecture and the river. Niebla is peaceful and quiet with lovely vistas. We were surprised and stayed longer than planned.