NORTH FROM BARILOCHE, ARGENTINA
BACK INTO ARGENTINA 28 March. An early start meant driving straight into the rising sun—blinding at times—and a near miss with a couple of sheep casually wandering down the middle of the road. The border crossing itself was straightforward. Exit Chile, enter Argentina. First to Migration, then to Aduana, once more back into Argentina. Only […]
TIERRA DEL FUEGO – ARGENTINA
At the very edge of the continent, where land fractures into wind, water, and sky, lies Tierra del Fuego—the Land of Fire. When the ships of early explorers, including Ferdinand Magellan, passed through these cold, seemingly inhospitable southern channels in the 1500s, they saw something unexpected. Fires flickered along the dark shoreline—hundreds of them. They belonged to the […]
PERITO MORENO NATIONAL PARK, ARGENTINA
1-7 February 2026 We left Gobernador Gregores, a small, windswept Patagonian town that serves as a key resupply stop in an otherwise remote region. With a few supermarkets, fuel stations, and basic services, it’s one of the last practical places to stock up before heading back out into the wilderness. Taking advantage once more, we […]
EL CALAFATE & GLACIERS NATIONAL PARK
24-27 January 2026. With the wind finally at our back, we pointed the truck south toward El Calafate. Beyond El Chaltén, the mountains fell away, replaced by vast open grasslands stretching in every direction. Patagonia laid bare. Nothing but long wire fences, endless steppe, and roaming guanaco for miles. The road ran straight and exposed, the […]
CHILE CHICO TO RUTA 40
Patagonia Road Trip through Chile and Argentina 14-19 January. We left Patagonia National Park that rainy Wednesday and picked up the dirt road that traces the edge of General Carrera Lake. The largest lake in Chile, covering 1,850 km2, shared roughly half in Chile and Argentina where it is known as Lake Buenos Aires. It was formed by […]