9 of South America’s Most Legit Road Trip Routes
Ship your vehicle (or rent a car) and explore some of the best road trips in South America. Here are our 9 favorites.
Overland Travel in Chile
The long, elongated string-bean sized country along South America’s west coast has everything it needs to make Chile a perfect country for your overland journey. The enormous Atacama Desert in the north allows you to get lost, have an off-road adventure, or to explore ghost towns dating from a glorious past. The second wilderness lies in the far south, a wild landscape with glaciers where few people live. Driving the Carretera Austral is the ultimate way to see one of the remotest regions in the world.
5 Killer Overland Camping Spots in Patagonia
In Patagonia, you don’t need a campground; here, rough camping is a way of life. The region is safe, and Argentineans and Chileans are campers themselves. They are not surprised … Read more
13 Places in South America Where You Will be Dwarfed by Nature
From glaciers to deserts, from the Amazon Rainforest to vast wetlands, and from waterfalls to salt flats, South America has a number of places where you feel how insignificant we, … Read more
Why Drive the Pan American Highway?
What’s the lure of the Pan Americana? I asked a number of overlanders what made them drive (parts of) the Pan American Highway that links Alaska with Ushuaia.
9 Dramatic Mountain Passes in South America
With the Andes Mountains stretching from the far north of Venezuela all the way down to South America’s southernmost point in Argentina, covering seven countries and 4,300 miles in the … Read more
Chile Travel Guide – Travel Information for your Road Trip
This Chile Overland Travel Guide details border crossings, money matters, documentations, road conditions, food & drinks, and more.
Accommodations & Overland Camping in Chile
We loved rough camping in Chile. Here are GPS waypoints of our favorite spots.
Chile’s Northernmost Desert
Roughing it in Chile’s most northern desert, on the altiplano. How can that not be a privilege?
The Altiplano of North Chile
Cruising the Altiplano of North Chile, which is characterized by llamas, vicuñas, ceremonial villages and colorful landscapes.
