OUR JOURNEY. CARRETERA AUSTRAL
6 WEEK ROAD TRIP [map]
Day Forty Five - The last day of our trip
3rd Apr 2016
All good things come to an end and this was our final day...
Day Forty Four - Argentina again, Volcano Cophue
2nd Apr 2016
We woke to a frozen tent and it took a while for the sun to rise before it started to thaw. Having packed up our camp we left Malalcahuello mid morning, heading east, back to Argentina. After the four and a half km drive through the Las Raíces tunnel (Latin Americas third longest) we stopped for fuel and supplies in the village or Lonquimay then the short drive across the border back to Argentina...
Day Forty Three - More Volcanoes
1st Apr 2016
A cloudy start and a relaxing morning. As lunchtime loomed we were getting hungry, so headed down to the village centre to fill out stomachs. From here we headed into the Reserva Nacional Malalcahuello to see the Crater Navidad (Christmas Crater) so named because it erupted on Christmas day 1988....
Day Forty Two - Volcanoes
31st Mar 2016
With the sun shining we headed north from Pucon towards the small town of Melipeuco from where we were heading to the Sollipulli volcano...
Day Forty One - Rain in Pucon
30th Mar 2016
Heavy rain in Pucon, so a trip to the large out of town supermarket...
Day Forty - Pucon
29th Mar 2016
A relaxing day in Pucon including shopping, lots of eating...
Day Thirty Nine - Almost Valdivia
28th Mar 2016
After two days retracing our steps on the Carretera Austral, today we were heading to new territory...
Day Thirty Eight - Hornopiren
27th Mar 2016
We arrived at the ferry office in Chaiten 5 minutes before it opened at 9am, purchased our tickets, then headed back to our camp site to shower and pack up the tent...
Day Thirty Seven - Back to Chaiten
26th Mar 2016
Another quite long day, the weather was much better compared to when we did the section in the other direction...
Day Thirty Six - Returning to the Carretera Austral
25th Mar 2016
We checked out at the last possible minute to take advantage of our last hotel for a while; the next few nights would be camping...