The renewed border crossing from northern Chile (Arica) to southern Peru (Tacna), which we crossed in the other direction just over a week ago,…
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A long-standing dream becomes true: “in the middle” of the Dakar Rallye
18It has always been my dream to be “in the middle” of the Dakar Rallye. We had roughly discussed this vague option on our…
Te Pito o Te Henua (The navel of the world) and a true paradise – the Easter Island
After parking Shujaa directly at Santiago Airport and sleeping there for one night for the early departure next morning, we head for the five-hour…
Torres del Paine: Amazing piece of landscape
After two quiet days on the Lago Roca near the Perito Moreno glacier and a great asado on an over 100 year old Estancia,…
Carretera Austral: Dream road with volcanoes, glaciers, waterfalls and flipped over trucks
In the morning we drive from our night ferry, which has brought us from the island of Chiloé to the northern beginning of the…
Chile and its cold rain forests
About a mini-border pass with a border station, which looks more like a hiking lodge, at the volcano Lanin, we arrive to Chile: everything…
Whales, whales and whales
With a total of 1,500 km in 3 days, we drove quickly to the peninsula Valdez and there directly to the whale watching hotspot…