You will be picked up at the airport in Bariloche and brought in to the hotel from where your motorcycle tour starts the next day. The Ruta 40 will lead you south to El Bolsón through Los Alerces National Park to the welsh settlement Trevelin. After crossing over to the Chilean part of Patagonia, you will hit the legendary Carretera Austral, which you will be following for the next three days.
With its very humid climate, the area has lush green vegetation and roaring rivers in a beautiful mountain setting. You will pass the impressive castle like mountain Cerro Castillo, the Dead Forest Valley, Bahia Murta villages, and Puerto Rio Tranquilo. Then, you will ride your motorcycles through probably the nicest part of the Carretera Austral in Chile, go round the green shimmering Lake General Carrera, and enjoy spectacular views of the northern inland ice field.
Back in Argentinian Patagonia, you will carry on with your motorcycle adventure on the old Ruta 40 that goes along the main Andes mountains southwards to the village of Lago Posadas, situated close to the beautiful lake Lago Posada and its surroundings. On Ruta 40, you will reach a traditional Estancia where you will enjoy a typical barbequed Patagonian lamb. Carrying on through the steppes, you will pass Lake Cardiel and Lake Viedma to reach El Chaltén, a little village on the base of the famous granite towers of Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre.
You will ride your motorcycle back along Lake Viedma to the Ruta 40. On the southern shores of shining Lake Argentina, you will reach Calafate, where you will visit of the famous Glacier Perito Moreno. After crossing into Chile again, you will spend the night in a pleasant Estancia close to the Torres del Paine National Park. In Torres del Paine National Park, you will enjoy the Paine Falls, see the Torres Peaks up close, watch icebergs floating in glacier lakes, with the possibility to observe Guanacos, Ñandus, Foxes, and Condors.
On your way south to Punta Arenas, you will pass a lagoon with flamingos and will visit the Otway Penguin Colony. Horizonte Tours will put your motorcycles on the ferry over the Strait of Magellan to reach Tierra del Fuego. After a windy ride, you will arrive at Rio Grande. After passing the village of Tolhuin, riding along the immense Lake Fagnano, crossing the Garribaldi Pass, you will finally reach Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world.
Intermediate
- Can ride for three to four hours
- Average riding experience
- Little assistance required
- Comfortable with extreme curves and leans
- Average experience with unsurfaced roads
- Steep ascents and descents
