Patagonia Road Trip (2 week itinerary)

This once in a lifetime Patagonia road trip led from Punta Arenas at the south tip of Patagonia in Chile via Argentina to the north in Puerto Varas in Chile. Traveling around in a camper van, we rented a van that was converted is a camper. The van had a double bed which could be changed into a cozy dinner table, most of the times we had our dinners outside watching the stunning views of Patagonian mountains and plains. Ideal was that we had a one way trip which is common to do in Patagonia, you go either from south to north or the other way around. We chose this direction because we were at the end of the (summer) season and that’s how we had the best chance of nice weather. Summer runs roughly from mid November to mid march with national holidays in Chile and Argentina from half of December to end February.
 

Patagonia is ideal for a road trip and to camp in National parks but also gives you the freedom to camp wild in those parks or anywhere along the way. Next to the naturally and known national parks like Torres del Paine and glacier parks like Perito Moreno we explored remote villages and drove into (dirt) roads just outside of these parks in order to be all by ourselves.

In the beginning, you feel to see all famous national parks is your goal and hiking through them is what you need to do. After a while and because driving yourself all those long distances between the parks you come to a point that you will appreciate the trip itself as a destination. Driving on endless dirt roads accompanied with Guanacos (Patagonian lama) and in our case we were lucky enough to discover in Patagonia living wild Pumas.

We felt so much freedom having our own ‘home’ with us, we cooked, took a cold shower with bizarre backgrounds and we sang along with all our favorite songs while driving through astonishing landscapes.