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Carnet For Sth Am - Current/Recent Travellers Experience Needed!
Hi Everyone!
Hope all of your travels are happy and safe and ridiculously exciting!
I am hoping to get some up to date information on the requirement of carrying a carnet for travelling throughout South America.
I am also hoping to get some up to date information on the motorbike insurance requirements for travelling throughout South Amercia.
There is so much conflicting information available over the internet - some of which is quite dated - and we are due to leave Australia in less than 3 months now!!!
Can some current or recent travellers please clarify the situation!
Thanks very much for your time!
Lady Burger
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This year I rode from the US to Argentina. I did not need a carnet. I heard a rumor of someone being asked to show a carnet in Ecuador, but from what I heard, it might have been an attempt by a corrupt cop or border guard. You might want to check more about the Ecuador situation. Otherwise, no carnet needed.
Central America borders can be a bit of a pain, but South America borders are easy.
Have fun!
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I am hoping to get some up to date information on the requirement of carrying a carnet for travelling throughout South America.
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Not required, other than in the Guyanas, which you probably won't be visiting.
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I am also hoping to get some up to date information on the motorbike insurance requirements for travelling throughout South Amercia.
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You can buy insurance for the Mercosur countries in Bs As; can't remember the broker's name but I'll dig it out later if I remember. Not sure about the other countries. A good search of this site should give you more.
Regards, Mick
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I am afraid I will have to disagree with you Mick
You will need a Carnet for some SA countries. I am sending my bike in the new year and have started prep. This is what the AAA say about a Carnet, I just took a print screen of the PDF document I downloaded from the RACQ site
You can download the PDF from here, I am sure other states motor vehicle associations have a similar information section on their websites
Cheers
TS
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According to the German ADAC ( http://www.adac.de/images/L%C3%A4nde...tcm8-83881.pdf) a Carnet is required for Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. It is recommended (i.e. unnecessary) for Argentina and Chile and not required for Uruguay and Brazil. I'll find out who is right in a couple of weeks...
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I am afraid I will have to disagree with you Mick
You will need a Carnet for some SA countries. I am sending my bike in the new year and have started prep. This is what the AAA say about a Carnet, I just took a print screen of the PDF document I downloaded from the RACQ site
You can download the PDF from here, I am sure other states motor vehicle associations have a similar information section on their websites
Cheers
TS
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Having ridden from Argentina to North America, I would confirm than no Carnet was needed. I did hear that if you fly in to Equador, you may need one though. I went through Arg, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Equador and Colombia and was never asked for one. All the countries use their own temporary import forms which are pretty straighforward.
Hope that helps!
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I am afraid I will have to disagree with you Mick
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Mick is 100% right, believe me he is an old hand at South America...
Do a search and all will be revealed.
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I had special insurance for Mexico, but other than the government-required liability insurance they sell at the borders of a couple in Central America, I was uninsured.
My US insurance company 'American Family Insurance' has a special program for US residents taking their own vehicle out of the country. Basically they promised to cover me for damages I caused to anyone else.
The international-rider-specific insurance I found was way to expensive for my tastes.
You could try asking this same question in the latin america section of advrider.com. It gets asked there every few months. The answers are always the same- no carnet required, and not much insurance required.
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Ta very much everyone!
Lovin the super quick replies!
Ta!
:-D
What paperwork do you generally need to show at border crossings then?
LB
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