Quote from markwittemann: [the last part of the road just before ushuaia is gravel (about 200 km]
Hi,
the part just before Ushuaia is almost completely paved now, there's just a strech of some 20 km left. The approx. 150 km which lead through the Chilean part of TDF are still unpaved and no pavement in sight. The rest can be done on paved roads, at least from Quito down the Pacific coastline (I'm sure about the Peruvian part, not about the Ecuadorian part, no idea about columbia but probably all paved) on the Panamericana and crossing the Andes e.g. at Paso Jama (San Pedro de Atacama/Salta), Paso los libertadores (Santiago/Mendoza) or Osorno/Bariloche (Paso Cardenal Antonio Samoré). My recommendation: take all three of them. They are all worth it and all fully paved.
Good luck & best regards
Winfried
[This message has been edited by winne (edited 04 February 2006).]
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