Oh look here - heaps of information are coming! Thanks you so much guys - very much appriciated.

Visas and bike papers then seems ok to deal with.

Then the itinerary has to be made. Lets say I will be able to start 1th october from Valparaiso - Chile. I was thinking about a 2 months tour northbound in the Andes and then turn around and go south towards Ushuaia. Be in Ushuaia in late january/early february. Then turn north and be in Colombia for a Darian Gap crossing in april-ish. But might head straight towards eastcoast of SA and then south - and northbound in february/march/april along the westcoast....

Can then anybody point me in the right direction for where to ride climatewise? I see that most of Brazil would have a good bit of rain in february/march/april - except from northeast. So its gonna be a difficult decision.

Any advice, suggestion and ideas about the itinerary - very much approciated.

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The trouble with personal experiences regarding weather is first of all they are highly subjective (you may revel in tropical heat and humidity while I detest it) and their trip may have taken place during an unusual spell of good or bad weather or el nino or whatever so you still should use historical climate conditions and major climate zones ie Monsoon, to sort out major travel plans and then delve a bit deeper into climatic zones of each country to plan for instance, variations such as on the coast in Peru vs times high in the Andes or over to the east in the Amazon lowlands. Those conditions can range from torrential downpours and floods to freezing at 4500 metres to sauna conditions all withing a few hours driving. Hate the Brazil wet season, then head for the high country in Bolivia and stay high and cool all the way up to central Colombia. Etc etc etc. Boil your brains in the Atacama Desert in Summer or freeze in the winter, but drive to the coast and it is cool and relatively comfortable.
Guess the tighter your schedule the more research you need to do. We don't care where we are or go so can just go wherever conditions might suit us. One year we headed from Buenos Aries to Brasilia, but ended up in Cusco instead.

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Well Tony - Im not asking for personal experiences, Im asking for advice from people who have knowledge about weather and climate in SA. Im travelling by motorbike so obviously I would prefer to avoid rain as much as possible. And I would also prefer tempratures inbetween 10 and 30 celsius. But I can adjust a bit out of that. And of course climbing up to 4-5000 mal will interfer with climate. Im from nothern Norway - 600 kms north of the polar circle and I have experienced hail storms/blizzards on midsummernights eve. So I know a bit about extreme weather.

Anyhow - I have researhed several hours already about the climate and weather conditions in SA and find that it very very complex. Both Brazil and Chile has for example several different climates and climate zones. So for me who never have been in neither south nor north America and thus dont know the countries or the general conditions - its kinda hard to work out a route myself....

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Yes, as i was trying to get across. VERY complex along the western seaboard south of Ecuador to part way down Chile, and because you can altitude shift a long way with just a couuple of hours of east west driving, it is easy to find a comfortable climate regardless of season. That isn't so much the case with Brazil and a lot of Argentina. Have friends who drove around SA for nearly 10 years and they said they could never figure it out beyond the obvious too cold in Ushuaia in winter and way too hot in coastal Ecuador and especially coastal Columbia almost any time of the year.

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Just in case you are considering Stahlratte for the Darien Gap crossing...
No Colombia -> Panama Tours between December 2016 and May 2017.

Ok - thanks very much for the information, much appriciated.

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