Tips and advice for The south of South America?
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Originally Posted by Two Moto Kiwis
Road spirits advice is good and we concur so won't add to that.
In Northern Chile we did NP Lauca and NP Volcan Isluga, we have 39 liters full and we nearly got caught short after filling up at Putre, even running at 4.5 - 5 L / 100 km that we did the fuel distances there are long, that is the only place I thought we were going to push the bike.
Uruguay we spent nearly three weeks there, flat, expensive and not really an adventure bikers paradise, nice beaches north so your coastal choice is good, plenty of camping along there, really nice camp behind Fortaleza......
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Hi Andi and thanks for that response what- a wealth of information! Cheers!
I wanted to start in Putre (it's good to know there's a pump there - last time in Tambo I had a real drama getting my tank filled!) and head south skirting the boarder with Bolivia, hopefully ending up in Colchane near the boarder crossing with Bolivia - then down to the Gigante hand.
My range is like 350k without messing around with soda bottles - can I assume there's no gasoline at Colchane? I found in Bolivia small villages usually sell (unreliable) gasoline but maybe not in Chile. Is there a pump near the gigante by any chance?
You're not the first to comment on Paraguay - maybe it's better explored as a backpacker than a biker! And I'm surprised Uruguay is expensive - maybe better off in low-season? I suppose I only wanted to go because they were relatively unknown to me. Thanks again for your input and hope to see you down south!!
RTW
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