South America en Bici

February - May 2024

Cycling north from Patagonia, aiming for Colombia/Panama with the help of a few buses/planes! Read more

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- May 10, 2024, 2:41pm
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- Panama Provincia de Panamá Fuerte Amador Isla Flamenco 8.911497, -79.5208288°54’41” N 79°31’15” W
Day 90
Panama City
May 10 in Panama ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
The final few days of the trip 🥲. Rooftop drinks with a few of the group from our San Blas group and a final ride in Latin America around the coastline & causeway
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- May 9, 2024, 2:09pm
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 105 m
- Panama Provincia de Panamá Panamá District Paraíso Cerro Mitras 9.049814, -79.6368339°2’59” N 79°38’13” W
Day 89
Panama Canal and continental crossing
May 9 in Panama ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
A very sweaty but enjoyable day crossing from the Caribbean ➡️ Pacific coast via the canal & tropical rainforests
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- Apr 4, 2024, 1:11pm
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 1,174 m
- Argentina Salta Departamento Capital Salta Iglesia San Francisco de Salta -24.789967, -65.40831724°47’24” S 65°24’30” W
Day 54
Salta
April 4 in Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Another very early start to catch plane to Salta, but we were rewarded with stunning sunrise and views of Volcan Aconcagua (highest point in Southern Hemisphere) towering above the rest of the Andes out the window.

Arrived in a very overcast salta and had a good day wanting around a few churches/catedralsRead more
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- Apr 3, 2024
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 1,432 m
- Argentina Mendoza Departamento de Luján Potrerillos Río Cacheuta -32.992225, -69.15679232°59’32” S 69°9’24” W
Day 53
Potrerillos Resevoir
April 3 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Given a lift up to the impressive Potrerillos reservoir up in the Andes by our Airbnb host Juan. It’s the sole water supply for the entire Mendoza region and vineyards, through an amazing network of canals, each open for a set time/date per week - if the vineyards don’t use the water in those times they lose it. Very cool cycle back down to Mendoza on a winding road through an arid canyon - an insight into what the area would be like without the water supply!Read more
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- Apr 2, 2024
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 995 m
- Argentina Mendoza Departamento de Luján Perdriel -33.080264, -68.91403833°4’49” S 68°54’51” W
Day 52
Vineyard lunch & sunset horseride/asado
April 2 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Amazing 3 course lunch at Bermillion vineyard in the south of the region, followed by a sunset horse ride and asado in the evening
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- Apr 1, 2024
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 910 m
- Argentina Mendoza Departamento de Luján Mayor Drumond -33.023803, -68.84713733°1’26” S 68°50’50” W
Day 51
Mendoza vineyard tour en bici
April 1 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
The day started very well with a gentle cycle to Familia Cassone Vineyard for a delicious wine tasting and tour. A few Malbecs, Cabernets, and blends later, helped down by homemade bread & olive oil we belatedly departed. With hundreds of vineyards, we thought from here it would be a an easy cruise back through vineyards of our choice … however we quickly discovered that it wouldn’t be so simple. Our lack of pre-booking and the extended Easter Holiday meant that the most were fully booked and without reservation we weren’t even allowed through the front gates, even for a quick glass! As we frantically went from vineyard to vineyard in search of the next drink, it was looking like it could be a very sober and short lived wine tour, but we need’t have worried and after a few glasses at Pulmary Bodega, we managed to tag on to some Argentinians who had a tour booked at Clos de Chacras. Once we’d snuck through the main gate, we were told the official tasting was fully booked; instead they gave us each a glass and able to go through their entire wine list, while sitting in the sun by the lake for the rest of the day 👌

Luckily it was a very short way back the airbnb, albeit pushing not riding the bikes…Read more
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- Mar 31, 2024
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 771 m
- Argentina Mendoza Departamento de Guaymallén Mendoza -32.891062, -68.83926332°53’28” S 68°50’21” W
Day 50
Mendoza
March 31 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
A horribly early 3:30am start for our flight to Mendoza and the morning warmed helped by the various luggage related difficulties at the airport - one bike was overweight, extra fees from the depths of the T&Cs , signing a disclaimer that our box of clothes wasn’t for commercial use, needing shrink wrap for one etc.

Once in Mendoza, the day improved dramatically - for one we had a truck booked that meant transporting the bikes to the Airbnb in the beautiful leafy area of Chacras was easy. We also had them most amazing hosts; within an hour of arriving they’d invited us to their family Easter Asado - we accepted imagining a short lunch and we’d disappear off, but 4 hours of wine and endless meat later we were still there, now loaded to the hilt with recommendations for wine, cycling and activities around Mendoza; Tola, the daughter had even booked us lunch and wine tastings for the next few days.

When we eventually dragged ourselves from the table, we cycled downtown on the incredible bike lane network for a rooftop cocktail for sunset.Read more
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- Mar 30, 2024
- ⛅ 5 °C
- Altitude: 1,762 m
- Argentina Rio Negro Departamento de Bariloche Cerro Catedral -41.198912, -71.48724541°11’56” S 71°29’14” W
Day 49
Cerro Cathedal & Refugio Frey Hike
March 30 in Argentina ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Our final day in Patagonia was a good one! We started with a cycle up to the Cerro Cathedral ski resort, which is the start point of the Refugio Frey hike. From there it was a beautiful 10km hike alongside Lago Gutiérrez and then up to Refugio Frey, made of stone and sitting on shore of Laguna Toncek. It has beds for those on multi-day hikes, but we had a quick empanada, lap of the lake, swim and back down.

In the evening, we went into Bariloche town when the Fiesta del Chocolat was taking place and they’d just paraded the worlds biggest chocolate bar through the streets - sadly we were just too late to sample some of the 210m long bar, but we did have time to head into one of the many chocolate shops and another mouth watering steak for dinner.Read more
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- Mar 29, 2024
- ☀️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 818 m
- Argentina Rio Negro Departamento de Bariloche Llao Llao Lago Moreno -41.0699, -71.5378841°4’12” S 71°32’16” W
Day 48
Villa Llao Llao - Bike/Beach/Beer tour
March 29 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
50km bike loop round northern region of Bariloche Llao Llao. Lovely roads with views of Mt. Tronador (highest volcano in the region) and beaches (albeit some less accessible on bikes than others). From here we started our own beer trail, starting at the Patagonia brewery with stunning views over the lakes towards the snow capped Andes, then to xxx, and finally to the *Stella Artois* . The final stop was a very unexpected one, but the view was stunning so we veered from the craft beers, and shared a can of Stella before rolling slowly back to Julian’s house.Read more
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- Mar 28, 2024
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 814 m
- Argentina Rio Negro Departamento de Bariloche Perito Moreno -41.113839, -71.4459741°6’50” S 71°26’45” W
Day 47
Villa La Angostera ➡️ Bariloche
March 28 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
A bit of mixed day.

Having found 2 bike boxes the previous evening, we thought it best to take them rather than gambling on finding some in Bariloche over the Easter weekend. Sadly this meant getting the bus for the final stretch along the lake to Bariloche, although we were quietly pleased to see it was quite a busy road so cycling wouldn’t have been as glorious as the previous day.

Once in Bariloche, we collected our 10kg clothes box (shipped 6 weeks earlier from El chalten) and set about repacking it, ready to ship to the UK before the post office shut for the 6 day Easter holiday, only to find that the kg limit today was just 2kg, meaning we’d have to ship 5 separate packages at significant greater cost. Not worth it, and having spent 2 hours sorting we decided to enjoy rest of the day and that we’d take the box with us to Mendoza instead and sort once the easter holiday was over.

From here, the day improved dramatically; we made it to Julian’s house had kindly leant it to us for our time in Bariloche. Hes an old family friend from Sussex, and you could tell his affinity to UK from a few photos of Firle and Alfriston on the walls to make us feel at home! He took us down to the nearest beach for the afternoon and then led us on a mad mtb bike ride around the local area, us very much struggling to keep up!

He was off on a 4 day hike with his nephew the following day so cooked us all pizza for dinner. They arrived very late from BA, after an 18hr drive so we only met them briefly.Read more
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