Carretera Austral/Ruta 40 - el Chalten

On our way from Bariloche to Chalten we decided to skip a boring part of the ruta 40 in Argentina, and took the more scenic Carretera Austral in Chile. We went looking for beautiful landscapes and good climbing but only found one of them. Climbing was pretty disappointing, but the views made the detour worth it. Driving many km on good and bad roads but it was never boring and we enjoyed our drive. The harderst part of the journey was catching the ferry from Puerto Ingeniero Ibañez to Chile Chico. It was really hard to get tickets. On the 1st day we tried to get on the ferry there were tickets for us but not for the van. We got on the waiting list but didn't make it because of 1 car. They said that for the next day it should be no problem. We waited one more day but when we went to confirm our spot on the waiting list we were told that there was no ticket left for passengers and we needed both - 2 for us and 1 for the van 😖. We waited until the last moment and got lucky because a tourist bus with 30 people was delayed and didn't make it on time to the ferry. We were the last car that made it 👌😌Read more