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Starting from the beautiful situated town of Bariloche we'll explore the National Park Los Alerces with it´s ancient and giant trees, beautiful lakes and mountains, travel the Carretera Austral in Chile to reach southern Patagonia with it's impressive mountains like Fitz Roy, Cerro Torre and Torres del Paine and the famous glacier Perito Moreno. Finally we will reach Fireland and the southernmost city of the world Ushuaia.
 Total distance about 3000 km, 50% gravel roads.
The trip can be done in the 4 x 4 off road support vehicle, too!
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Day 1
The legendary Ruta 40 leads us south to El Bolsón along beautiful lakes, forests valleys before we detour into the beautiful National Park Los Alerces to the welsh settlement of Trevelin.
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Day 2
All day on gravel we ride through the forested dry eastern slopes of the Andes. We get pass the Nant Waterfall, the town of Corcovado, the Vittner Lake and the Naked Mountain to the little town of Rio Pico.
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Day 3
We follow the Trommen Co River before we turn of onto the small road that takes us to Rio Frios and back to the Ruta 40. After a short visit to Alto Rio Senguer we pass the Pastos Blancos Mountains and get to Rio Mayo.
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Day 4
Carrying on southwards on the Ruta 40 we get to the town of Perito Moreno for lunch to carry on to our Estancia where we´ll spent the night. In the afternoon we take a ride and a short hike to the cave paintings of the Cueva de las Manos, situated in the beautiful canyon of the Rio Pinturas.
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Day 5
We'll reach the Ruta 40 again, which will be a dusty, windy and rough gravel road for the next 300 km, leading through desolate dessert flats.
Overnight stay in a traditional Estancia, having a real patagonian Barbeque.
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Day 6
Carrying on through the steppes we'll pass lake Cardiel and Lake Viedma to reach El Chaltén, a little Village on the base of the famous granite towers of Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre. Optional ride to the Lago Desierto and back.
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Day 7
In the morning we ride into the mountain to the Lago Desierto on a rough gravel road with stunning views on the peaks of the Fitz Roy Massive, or hike to the view point of the Fitz Roy.
In the afternoon we go back along Lake Viedma to the Ruta 40, and on the southern shores of shining Lake Argentino we reach El Calafate.
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Day 8
Visit of the famous Glacier Perito Moreno.
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Day 9
Riding along the chilenian border we pass the town of Rio Turbio and get to the Estancia Stag River.
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Day 10
Now in easterly direction we follow the Gallegos River and the railway to reach the city of Rio Gallegos on the Atlantic coast.
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Day 11
After a short ride through the plains and a visit to the Blue Lagoon and cross into Chile and take a ferry over the Magellan Straight to reach the island of Tierra del Fuego. On rough gravel we reach Argentina and the town of Rio Grande.
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Day 12
First over the sheep farming plains of Fireland, the last 100km take us crossing the andes with beautiful sights to the Beagle Channel and our final destination, Ushuaia the southernmost city of the World.
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