To cross from Chile to Bolivia we decided to take a three day 4WD jeep tour across the mountainous terrain of the high Andes up to the Salar de Uyuni, looping round to end in the Bolivian town of Uyuni. We rocked up at 7:45am and were bussed (very slowly in an old minibus with … More Bolivia! 4WD tour of High Andes & Salar de Uyuni
The crossing from Mendoza, Argentina to Vina del Mar, Chile only took 8 hours. It was amazing how different the mountains looked from the day before, as much of the lower level snow had melted and we could really see the different colours and layers in the mountains. They’re actually really colourful in a strange … More Adios Argentina, Hola Chile
As well as ensuring that we finally get to see the Andes we had another motive for taking the tour up into the high mountains – it goes on the same road that passes over to Chile and would take us almost to the border so that rather than hearing about the conditions we could … More The Andes at last
