Chile Itinenary

Chilean Flag

Our flights to Chile have been secured and the date of departure is drawing closer. We cannot be prepared enough and in the  back of my mind there is a sense of trepidation. 

Our journey  takes us from Cape Town via Buenos Aires to Santiago, Chile. From Santiago we head North to the port City of Arica which is situated very close to the Peruvian border. Arica also services landlocked Bolivia and serves as a business hub for the import and export of goods bound for the Bolivian markets.

We plan to stay here for two days and will stock up on essential goods and water for four days. Apart from that  we head for the Altiplano and visit the  town of Putre and some of the national parks in the area. Parinacota, further north, is one of many volcanoes we will encounter.

From here I head for the town of Iquique via Haura and Humberstone. My route then heads along the coast to Tocopila and onto the Altiplano to Calama via Chuquicamata. From here its off to the oasis town of  San Pedro de Atacama where I will visit the Salar de Atacama, then onto Antofogasta Copiapo, La Serena and finally finishing in Valparaiso and Santiago. In total I will be cycling roughly 2000km.