How to get around in coastal southern Chile now that the Navimag ferry is suspended?

10/11/2013 11:58:47 AM

There are other ferry companies operating in the area. A thorough search of Google should find these. Also, consider investing in a quality guide book like the ones from Rough Guides.

When we travelled the length of Chile in 2003, we decided to ferry from Puerto Montt to Chaiten and then we went with buses down the Carretera Austral to Coyhaique and from there a short flight with Lan Chile to Punta Arenas. It’s an easy drive or bus from there to Puerto Natales. Chaiten may no longer really be active following a major eruption a few years back.

Alternatively, you can do a series of little ferry hops and get down the Carretera Austral like that (see Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carretera_Austral).

Getting to Puerto Eden may be harder now but if you have a month or two, it may be possible. Things take time down there. Sometimes you wait for a bus for a few days just because there wasn’t enough people needing it. If you can rent a car and drive it one way, do it. make sure it’s a good sturdy car and you are comfortable on lonely gravel roads.

It’s a lovely area to visit. But then, the whole country is superb.

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