Reuthers
Patagonia / South America
Self Drive Motorcycle Tour

Welcome to Santiago, the capital and largest city of the South American state of Chile.

Early in the morning you will pick up the Harley-Davidson motorcycle and after the last safety tips you will start your South America adventure with an excursion to the Chilean port city Valparaiso, which is known for its steep cable cars and hills with colorful houses. Among other things, your destination is the lookout balcony of the city, Paseo 21 de Mayo.

Today you take it easy and cruise via Casablanca and Ruta 66 to Colchagua Valley, the wine region around Santa Cruz. After checking in at the hotel and an informative tour of the winery, there is of course a wine tasting with premium wines.

On the legendary Pan Americana you will travel as quickly as possible towards Patagonia to Temuco, once the settlement area of the Mapuche Indians, center of the German-Chileans and capital of the Region de la Araucania. On the left the Andes, the mountain ridge as a border to Argentina, and on the right the Pacific - with this view bikers' dreams come true...

You arrive in Patagonia on your motorcycle tour - in time for the photo stop overlooking Lake Villarrica and the active volcano Villarrica (2840 m high) which lies south of the lake. Your route leads you along the lake to the other side, to the small town of Pucon. On a lonely mountain road, the Harley-Davidson motorcycle will take you up to the Andes to the border crossing to Argentina. Wild mountain rivers and the 3747 m high volcano Lanin offers you breathtaking nature pictures. In San Martin de los Andes you will stay the night at the foot of the Andes.

This day is dedicated to a whole series of mountain lakes where you will ride along in solitary wilderness. Highlight is the Lake Nahuel Huapi, the source lake of the Rio Limay. In the Mapuche language, its name means "Island of the Jaguar". The lake is located near San Carlos de Bariloche and has an area of 531 km² with a maximum depth of 460 m. The volcano Puyehue, 2236 m high, east of the Puyehue National Park, rises above everything. German beer and German hospitality awaits you in an Andean valley in the south of Argentina, in El Bolson, which used to be a hippie center. By the way, in El Bolson stray dogs of different breeds cross the traffic light regularly when it is green...

You continue driving along the legendary Ruta 40 in Argentina, this time with the Andes on the right. The fascinating endless expanses of Argentina are much like the west of the USA. If you love the open spaces in the USA, you will be thrilled by the expansiveness of Argentina. After you crossed the border to Chile, you immediately head for your accommodation in Futaleufu. The place was named after the crystal blue river Futaleufu, which is considered to be one of the best white-water rafting rivers in the world.

The Chilean Ruta 7, also called Carretera Austral, is one of the most beautiful motorcycle routes in the world and a must for every ambitious biker! Jungle and fog-cloaked fjords adorn the gravel road. You will stay overnight in the Puyuhuapi Lodge, which can only be accessed by boat. In the solitude there is neither mobile communication nor Wi-Fi - instead you will find the Termas Puyuhuapi to relax.

Today is at your own disposal. If you wish, you can enjoy the thermal springs, massages or a canoe trip on the Puyuhuapi Fjord, a small fjord just across from the Ventisquero Sound.

You then continue your motorcycle tour on the Carretera Austral and arrive in Coihaique, capital of the Aysen region. In Patagonia you can literally use the popular motorcyclist motto "The Route is the Destination".

Again, you cross a border pass to Argentina and set up camp in Perito Moreno, also known as Lago Buenos Aires. The name Perito Moreno comes from the Argentine geographer and anthropologist Francisco Pascasio Moreno. The city and the famous glacier were named after him in his honor.

Today you can enjoy an open road which is familiar to you through our USA tours and which is typical for the Ruta 40 in the Argentinean part of Patagonia. In the middle of this secluded area there is only one place to stay overnight...

The second stage of the seemingly endless Ruta 40 finally takes you to El Calafate. The village is located in the Argentinian province of Santa Cruz, near the South Patagonian ice field. El Calafate is best known as the gateway to Los Glaciares National Park with the huge Perito Moreno glacier.

Today there is a top highlight on the program of your Patagonia motorcycle tour: The Perito Moreno Glacier is one of the largest outlet glaciers of the Campo de Hielo Sur, the largest glacier area of the South American Andes. In a comfortable bus you will drive to the National Park Los Glaciares, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and take a boat tour and a hike directly to the glacier. The Perito Moreno Glacier is the size of the city of Buenos Aires and with a bit of luck you might witness how a piece of ice breaks off from the glacier front with a loud roar and then drops into the Lago Argentino.

Via La Esperanza you continue riding along the Argentinean Ruta 40 to the border crossing to Chile and then directly into the Torres del Paine National Park, where your overnight stay is planned at Lago Grey, near the glacier.

A popular viewpoint and photo highlight is the Condor Lookout, which you will reach after a short hike. Up here you have an amazing view of the Torres del Paine, three needle-like granite mountains, which are between 2600 and 2850 m high and are the landmark of the National Park. You are sure to see the Andean condor circling directly below you, a species of bird that is one of the New World vultures and nests on the lookout of the same name.

You leave the National Park, pass Puerto Natales and finally reach Punta Arenas, an important port on the Strait of Magellan.

Early in the morning you start your Patagonia adventure to the end of the world on the road with the same name, the Ruta del Fin del Mundo. With the ferry you will cross the legendary Strait of Magellan and at San Fernando the border to Argentina. Your overnight stay is in Rio Grande, largest city of the island Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America and capital of the departamento of the same name in the Argentinian province Tierra del Fuego.

Around noon you reach the southernmost city of the world, Ushuaia, the capital of Tierra del Fuego and called the "end of the world". Here, at the entrance to the Tierra Del Fuego National Park, numerous highlights await you, which is why you are staying for two nights.

For today we recommend optional excursions. On the one hand a boat trip on the Beagle Canal with course to the Bird Island, Sea Lion Island, the lighthouse Faro Les Eclaireurs and finally to the penguin colony on Martillo Island, where you can walk amongst the penguins. As a second option we suggest a ride on the End of The World Train, which will take you to the National Park Tierra del Fuego and then take you on a round trip by bus. Both and other highlights in Ushuaia must be booked immediately, as the capacities in this part of the world are limited all year round.

In the early afternoon you leave Ushuaia. Experience has shown that many people will come back soon, because they are eager to visit such locations again. Today you return to Rio Grande and enjoy the ride on your Harley-Davidson motorcycle through mountain passes and popular ski resorts.

Just as you arrived, you will return, but this time you first cross the border into Chile and then take the ferry across the Strait of Magellan. From the end of the world you return to civilization, to Punta Arenas, where you return your Harley-Davidson rental motorcycle...