Carretera Austral 7-Day Road Trip — Printable Itinerary (PDF)
Chile's most legendary road trip, planned for you: 7 days on the Carretera Austral from Puerto Montt to the Marble Caves — ferries, gravel, fuel stops and all.
WHAT'S INSIDE (A4 PDF, instant download):
- Day-by-day route: Hornopiren ferry crossing → Pumalin Park → Futaleufu rafting detour → Coyhaique → Cerro Castillo → Marble Caves → Balmaceda
- Schematic route map of the 7 days, stop by stop
- The ferry system explained: which crossings are unavoidable, which sell out, how to book
- 2026 budget tables (CLP + USD): ferries, fuel, beds, boat tours
- Road-trip checklist: rental car gravel clearance, fuel discipline, cash stops
- Bonus places along the route from our 30,000-place Chile catalog
- FAQ: do you need a 4x4? how many days is enough? is there signal?
WHY TRUST THIS: it's compiled by the team behind guias.viajesypanoramas.cl, a free Chile travel-guide site built on a catalog of 30,000+ real places across Chile. This kit distills those guides into one route you can follow off-line.
Place data is derived from OpenStreetMap, (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL).
Instant PDF download. Personal use only.