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== Zones ==
* [[:Category:North (Chile)|North]]
* [[:Category:Central (Chile)|Central]]
* [[:Category:South (Chile)|South]]
* [[:Category:Extreme South (Chile)|Extreme South]]
* [[Chiloé Archipelago]]
''Here is a short anlysing of hitchhiking in Chile by [[User:Korn|Korn]] on [https://warmroads.de/en/hitchhiking-in-10-chile// - warmroads.de]
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This is a list of all (presumably) hitchable border crossings between Chile and Argentina. It first appeared on the page of [[Argentina]], that's why they sound like going from Argentina to Chile and not the other way around. Follow steps in opposite order if you are coming from Chile and going to Argentina. Not all of them have information yet, so if you hitched one, please add info!
Some crossings may be closed due to weather conditions, so before you go you can check the chilean border police twitter @UPFronterizos (https://twitter.com/upfronterizos).
'''Argentinian Border Crossings North to South'''
'''''Paso Pircas Negras''''' on the Ruta 76. From La Rioja province to Region III de Atacama. Let us know if you hitchhiked this.
'''''Paso de Agua NegraAguas Negras''''' on the Ruta 150. The customs office is near [[Las Flores]] 90km away. Crosses from [[San Juan]] province into Region IV de Coquimbo. [[User:MOAH|Mind of a Hitchhiker]] got offered a ride from [[Rodeo]] and took it. This is the highest border crossing between the two countries, with a maximum altitude of 4.780 meters. A large chunk of the 180 km between border checks is unpaved, but with all the glaciers, it's one of the most spectacular routes across the Andes out there. The Chilean side is called Juntas del Toro and the nearest town city is [[La Serena]]. It's only open from December to April, and might close on other days as well due to bad weather. Read [[Las Flores]] on how to do it. [[User:Miriam|Miriam]] tried to cross from Chile to Argentina in April but there was so little traffic that it proved impossible and gave up after 24 hours. Of the approx. 10 cars crossing each day, most had no space because as of 2017 many everyday products are so much cheaper in Chile that everyone fills their cars to the max. Apparently in summer there is more traffic.The chilean border posts are nice and bored, might let you use their kitchen, living room and wifi if you ask nicely and chat with them. There is a nice place to camp by the river but bring enough food.
'''''Paso Internacional Los Libertadores''''' between [[Mendoza]] and [[Santiago de Chile]] is probably the best option with lots of truck and civilian traffic. You will also pass Mt. Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the Southern and Western hemispheres. There's a tunnel between the two countries. Goes between Mendoza province and Region V de Valparaiso.To hitch, you can start at the road leaving Los Andes north (on how to get there from Santiago, check Santiago page). Careful, every once in a while it closes due to weather conditions for some 2 or 3 days - check twitter @UPFronterizos before going!
'''''Paso Vergara''''' on the Ruta 226. Crosses from Mendoza province to Region VII del Maule. Argentinian customs is 8km from the actual border. Let us know if you hitched this.
'''''Paso Carirriñe''''' on the Ruta 62. Crosses from Neuquen province to Region XIV los Rios. Argentinian immigration is 47km from the actual border. Let us know if you hitched here.
'''''Paso Hua Hum''''' on the Ruta 48. Crosses from Neuquen province to Region XIV los Rios. Argentinian In Chile, once you reach the town of Puerto Fuy, you need to take a ferry (it's called 'Barcaza Hua Hum'. See fares here https://barcazahuahum.com/es/horarios-tarifas/) and cross lake Pirehueico. [[Pirehueico]] is also the name of the last settlement one finds before reaching the border with Argentina. From Pirehueico, Chilean customs is 3km from at a distance of 11 km. The best option available is to ask passengers going to Argentina for a ride to the actual borderbefore disembarking. The Chilean one customs is on the actual border. In Chile Argentinian customs is 1,5 km from Chilean's, so it's within easy walking distance from the border. The nearest city from Argentinian customs is [[San Martín de los Andes]], which is 43 km away and it's only reachable through a completely unpaved road. Despite this fact, there are campsites nearby in case you need a place to stay the night, or in case you're looking for drivers. Also, the last bus going to take San Martín departs from customs at about 20.00 in summer (you can just ask for information in there, schedules might change throughout the year).[[User:christianmn| Christianmn]] was picked up in Pirehueico and crossed the border through Chilean customs. After this, he crossed Argentinian customs and waited at a ferry crossroad some meters ahead. He was lucky enough to get connected be picked up by four guys going back to [[Junín de los Andes]], so they dropped him in San Martín since it was on the other roads. Let us know if you hitched hereway.
'''''Paso Fronterizo Cardenal Antonio Samoré''''' on the Ruta 231. Crosses from Neuquen province to Region X de Los Lagos. The Argentinian customs is 17km from the actual border. Let us know if [[User:Miriam|Miriam]] found it very easy to hitch, there is a constant flow of traffic and even under the worst climatic circumstances they usually don't close for more than a couple of hours. You can start right on the intersection where the road to Puyehue and Cardinal Samoré leaves Ruta 5 close to Osorno. Be aware of the opening schedule (usually from 8 am to 6 pm, meaning the last car is allowed to start chilean customs at 6 while the argentinians wait until the last car has passed and vice versa). On weekends you hitched this onemight have to wait several hours in customs.
'''''Paso Pérez Rosales''''' on a Ruta with no number, from Puerto Frías in Argentina in Rio Negro province. Nearest Argentinian town of size is called Llao Llao, near [[Bariloche]]. You'll have to take several seasonal ferries in both Argentina and Chile to get here. The nearest town of size on the Chilean side is called Peulla in Region X de Los Lagos. This border is not visible on Google Maps, only on Open Street Maps. Please let us know if you accomplished this masterpiece.
'''''Paso Futaleufú''''' on the Ruta 259. Crosses from Chubut province to Region X de Los Lagos. The distance between the two immigration offices is less than 1km. This is a major tourist hot spot, so if the border isn't closed, it should be fairly hitchable. Please verify To get out futaleufu, you need to be patient : there is not a lot of trafic. Walk out of the hitchability once youtown until a bridge : cross it. Just after it there is a bus station : good place to wait espacially if it've crossed heres raining.
'''''Paso Rio Encuentro''''' on the Ruta 44. Crosses from Chubut province to Region X de Los Lagos. The Argentinian side has a town named Carrenleufú and the Chilean has one named Alto Palena. Let us know if you crossed here.
The only official border to/from Perú is '''''Paso Chacalluta''''' where [[User:MOAH|Mind of a Hitchhiker]] hitchhiked over the border from [[Tacna]] in Perú (complejo fronteriza Santa Rosa) to [[Arica]] (complejo fronteriza de Chacalluta) in Chile in 2016 and in the other direction in February 2017. People get a little nervous around this border so it might be hard to convince people to take you all the way through customs, which is mandatory with the form that says the number of people in the vehicle which they need to show at both sides and needs to be stamped everywhere. Your driver will need your name, document number and a few other details like whether you're married or not. After getting your entrance stamp to Chile, the Chilean side requires you to fill in a form declaring you don't carry seeds and other plant products or have more than one laptop, two phones and some other random rules applying to your luggage. Only your luggage goes through the x-ray machine and your body doesn't go through a metal detector, so what's in your pockets probably remains your own business. Occasionally they have dogs here. Upon leaving Chile for Perú your luggage might be checked too but there's not information on how to pass in the opposite direction. At the Peruvian side all people get out of the car to pass through immigration without their luggage.You'll get to fill in a form of which you get a stamped piece of paper which you need to carry around until you leave Perú. The Peruvian side should be relatively easy to get through. The distance between both offices is less than one km if you do everything by foot. After passing both borders with your driver you can find another ride or just carry on with your driver as everybody drives through the big cities of Tacna and Arica either way.
In February 2017 [[User:MOAH|Mind of a Hitchhiker]] crossed this border on foot. The Chilean side asked 1000 CLP (about €1.40) for some forms, which was strange as the year before , crossing the border was for free. Both borders were hugely understaffed as it was the summer holidays. Bring a hat and enough water. Everywhere they kept asking for vehicle information and everywhere that answer was met with "on foot" ("a pie" in Spanish) and being sent to the "taxi" line. With so many people crossing the border people, it took more than three hours to complete the process to enter Perú. After the final vehicle check outside the border area, the Peruvian officer from that checkpoint tried to talk her out of hitchhiking to [[Arequipa]] and the dude kept stopping taxis to Tacna for her even after repeatedly saying no thanks. She had to leave the excellent shoulder there to walk 200 meters not to be bothered anymore. There she stopped a car and wizarded herself to Arequipa like she fucking said she would.
'''''Tripartito Triple Frontier''''' mentioned before under border crossings with [[Bolivia]] is the northernmost point of Chile and a triple border between Chile, Perú and Bolivia. There's no town on the Chilean side, just the A93 road and a marker at the triple border. The town in Perú is called Tripartito and the town in Bolivia is called Ladislao Cabrera in La Paz Department. It doesn't look like there's any customs here to get any entry/exit stamps, so maybe stick to the border mentioned previously if you want to get to Perú. The Chilean region is called Region XV Arica y Parinacota. Let us know what is up with this place and how hitchhiking is here.
== Sleeping ==
Chile is a very safe and easy country to camp or squat. Hostels are rather expensive, so camping is a better method. The local gas stations (usually COPEC) are almost always hitchhiker friendly, and will be happy to let you crash behind the place for the night, as are police stations and truckers service areas. The cities to exert special caution in when crashing out are Valparaíso (known for a somewhat dodgy center) and the capital Santiago -- those two make for the lion's share of crime in Chile.Couchsurfing is quite popular!
[[user:MOAH| Mind of a Hitchhiker]] made a little [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcwYI4EoysM YouTube video] of a day hitchhiking and freecamping around the Puerto Montt area.
'''XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antárctica Chilena''' ⇒ [[Punta Arenas]] — [[Puerto Natales]]
== Personal Experiences ==
''Hitchhiking Chile is coming home. Over the course of 2016 and 2017, I've hitchhiked in all regions of Chile for more than three months in total - and I'm currently here again. It's really easy to become friends with your drivers and my sketch-o-meter when driving with guys didn't move much. Freecamping is ingrained in their culture and no one tried sending me to a paid camping or hostel when I asked to get out at a beautiful spot. Hitchhiking over the summer holidays can be annoying when you're at the beaches. The police picked me up, the guy from customs drove me to his village and the mayor of Vallenar gave me a lift. I hitched to one of the world's most famous telescopes at Paranal Observatory and managed to stop a truck in the dense fog around Punta Arenas. All major roads have nicknames, like "Ruta de las Estrellas" and "Ruta de Madera" to keep things entertaining. If I ever had to hitch about one country forever, it would be Chile.'' - [[User:MOAH|Mind of a Hitchhiker]]
''Of all the countries I've traveled in the Americas, Chile was noticeably the easiest to hitch in (perhaps tied with México). Though unlike México, there is an abundance of personal vehicles in Chile. All of my hitching there was done in a pair (one male, one female). Waits were hardly ever longer than ten minutes, regardless of the setting, even in the middle of the night on the side of a high-speed freeway.'' - [[User:jhoule|jhoule]]
''Chile is a wonderful hitch. I made my way for three months from Arica to Puerto Montt and onward down the Carretera Austral all the way to Cochrane (in summer months). After the jaunt in Argentina, I reentered Chile near Puerto Natales and the hitching was superb there as well.'' - [[User:Chael777|Chael]]
''I hitched around Chile for about two and a half months and found it to be very easy. The only problems you might run into is in the summer it seems like everyone is hitching and you might have competition with thirty other people in some obscure desert stop off. I've found the farther you are from Santiago the easier it is, the northern and southern third being great." - Jason G''
''I hitched from Santiago to San Pedro in June/July 2014. Contrary to the above, I found it easier to get rides near Valparaíso and Santiago. North of La Serena I was met with longer waiting times. '' -[[user:Dr.Keith|Keith]]
''I decided to hitch almost the entire length of Chile as a young, solo, female gringo with horrible Spanish skills... It was great! Quick wait times, camping spots were easy to find, and the camion drivers were great hosts. I'm always looking for information of the experience of solo females, so I thought I'd share. The most relevant difference between latino and north american (my home) culture is how forward latino men can be. In North America, if I get in a car and the driver tells me I'm beautiful, I ask to be let out right away because of some bad experiences, but in Chile I'm figuring out that's a lot more accepted in their culture. You will probably get told you are "bonita" or "linda" pretty often, but I don't think you have to be scared.'' -[[user:Pidgintoe|Pidgintoe]]
''Here is a short anlysing of hitchhiking in Chile by'' [[User:Korn|Korn]] on [https://warmroads.de/en/hitchhiking-in-10-chile// - warmroads.de]
''Nice blog post about hitchhiking in Chile'' [http://loshermanoshambre.com/would-you-trust-a-trucker-with-a-scorpion-tattoo-a-hitchhiking-tale/ Would you trust a trucker with a scorpion tattoo? A hitchhiking tale],
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