The route will begin in Venezuela and circle South America in a clockwise direction. The primary reason for this is climatic.
What follows is a list of the countries we will pass through on our journey. Click on any country name to see that segment of the itinerary.
First Reach
(southbound)Km
1465
9476
442
Argentina
(Tierra del Fuego)5337
Second Reach
(northbound)
Third Reach
(northbound)
8134
739
1850
710
3320
360
554
605
652
444
5489
USA
The total planned route kilometers are 45,728, or 28,414 miles. Of course our route may vary depending on road conditions, weather, and political coups.
The details of this route are being worked out via our mailing list. If you have experiences that you wouldn't mind sharing, we'd love to hear from you.
Ground Rules
- Travellers will ship their vans from North America to Venezuela.
While the trip will officially start at the Burning
Man festival
in Nevada, unofficially folks can start anywhere and we'll have a
second starting date and meeting place in Venezuela.
- We'll drive south through Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego.
- We'll spend both Christmas and New Year's 2001 in Ushuaia.
- Heading north, we'll travel the western route, with an inland detour through Bolivia.
- On the northern trip, we'll ship our vehicles from Colombia to Panama, and drive north through Central America and Mexico.
- The trip duration will be in the 7-8 month range.
- We'll rest at least one day for every 6 days of travelling. This has the double advantage of keeping us sane and allowing us to do laundry, stock up on groceries, etc.
- We will try to keep daily travel to under 300km.
