Chile: Carretera Austral

Bradt's Chile: Carretera Austral is the only guidebook focused entirely on this magnificent and historic road uniting northern and southern Patagonia.

Written by resident expert Hugh Sinclair, this thoroughly updated second edition draws on over a decade of on-the-ground experience. The Carretera Austral has become established as one of the world's definitive road trips, yet information about the region remains scarce. This guide fills that gap, offering travellers a spectacular alternative route between the popular Lake District and the southern extremes of Patagonia—with practical advice covering accommodation, dining, trekking, rafting, and the region's rich history and culture.

Comprehensively revised with three entirely new traverses of the route, this edition features expanded itineraries to help with planning, plus exciting new content including coverage of the Route of the Parks, updated ferry services, previously omitted islands, an expanded micro-brewery section, and enhanced details on parks and reserves. Packed with everything needed for a successful journey—from the high Andes to the remote Pacific coast—this is the definitive guide to exploring one of the world's most stunning and remote regions.