How to get from Santiago to El Calafate by car, truck, walk, bike

Distance between Santiago and El Calafate is 1884 kilometers (1168 miles).
Driving distance from Santiago to El Calafate is 2649 kilometers (1642 miles)

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Routes from santiago-region-metropolitana to el-calafate-santa-cruz
Cheapest
Car
34h 8m
2649 km
cost $529
Fastest
Truck
34h 8m
price $529
Others
Walk
21d 9h 41m
distance 2568 km
Bike
7d 6h 18m
distance 2591 km

4 Ways from Santiago (Chile/Region Metropolitana) to El Calafate (Argentina/Santa Cruz)

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Cheapest
Car
34h 8m
2649 km
cost $529
Fastest
Truck
34h 8m
price $529
Others
Walk
21d 9h 41m
distance 2568 km
Bike
7d 6h 18m
distance 2591 km

Route instructions

1. Continue onto Plaza de Armas 910 m
2. Turn left onto Avenida Manuel Rodríguez Norte 864 m
3. Turn right onto Avenida Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 2.95 km
4. Turn left onto Avenida San Alberto Hurtado 243 m
5. Keep left 51.43 km
6. Continue onto Ruta 5 Sur, 5 109.83 km
7. Keep right 69 m
8. Turn sharp left 762.52 km
9. Keep right 180 m
10. Keep left 189 m
11. Keep right 95.34 km
12. Turn right onto Ruta 215 CH, 215 53.25 km
13. Continue onto Camino de los Siete Lagos, RN40 21.16 km
14. Turn left 428 m
15. Turn right 277 m
16. Turn slight left onto Ruta Nacional 40, RN40 50.78 km
17. Turn right onto Ruta Nacional 40, RN40 12.98 km
18. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Avenida Comandante Luis Piedrabuena, RP237 5.32 km
19. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto 12 de Octubre, RP237 282 m
20. Keep right onto Avenida 12 de Octubre, RP237 207 m
21. Turn left onto Roque Sáenz Peña 716 m
22. Turn left onto Isidoro Ruiz Moreno 120 m
23. Turn right onto Avenida Ángel Gallardo 239 m
24. Turn left onto Clemente Onelli 3.30 km
25. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Avenida Juan Herman 2.18 km
26. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Ruta Nacional 40, RN40 267.72 km
27. Turn left onto Ruta Nacional 40, RN40 169.23 km
28. Turn slight right onto Ruta Nacional 40, RN40 2.25 km
29. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Ruta Nacional 40, RN40 174.51 km
30. Keep right onto Ruta Nacional 40, RN40 49.72 km
31. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Ruta Nacional 40, RN40 3.14 km
32. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Ruta Nacional 40, RN40 105.60 km
33. Turn sharp right onto Ruta Nacional 40, RN40 19.76 km
34. Turn left 325 m
35. Turn left onto Almirante Brown 721 m
36. Turn right onto Avenida Juan Domingo Perón 315 m
37. Turn left onto Avenida San Martín 351.19 km
38. Keep right 94 m
39. Turn slight right 4.18 km
40. Turn left 60 m
41. Turn sharp right onto Ruta Nacional 40, RN40 161.98 km
42. Keep right onto Ruta Nacional 40, RN40 131.83 km
43. Keep right 28.15 km
44. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Avenida del Libertador, RP11 252 m
45. Keep right onto Doctora Silvia Maiza 803 m
46. Turn left onto Enrique Amado 2.22 km
47. Make a U-turn onto Avenida del Libertador, RP11 132 m
48. Arrive at destination 0 m
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