ushuaia - rio gallegos - el calafate
off to el calafate to see thing glacier everyone’s been talking about. 18 hours is long but not so bad compared to the last one. there’s only two companies (taqsa and tecni austral) that run out of ushuaia to el calafate, and they both leave around 5/6AM. it cost me 230pesos and which is about 50 more than quoted in any of the guide books. i swear argentina is way more expensive this time around!
the bus stopped off in rio gallegos for 5 hours. depending on the border crossing, you might get there with +/-2 hours. so plan ahead. also, buy your ticket in cash if you can. credit card transactions do not have this option. if you find an earlier connection (18h instead of 20.30h) they will buy it back with about 80%. then you can buy the new ticket at whatever the cost. this gives you the option of hopping on the earlier bus to save you time. unless you want to stick around rio gallegos, which i don’t think you do. it is so far the ugliest place i have been to.
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