Overland routes across South America
Long drives, bus legs and the stretches where the road decides the schedule. Useful if you are mapping a route that crosses more than one region and want to know where the long days actually land.
We are a family from Buenos Aires who has been traveling overland with Jetta, our small dog, since 2019. This is where we write down what actually happens on the road: pet-friendly places to stay, paperwork at the border, temporary apartments for a month or more, and the everyday logistics of moving slowly with kids.
No glossy itineraries. Just notes from the road, written while we are still on it.
Two or three new posts land each month. If you are planning a slow trip with a pet or a family, the route notes and border checklists are a good place to start, and you can always send us a question.
We write from the road, so most posts start with a problem we had to solve that week: a clinic that would see us on short notice, a landlord who would consider a small dog, a bus route that turned out to be a dead end. Below are the directions we keep coming back to.
Long drives, bus legs and the stretches where the road decides the schedule. Useful if you are mapping a route that crosses more than one region and want to know where the long days actually land.
How we read rental listings when the pet policy is vague, what we confirm in writing before sending a deposit, and why a temporary contract is often the only realistic option for a six-week stay.
The health certificate is the document that causes the most trouble when it is out of date. We list what we carry, how recent it needs to be, and what happens on the Chilean side of the Andes crossing.
A vet visit in Mendoza, a clinic bill broken into its lines, a stay that has to survive its last week. We keep the receipts and publish the numbers instead of rounding them into advice.
Shoulder season is cheaper and quieter, but the wind does not read the calendar. These are observations from routes we have driven, plus how we layer for kids and keep a small dog comfortable in a cold car.
Outside Buenos Aires the coworking options thin out and the quality varies. We describe how we test a connection before committing to a month, and why a mobile hotspot stays in the bag.
If you want the background on who is writing this, the about page covers the family, the dog and how the blog started.
If this is your first time here, these three posts are where most readers start. They cover the questions we get asked most often, and each one comes out of a trip we actually took with Jetta in the back seat.
Costs
A limping paw, a neighborhood clinic near Parque General San Martín, and a receipt we kept. The post walks through each line, plus which papers the clinic can issue before you head for the Chilean border.
Read the postLong stays
Listings rarely say what they mean about pets. Here is how we read the wording, what we ask before sending a deposit, and why a departamento temporario is usually the only realistic route for six weeks.
Read the postOverland
Policies differ by company and sometimes by route. We compared what we learned from years of booking tickets with a small dog, including carrier sizes and how early to reserve a pet spot.
Browse the blogNew posts land two to three times a month. The full archive lives on the blog page.
Three ways to travel with us. Each one is a reading path through the blog, not a booking. Choose the one that matches how you move, then start with the posts inside it.
For parents traveling with kids and a dog, staying weeks instead of days. Built around medium-length stays, school-age routines and the small logistics that decide whether a month works.
Long-distance coaches, Andean border crossings and the paperwork that has to be current before you reach the checkpoint. Written from routes we actually booked.
For couples and solo travelers who need a stable connection outside Buenos Aires. How we test a city before committing to a full month there.
Not sure where you fit? The about page explains how we travel and who writes here.