After working our way south through Mexico and Central America for 13 months, we stuck our Jeep Gladiator into a shipping container and began our adventure across a new continent. We spent more than two years overlanding through South America, reaching both the southern terminus of the Pan-American Highway and the southernmost city on the globe, Ushuaia.
These are the countries we visited and how long we stayed in each one:
- Colombia (5 months)
- Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands (3 months)
- Peru (4 months)
- Chile (2 months)
- Argentina (5 months)
- Brazil (2 months)
- Uruguay (1 week)
Our South American travels began in November 2022 and ended March 2025 when we put our Jeep into storage near Montevideo, Uruguay, awaiting our next continent…Africa.
Overnight Hospital Stay and Surgery in Argentina (Video)
Vacaciones? It’s a common question we get as we meet people in South America. But we aren’t on vacation. The mark of a full-time overlander
Return to South America Overlanding and Our Jeep Home (Video)
The distance from the north pole to the south pole is 7,900 miles. We traveled 5,500 miles to get from Denver, Colorado, back to our
Culture Shock? Flying Argentina to the U.S. (Video)
After decompressing in Mendoza, Argentina, for three weeks, it’s time for our big trip. For the third time in a year (the fourth time for
Challenges of Full-time Overlanding (Video)
Our full-time overlanding journey continues. We drove across the border into Argentina! To get there, we had to submit an Andes mountain pass above 10,000
Uros Floating Islands to the Driest Place on Earth (Chile Border Crossing)
Anyone who has been following our drive around the world knows we are slow travelers. It took us two-and-a-half years to drive from the United
Visiting Machu Picchu, Wonder of the World (Video Tour)
Never in my life would I have considered driving from the United States to Machu Picchu. When I first heard the word “overlanding” in 2018,
What to Do in Cusco, Peru (Video)
We just completed three weeks in Cusco, the center of Incan civilization! We explored a ton, putting together this video tour of what to do
Visiting Arequipa, Peru, and Hitting Our Highest Altitude Yet in the Andes (Video)
When we entered Peru in the north and were shocked by our first exposure to the dusty, trashy coastline, our Pan-American Highway friends told us,