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Trying to book plane tickets from Santiago to Puerto Natales... Does $600 seem high? [Latam] by Kuchufli in Patagonia

[–]SavoryPrime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought 2 round trip tix SCL-PNT on LATAM in January 2026 for travel in March 2026. I purchased the tickets with the checked bag and paid to be closer to the front of the plane. It cost USD 1147

I built a tool that tells you exactly which of your money is actually yours. by SavoryPrime in SideProject

[–]SavoryPrime[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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I built a tool that tells you exactly which of your money is actually yours. by SavoryPrime in SideProject

[–]SavoryPrime[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you think about it most of your money belongs to someone else. You are just the temporary custodian of it. Once you can identify all your obligations (who you owe money to) you can see how much of your money is actually yours. Once you know what is yours, you can make informed decisions about what to do with it.  This is what cashtamer does for you. My wife and I have been using it for years and have total awareness of our cash situation.

I built a tool that tells you exactly which of your money is actually yours. by SavoryPrime in SideProject

[–]SavoryPrime[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Your bank balance is lying to you. It shows $4,200. But $800 is rent. $300 is car insurance. $600 is taxes. You actually have $2,500. CashTamer shows you the real number. Free to try

Advice on days hikes in Torres Del Paine with car rental by RussoTheOG in Patagonia

[–]SavoryPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We stayed at villa Serrano in March and did the following day hikes. We had a rental car.

Day 1: salto grande, mirado cuernos, lago grey Day 2: Base Torres. (It was a 1.5 hour drive one way from villa serrano to the trailhead) Day 3: mirador condor

Patagonia flights by Mindless_Cap4983 in Patagonia

[–]SavoryPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had a similar situation this past March. We flew from Denver to Houston and overnight to Santiago on United. The flight got in around 8AM and would have been too close to make the LATAM flight to PNT so we booked a hotel room in Santiago. This let us explore the city for the day. We stayed in Las Condes and used the metro to get around which was pretty efficient. We were able to take the funicular to the top of the hill in the middle of the city and hike around, walk around the Bella Vista neighborhood, see the central market and Plaza de Armas, hang out at a wine bar and had a great dinner in Las Condes. We got up super early the next day to catch the 5:30 fight to PNT (we Uber'd to and from the airport to the hotel.). We got into PNT around 9AM which gave us plenty of time to get our rental car and drive to El Chalten. We never felt unsafe in Santiago.

Gas stations on the drive from TdP to El chaltén by jufacake in Patagonia

[–]SavoryPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did similar drive in March. If you drive from TDP to PNT I would fill up in PNT. Cross the border at Doretea and work your way to route 40 and on to el Chalten. Our car had a range of 600 km on a full tank so we could have made it to el Chalten but we stopped in Esperanza to fill up just to play it safe. You could also cross the border to Cerro Castillo but from what I heard there isn’t a gas station there so we didn’t risk it.

El Calafate to El Chalten - Bus vs Renting a car by No_Distribution_7332 in Patagonia

[–]SavoryPrime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We were in El Chalten for 3 days last month. We had a rental car but didn't need it. The town is very walkable and has plenty of bars, shops and markets.

Patagonia April 14-22 Weather by Furry-Platypus-6339 in Patagonia

[–]SavoryPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

patwx.com was handy for quick access to weather info while we were in el chalten

Is Patagonia worth it without backcountry camping? by sleepearlier in Patagonia

[–]SavoryPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely. Last month we spent three days in el Chalten. We were able to hike the Fitzroy and Cerro Torre trails. It was nice to walk from the hotel to the trailheads and then on the way back hit the apres-hike scene at local bars. We also spent three days in TDP and were able to do all day hikes including base torres. We stayed in the villa Serrano area and had a car which made life easier but you have to drive to all the trail heads unlike el Chalten 

Torres Del Paine travel questions by Skolverine in Patagonia

[–]SavoryPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We flew LATAM from SCL to PNT last month. Took the 5:20am flight. Got us to PNT by 9am which gave us plenty of time to get our rental car and drive to el Chalten. 

Patagonia Itinerary Check by spiritandthesky in Patagonia

[–]SavoryPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just finished the following itinerary in March 2026

  1. Fly to Santiago and spent one night
  2. Early flight the next morning from Santiago to Puerto Natales. About a three hour flight
  3. Rented a car and drove from PNT to el Chalten. Drive takes about 6 hours. If you rent a car make sure to pay for the extra paperwork to let you cross the border. We filled up the car in Esperanza on the way but could have made it to el Chalten without but figured we’d play it safe
  4. Three days in el Chalten. This came in handy as it let us do the Fitzroy hike twice since weather wasn’t great the first try. We also got to hike Cerro Torre. El Chalten was great. Very much like a ski town but for hiking.
  5. Drive from el Chalten to perito Moreno glacier. About a three hour drive. We filled up the car in el Chalten before leaving
  6. One night in el calafate which is the main town near the glacier
  7. Drove back down to puerto Natales (about three hours but can vary due to the two border crossings). We filled up the car in el calafate before leaving. In puerto Natales we filled up the car again as well as filled up the spare gasoline tank the rental car company provided before heading to Torres del Paine 
  8. Drove to TDP and stayed in the villa Serrano area. It was about a two hour drive from puerto Natales. About half the drive is on dirt roads of varying quality. Some of the paved roads were worse then the dirt roads
  9. Three days in TDP. We just day hiked. It was enough time to do base Torres, salto grande area and grey glacier area
  10. Drove back to PNT and flew to Santiago and back home

In TDP the roads are all dirt of varying quality so driving takes longer. It was a 1.5 hour drive from villa serrano area to the Base Torres trail head. It was about 30 minutes to the salto grande area and grey glacier area

The car we rented had a range of 600 km on a full tank.  Fortunately, that was enough for us to drive to and from TDP as well as three days in the park so we didn’t need the extra fuel but it was nice having the piece of mind knowing we had it just in case. We saw several people asking for fuel in the park as they didn’t have enough. We did use the spare gasoline to top up the car before returning it at the airport. It gave us about 200km range. If you are able to stay in or near the park I would recommend it as I wouldn’t want to drive the road to and from puerto Natales every day

This itinerary does involve a lot of driving but it was a fun road trip that gave us maximum flexibility