Originally Posted by
Marambio
Regarding the rest of the touristic infrastructure, it still has to catch up. Renting a car in Argentina is still stupidly expensive, for example.
Yeah, like most norteamericanos, I don't really drive manual shift cars and they ARE stupidly expensive in Argentina (partly because Argentines do drive manual shift, of course).
On a trip to Patagonia, for example, I fly into Punta Arenas instead of, say, Rio Gallegos, because the airfare will be cheaper and the car will be cheaper. That said, all the new flights in Chile seem to be raising car rental costs in places like Punta Arenas (they're 2x since my last visit!).
The flights, though, are still getting cheaper. Today is cyber-Monday in Chile, and I've received emails from Sky and Latam offering me flights anywhere in Chile for less than US$25. Crazy prices.