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Juanito84
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 Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:58 pm Post subject: Anyone crossed the Darién Gap? |
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I'd like to drive down to South America in my 1972 Super Beetle starting in either USA or México. I have friends I'd like to see in Ecuador, Perú and Argentina. But there's that infernal Darién Gap between Panamá and Colombia. No roads, no customs, and lots of guerrillas.
Any suggestions?
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giller
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You have to ship your vehicle from Panama to Colombia or some other country in South America. Lots of links on The Samba in the Bus and Vanagon forums of people doing that trip. Here's one of the links of a guy who just did it (page 5).
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5...p;start=80 |
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Juanito84
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Sounds like the best option. Probably a bit pricy, but hey, it's not every day you drive across continents.
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Farf
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We did the trip 2009 - 2011, If I were to do it again (in a heart beat) I would probably ship the vehicle from Miami or Houston to Cartagena, Colombia and fly to Cartagena to meet up with the vehicle. Mexico and Central America are fabulous and should not be missed and can be visited on your return trip (if you are bringing the bug back). It took us more than a year to reach Argentina from Colombia, distance was not an issue but each country we visited had so much to see and do it seems we never had enough time. If I recall correctly the shipping costs and flight from Panama to Cartagena were about the same as our return trip where we shipped and flew from Cartagena to Miami. Have a great time on your trip.
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Juanito84
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Any idea on what car shipping costs between Panama and Colombia or US and Colombia are? I'm trying to figure out a reasonable budget.
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Farf
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We used Seaboard Marine to ship our vehicle. You can sometimes find someone to share a container with you. Check out:
www.drivetheamericas.com
They have some forums with people looking to ship vehicles together.
Below is the shipping agent we used in Cartagena. Luis and his wife Sonya were great to work with. Our spanish speaking skills were not quite good enough for us to "keep it simple". Luis speaks passable english.
We did not share a container to Miami, I believe we paid about $1700.00 for 20' container and our flight costs were around $250.00 per person 1 way to Miami.
Good Luck!
Enlace Caribe Ltda.
Manga, 3a. Avenida, Calle 28, No. 26-47, Of. 103
Cartagena, Colombia
Ph +57 (5) 660 8960
Mob + 57 315 758 5872
E-mail [email protected]
Website www.enlacecaribe.com |
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