Why this ride
A lake corridor with repeated shoreline views and access to natural or cultural anchors. It links naturally to Lake Buenos Aires and Andean steppe.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Perito Moreno Town to Los Antiguos
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 59 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 52 min
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Editorial context
Coordinates are curated start-via-end route seeds. They are not a surveyed centreline or navigation geometry. Run road snapping, topology checks, access checks and a live-status review before publication.
Access context
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Seasonal context
Nov-Mar
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Perito Moreno town
Perito Moreno is a town of about three and a half thousand people in the north of Santa Cruz province, and it is not to be confused with the famous glacier of the same name far to the south. It sits on the high Patagonian steppe, near the Chilean border, where the land is dry and windswept and the Andes appear as a distant blue wall. The name honours Francisco Moreno, the explorer and scientist known as the Perito, or expert, who surveyed the region in the late nineteenth century and helped settle the border question with Chile.
Read the complete Perito Moreno town write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Perito Moreno town sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Los Antiguos.
2. Los Antiguos
Los Antiguos is the improbable orchard of Patagonia. The town of about two thousand people sits on the south shore of Lago Buenos Aires, a huge, wind-chopped lake that the Chileans call General Carrera, and the microclimate here, sheltered by the surrounding mountains and warmed by the water, allows cherries, apricots and berries to ripen where the rest of the province is bare steppe. Every January the town celebrates the cherry harvest with a festival, and in summer, fruit stalls line the roadside. The name means the ancient ones, a reference to the Tehuelche people who once lived and hunted here.
Read the complete Los Antiguos write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Los Antiguos comes up 59 km in.