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Has anyone out there driven from Arica in far N Chile to Antofagasta?
Google Maps shows it as a bit over 700 km but requiring over 13 hours driving time. That's an average speed of about 55 kph which seems very slow to me.
I am quite familiar with driving in Chile but it has been in the south. Major roads there are usually good.
Both Ruta 5 Arica-Antofagasta and the alternative Ruta 1 along the coast from Iquique to Antofagasta look to be good roads. Even if I break the search into Arica-Iquique and Iquique-Antofagasta, both sections come up similarly slow. Has Google got it wrong or is there something that would slow average speed in a major way?
I was intending to drive it in a single, although obviously quite long, day but 13 hours seems excessive.
Any tips appreciated.
Google Maps shows it as a bit over 700 km but requiring over 13 hours driving time. That's an average speed of about 55 kph which seems very slow to me.
I am quite familiar with driving in Chile but it has been in the south. Major roads there are usually good.
Both Ruta 5 Arica-Antofagasta and the alternative Ruta 1 along the coast from Iquique to Antofagasta look to be good roads. Even if I break the search into Arica-Iquique and Iquique-Antofagasta, both sections come up similarly slow. Has Google got it wrong or is there something that would slow average speed in a major way?
I was intending to drive it in a single, although obviously quite long, day but 13 hours seems excessive.
Any tips appreciated.