Routes and border crossings between Chile and Argentina
05 — Crossing the Andes
Border crossing guideChile ↔ Argentina
One Patagonia, two sides of the Andes
Binational
Crossing guide
Documents, your own or a rented car, and checkpoints on each side of the mountains.
With source and verification date → Chile · ArgentinaGetting around
Where to stay, where to eat, transport, trekking and fishing to plan your trip.
See Explore →Border crossings
Cardenal Samoré
Villa La AngosturaOsorno
8:00–19:00 since 6 Sep · ANBarilocheMamuil Malal
Junín de los AndesPucón
8:00–20:00 Argentine side · usual hours (NQN, 2025)See the other 3 crossings
Integración Austral
Río GallegosPunta Arenas
8:00–22:00 the crossing · 8:00–17:00 country-to-country · Migraciones, 9 Oct 2026Argentine-side hours according to the National Directorate of Migration (checked 9 Oct 2026); Cardenal Samoré according to ANBariloche. Hours can change because of weather or an authority's decision: before you leave, check that the pass is open at Migraciones (Argentina) and at pasosfronterizos.gov.cl (Chile).