Christ the Redeemer of the Andes — Attraction in Distrito Potrerillos

What a wild ride!!!!!! We came from Santiago and the climb up the massive mountain highway with all of the trucks was sooooo cool!!! Then you get to the old dirt road and that's when things get really fun lol. You're on this gravel road for about 25 minutes, and as long as you go slowly, it is totally fine but is a lot steeper than it looks in the pics. If another car passes you might have to backup 15 feet so they can pass, but there were hardly any people or vehicles on this route. At the top it is sooooo windy and cold, but truthfully you only need 5 minutes to take some photos before heading back down :) it is so steep and high that you certainly can feel the altitude... it was pretty neat and a totally fun ride. We didn't realise that we had to go through Chile border again but luckily it didn't take long and we had our passports. We explained we had just gone up and come down and they basically let us through.

This whole adventure was so worth it and might be the only time we ever drive...

If you pass by the Mendoza area it's a must to take a day off the city and head up to this place. The view is stunning and I hardly believe that there are other possibilities to reach almost 4000m height without wearing your hiking stuff and climb up some pathways. You can easily reach this place renting a car and drive up here as we did, we had a common city car so a 4WD is not mandatory but if the weather is not good or if you don't mind to spend some more money it's a good option to keep in mind. If you are coming from the Argentinian side you don't cross the border so you will not waste time at the custom. Usually up here is really windy and cold so don't forget to bring a heavy jacket and a sweater. Once up here you can get a hot chocolate and alfajor in the little shop for a super honest price. Probably, like it happened to us, you will meet some crazy guys that made the way up here by mountain bike, share some pics with them... they are just...

The drive up there was rather difficult especially with a normal city car but it’s manageable if you are a very good and confident driver. The only downside of visiting is that you will cross over to Argentina (if you come from Chile) and you do need to go through immigration and wait at the border for quite some time. We spent around 1:30h there and almost no one spoke English. We were lucky that someone who was also queuing was speaking some English and helped us fill in the forms. Be aware that apart from filling in the immigration form you also need to fill in TWO forms for the car (everything in Spanish and only if you have a rented car) Also don’t forget to bring a pen with you :). I would still recommend to go cause the view of the Andes makes it all worth it! But be prepared to spend most of the day there (driving + visiting +...