Winter solstice approaching
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Originally Posted by demito
I know but earlier is the rainy season and that's a lot worse...
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Demito,
I'm not convinced that it is "worse": for me, the main issue is the lack of daylight hours - at present the majority of Europe (read northern hemisphere) is getting by on about 8 hours of daylight/16 hours of dark (and much less as you get further north). So, the same will be the case in South America in about 6 months time.
For the weather, this planning chart is not perfect - it leaves out Argentina and Brazil for example, but it does show that the driest months for Chile/Bolivia & Peru/Ecuador are Sept-Oct and Oct-Dec.
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tripplan/routeweather
So, going as far north as possible as soon as possible makes sense for the longer hours of daylight, but then you should consider what altitude you will be travelling at.
This is no criticism of what you want to do, I simply do not see the logic - maybe I would do it if that is the only time that I could get away from whatever (work etc etc) but, given choice, I would definitely be going at another time of year.
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Dave
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