Shipping from Argentina/Uruguay to Europe/Africa
 

Are there some hacks or good places to look for shipping via plane or container share from Argentina or Uruguay to Europe (Spain) or Africa (South Africa).
For how many people drive to Ushuaia I don't see much info on shipping onwards.
I know if Dakar motos & motofrieght, but it ship a KLR that's only worth twice the price of shipping. There must be a cheaper way than $1500-$1800?
Can it be done without an agent??

I looked on the shipping page but there is nothing current.

Thank you!

kind of explain why there are a lot of klr/dr with foreign plates (along with many motorhome) for sale in chile

Hi Kix

More than a year from your last contact, be aware that lately we could drop our prices a bit to most destinations and a bit more to some others. Also, now we are making it lot easier for travellers.

Bike transport prices aren’t relative to bikes value, airlines and other people involve are reluctant to consider it.

Be sure that if we can do it cheaper, we would do it. We firstly are travellers, then many things, and then bike´s shippers…

Consider other options as we did, for us as Argentineans we can not send-out our own bikes if isn’t with a Carnet, having to return it before a year, or never, losing the cash guaranty deposit (in devaluated pesos). We ended looking to buy a cheap bike in the UK, luckily a good friend lends us a bike when we were on the search, but we still thinking to return soon to Europe and beyond, buying a bike there where if you are not pretentious are many cheap options.

Hope this help, and if you want new prices drop us a line by email.

Hello

$1500 is a lot of money but in my experience an average price for a transport from one continent to another.

If you find a route where containerships or freightplanes have problems to find cargo, you might get a bargain, but I woudn't count on it.

Without an agent?
If you speak the local language and know the paperwork you might save a few bucks.
Sending the bike usually requires an agent, getting the bike out through customs, that you can do yourself if you have no language problem.

But, there are still al lot of nonsense and expensive fees you won't come around.
Especially shipping by sea, the relation of all the fees and the actual price for the cargo is ridiculous.

good luck
sushi

I'd say US$1500 is a pretty good price for air shipment. Might as well get used to it. This has nothing to do with the value of the bike (listen to Javier!)--it's all about supply and demand. Airlines are not, as a rule, lining up eager to ship your bike. They figure they've got more profitable ways to spend their time. You need to pay handsomely to attract their interest.

You can always try to save a few bucks by doing without an agent. I've done this a couple of times, and although it can be frustrating it's not (usually) the end of the world. Just don't try this on any sort of tight schedule.

You can also save a few bucks more by surface shipping, but there doesn't seem to be any good way to control what happens after you turn over your bike. Stephen Knopf seems to be fairly predictable, somehow, but people are always hanging around in places they don't want to be, waiting for sea shipments which got re-directed elsewhere for weeks on end.

Hope that's helpful.

Mark