Overview
- Recorded delays to enter Chile reached about 90 minutes during the holiday peak, easing to roughly 45 minutes by early evening on December 25.
- On December 26 officials activated a Penitentes “pulmón” to stage light vehicles off Route 7 until Los Libertadores decongested, with waits dropping by midday.
- Mendoza’s summer plan uses roadside paradores and escorted “bubble” convoys to meter traffic toward the complex, an operation launched December 20 and scheduled through March 20.
- The Cristo Redentor crossing is operating 24 hours for all vehicle types, with no queues reported for entry to Argentina at Horcones while Chile-bound traffic faced the longest lines.
- Chile’s Transport Ministry advises completing the SAG declaration via QR, warns of rough pavement on both sides of the border, and notes cash may be needed for the peaje at Guardia Vieja before Cuesta Caracoles.