Paso Lauritas - Argentina Border | Customs and Immigration

January 12th, 2024 by Claude Rabillé

This border is closed because of a new road work on chilean side.

November 25th, 2023 by otterlanding

We tried to cross this border from Arg to Chile and we’re directed to go back north to Paso Dorotea. They said this border crossing has been closed since May. Not sure if permanently closed.

February 26th, 2023 by journeytoinnerself_

We passed this border Sunday. Working hours 8am-7:30pm. It's fully operational.

February 19th, 2023 by magda.marco

This border has opened again after 10 days of closure as locals has asked for reopening. Very easy crossing in 5 minutes!!

February 15th, 2023 by xtgfamily

Border open only part of the year. it opened on the first of February. we passed in just 5 minutes while there were 5 of us with a converted truck. very fast and the staff is friendly. less passage than the border at paso dorothea next to rio turbio which is only about ten kilometers away. open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. the road is unpaved to town but in good condition.

Frontiere ouverte seulement une partie de l’année. elle a ouvert le premier février. nous sommes passés en à peine 5 min alors que nous etions 5 avec un camion aménagé. tres rapide et le personnel est sympa. moins de passage que la frontière au niveau du paso dorothea a cote de rio turbio qui est seulement a une dizaine de kilomètres de là. ouvert de 8h a 22h. la route n’est pas revêtue jusqu’à la ville mais en bon état.

December 31st, 2022 by mmq-photography.com

Border is permanently closed. Next open border is Cerro Castillo.

January 28th, 2019 by pricedominic

easy crossing, 5 mins max at Argentina side. nice staff.

March 17th, 2018 by Fred Manseau

one of the easiest border crossing. We got everything done in 5 minutes and we were 4 people.

March 2nd, 2018 by Overland The Americas

Very easygoing Argentinean border crossing friendly customs. If heading to Rio Gallegos the road plugs into the Ruta 40 with a section of about 60-70 km of dirt road which can be very slow going. After that it’s all paved to Rio Gallegos.

March 7th, 2017 by drakeskakes

if you plan to cross south of Torres del Paine you will need to use this border as the one north is inaccessible due to a strike. approaching from the Argentinian side there is 7km of gravel road between the borders.

February 15th, 2017 by inokulum

boarder itsself: small, no crowd, not open 24h, gravel road

Aduana officer: one of the most disgusting persons we met in Argentina. permanently drinking, smoking, chewing tobacco...and spitting it on your papers.
other thing: we did not have the correct papers to cross. so we could not cross. but, instead of telling us this, the aduana ashole made us wait for ~6 hours just to give us back our papers&key at the end of the day.

we later crossed somewhere else :)