01Days 01 to 05
Puerto Varas, Yelcho, Coyhaique, Chile Chico
Ride With Me
Completed expedition · Chile and Argentina
Patagonia
2026
Thirty-four riders from the United KingdomWhenMarch 2026
Riders34 from the UK
In the fieldRodrigo
StatusCompleted
Field record001
Proof before promise
A full group. A real road. A completed journey.
In March 2026, Rodrigo worked in the field on a guided motorcycle journey through Chilean and Argentine Patagonia with 34 riders from the United Kingdom.
The public programme was promoted by Magellan Motorcycle Tours as a supported southbound expedition. The archive supplied to Jacko On Tour now shows the motorcycles, crossings, briefings, repairs, weather, shared tables and landscapes behind that promise.
This is a record of completed work. It is not the route or promise of Rodrigo's next three-rider expedition.
34Riders from the United Kingdom
17Days in the published programme
02Countries in the published route
01Rodrigo in the field
What the archive adds
The landscape is only half the story.
Patagonia delivers the scale. The field archive delivers the substance: a large international group moving through ferries, border regions, rain, wind, gravel, ice and long distances.
What was promoted
The published southbound programme
Magellan's public listing advertised a 17-day guided, supported, on-road and off-road journey from Puerto Varas to Punta Arenas, beginning 1 March and ending 17 March 2026.
View The Current Magellan Programme ↗Published dates01 to 17 March 2026Advertised distance2,000 milesStartPuerto VarasFinishPunta Arenas
02Days 06 to 09
Chile Chico, Gregores, El Chaltén, El Calafate
Ruta 40, granite and ice
The advertised line crossed into Argentina for open overland riding on Ruta 40. It continued towards the granite skyline around El Chaltén and a two-night stop in El Calafate with time for the glacier landscape.03Days 10 to 14
Torres del Paine, Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia
Torres, the strait and the far south
The programme returned to Chile for Torres del Paine, followed the Strait of Magellan and crossed by ferry to Tierra del Fuego. From there it moved south again into Argentina towards Ushuaia and Bahía Lapataia.04Days 15 to 17
Ushuaia, Porvenir, Punta Arenas
From the end of the world to Punta Arenas
The final advertised chapter returned through Tierra del Fuego, included the king penguin coast and an overnight stop in Porvenir, then crossed to Punta Arenas for the last ride and farewell meal.Route, timing and distance above describe the published Magellan programme. Rodrigo still needs to confirm any operational changes made during the completed March 2026 journey.
Ferries. Borders. Weather. Thirty-four riders.
The work between the photographs.
In the field
What this expedition proves
The scale, operating rhythm and Rodrigo's place within the journey are visible in the record itself.
The group
Thirty-four riders travelled from the United Kingdom. The archive shows the scale in motorcycle line-ups, ferry crossings, group stops and shared tables.
The operating rhythm
Bike checks, route conversations, ferries, support vehicles, weather layers and mechanical attention sit beside the landscape photographs.
Rodrigo in the field
Rodrigo appears where the work happens: with the riders, beside the motorcycles and inside the practical rhythm of each day.
Founder in the field
Rodrigo was part of the operating reality.
The archive does not place Rodrigo outside the experience. It places him among the riders, beside the bikes and inside the daily rhythm of the journey.
That distinction matters. The next Jacko On Tour expedition will be smaller, founder-led and limited to three riders, but the foundation comes from real group work at a much larger scale.
Read Rodrigo's StoryThe supplied field archive
Twenty-eight frames from the journey
Open any photograph to move through the expedition record. Every frame in this edit comes from the March 2026 Patagonia folder.
The record is still growing
What we still want to add
The page can become richer when Rodrigo and the riders fill the remaining documentary gaps. Until then, those spaces stay honest.
- Approved rider testimonials, names and photography permissions
- Rodrigo's exact role and responsibilities within the guiding team
- Any route changes made against the published programme
- The final riding distance and complete operating crew
- Additional video, interviews and behind-the-scenes material
What comes after proof
A new South America expedition is taking shape.
The next journey will be led directly by Rodrigo and limited to a maximum of three riders. Route and timing are still in development.