Air Asia and Lion Air have mobile apps. You can check in online and use eboarding pass on your phone, saves even more time. Assuming you have one There will be little traffic if you leave at 05:00 and taxis are always available.

July - land and head straight over to Argentina. Mendoza, Cordoba, Buenos Aires.
August - iguazu, then along the coast of Brazil to rio
September - overland to Bolivia. Santa Cruz - samaipata - la paz - (side trip to rurrenabaque) - sucre - potosi - uyuni - La paz
October - lake Titicaca (isla del Sol) - Cusco - southern Peru.
November - cross into chile. Atacama desert, Santiago, Valparaiso, Patagonia.
Fly out of santiago

JAMES! You legend - this makes so much sense now - far out - this is amazing! I'll have a go at mapping it out on the travel app Rome 2 Rio or something and see how I go!

You could easily do the continent bar Guyana, Suriname (both for flight connection reasons - either via the Caribbean or the US), and Venezuela (current situation) in 2 months depending on what one wants to see and do. Flying between major cities on one airline (most likely LATAM or Avianca) booked in one go can save money compared to a load of one-way flights and save time on some truly long bus rides (think 24 hours between Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile), not to mention it can actually save on notoriously expensive routes like Santiago - Easter Island.

Personally, last year, I ended up in Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina in 3 weeks, all with varying lengths in each country, (and flew basically everywhere!) and felt thoroughly enriched by it all, despite the constant policing by various people on the forum who demand you spend longer than a couple of days in a couple of places per country due to their own reasoning without listening to others.

Dear Andy,
Yes it does seem daft that the free visa was postponed but we think the Govt was taking no chances whatsoever due to the complex nature of how these people got in and out. There are quite a few people with dual citizenship (UK, Oz and Canada in particular) so it was a safety measure.
We can’t say when it will be re introduced.
The govt will NOT be introducing their own travel insurance.
BUT it looks like Allianze will be as my task for last Friday was wading through the policy document and correcting any anomalies and raising questions over unclear wording.
The sums assured will be a lot less – medical especially - (at £10 million you could actually buy the hospital!) It looks like the premium will be $7 a day per person but it will cover you for delays, cancellations, lost/damaged luggage, repatriation, public liability etc. The medical is likely to be $10,000 but that’s OK when my Gall Bladder removal was $2,000 and new lens in each eye about $400 each.
We’ve been up near Kandy for the last 3 days for the Vesak lantern Festival that makes Blackpool look like a couple of 40 watt bulbs. Absolutely no trouble at all.
Sad that there was a bomb near the pyramids aimed at a tourist bus this weekend. No one killed thank goodness but very little coverage in UK papers. And people here are also saying that no countries put a Travel advisory on any of the other target countries such as Belgium, UK, Spain or France.
I’m personally beginning to believe that we are all getting over cautious in “protection” and I don’t think our new ncoming High Commissioner here will want to rock the boat in her early days by recommending its lifting.
BTW, if you need a driver whilst you’re here I’ve been using the same one for 17 years.
Kind regards

Ian

I don't want to just visit the highlights of Peru and Bolivia (e.g Machu Picchu and Uyuni), I really want to experience the countries for like at least 3 weeks for both.

It's not going to take you a whole month to do Patagonia, or it wouldn't take that much time for most people. Buenos Aires would take a few days, and you'd probably want to fly from BA to El Calafate to start your Patagonia circuit. For a lot of travelers, a Patagonia itinerary includes just the southern part, including El Calafate/El Chalten, Ushuiaia, and Torres del Paine NP, plus some travel through towns like Puerto Natales and Punta Arenas. 3 weeks doing this will get you the Patagonia experience, with chances for everything including penguin colonies and Andes trekking, glacier walks, etc. And you fly out at the end.

Trying to include other places like Bariloche or Puerto Madryn is going to be exponentially more expensive, and really increase your travel time too. As I said, for people with a budget you have to limit your time in this part of SA.

So yes, you have time for at least 6 weeks for Bolivia and Peru. Maybe even 7 weeks. As long as you don't use time for central Chile or Argentina. There's really no need, because Bolivia is much more interesting anyway. Try to save the whole last month for Colombia, which is a huge country.

You can't just buy tickets in Alfamart like that.
You should book it on an app that is affiliated with them for payment, and go with the booking already made.
Buying directly from the airline is probably easiest, or else from a travel agent selling air tickets.

Hi,

I never used "Buenos Aires Habitat" and cannot say anything about. Once i rented a car with "Urban Rent a Car" and everything went well, positive experience.