UK holiday parks change hands · VanLife Weekly #21
Sun Communities sells UK chain Park Holidays for $1bn. Plus: 4 ADAC routes through Hesse, barriers in Alghero, Singapore family heads to Turkey.
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Updated 23 May 2026
€1.46
↑28% vs. region avg.
Full tank (80 L, diesel)
121,870 CLP
€117 · $135
100 km (10 L/100 km, diesel)
15,233.70 CLP
€14.57 · $16.91
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Santiago → Buenos Aires
1,480 km · ~€210 · ~4 days
🇨🇱 Chile 510 km · 🇦🇷 Argentina 970 km
Santiago → Montevideo
1,810 km · ~€252 · ~5 days
🇨🇱 Chile 440 km · 🇦🇷 Argentina 1150 km · 🇺🇾 Uruguay 220 km
Santiago → Brasilia
3,850 km · ~€512 · ~10 days
🇨🇱 Chile 570 km · 🇦🇷 Argentina 1500 km · 🇧🇷 Brazil 1780 km
Santiago → Bogotá
5,360 km · ~€311 · ~13 days
🇨🇱 Chile 1330 km · 🇵🇪 Peru 2400 km · 🇨🇴 Colombia 1630 km
Current fuel prices in Chile: diesel 1,523.37 CLP (€1.46 · $1.69) per liter, gasoline 1,564.53 CLP (€1.50 · $1.74) per liter.
The local gasoline grade is Gasolina 93 octane.
Chile ranks #8 out of 8 countries in Latin America by diesel price.
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License CC BY 4.0 — free use, distribution and adaptation with attribution to OpenVan.camp. Fuel data updated: 23 May 2026.
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