Summary. This article analyses everyday mobility experiences which, although essential to the sustainability of life, have been marginalised from territorial planning; we refer to the experiences of migrant women. This investigation explores caminata practices in the La Chimba district, Santiago de Chile, from a qualitative approach through focus groups and interviews, using the technique of shading in women from countries of the global south. Knowledge of the participants’ rhythms, feelings and knowledge leads to the conclusion that pedestrian experiences depend mainly on the productive (re) roles they take on; of the language in which they speak, whether or not their bodies are alterious, and the social and community networks they generate with the area of arrival — having in common an epistemic privilege to know the area they live in.