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Come for Carnaval. Stay for passion, pristine rainforests and caipirinhas.
Come for Carnaval. Stay for passion, pristine rainforests and caipirinhas.
Start free associating on the word ‘Argentina,’ and it’s quickly apparent why the country has long held travellers in awe: tango, beef, gauchos, fútbol, Patagonia, the Andes.
Imagine scenery on the epic scale of an Indiana Jones or Lara Croft flick: forgotten temples entangled in jungle vines, cobwebbed ancient tombs baking in the desert sun and bejewelled buried treasures beyond all reckoning.
Spindly Chile stretches 4300km – over half the continent – from the driest desert in the world (near San Pedro de Atacama) to massive glacial fields.
Picturesque colonial cities, colourful villages, Amazonian rainforests and Andean peaks.
Colombia’s back.
Rough around the edges, superlative in its natural beauty, rugged, vexing, complex and slightly nerve-racking, Bolivia is one of South America’s most diverse and perplexing nations.
At once both a cinematic cityscape and a grimy urban front line, Rio de Janeiro, known as the cidade maravilhosa (marvelous city), is nothing if not exhilarating.
Old-world cafes, colonial architecture and beautiful people beset the Argentine capital.
Spread across a spectacular Andean valley and flanked by volcanic peaks, Quito’s setting alone is enough to strike you speechless.
On its surface, Lima is no thing of beauty.
On a clear day, fresh after winter showers, Santiago basks in one of the most spectacular settings of any city in the world.
Well, somebody let the cat out of the bag.
With a very tangible sense of history, the northwest is Argentina’s most ‘indigenous’ region, and the sights and people here show much closer links with the country’s Andean neighbors than the European image of its urban centers.
Jagged peaks and wild, barren expanses; great for road trips.
Traveling inland, the balmy coast of sunbathers and surfers shifts to cactus scrub plains and dry mountains streaked in reddish tones.
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