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A mother Galapagos Sea Lion has an intense argument with her pup in Puerto Egas, Galapagos, Ecuador.

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Attraction in South America

Rainbow mountains or Vinicunca Montana de Siete Colores with three tourists or hikers, Cuzco region in Peru, Peruvian Andes, License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-05-21T16:57:40.000Z, User: lonelyplanetmedia, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: Comp Ingestion, client: Global Publishing WIP, other: Pia Peterson

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Rainbow Mountain

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - A girl looking at the books in the library Real Cabinete Portugues De Leitura, in the old city center.

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Real Gabinete Português de Leitura

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Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa

Tolhuaca volcano, in Malalcahuello and Nalcas National Park, Chile; Shutterstock ID 1021610059;

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Reserva Nacional Malalcahuello-Nalcas

Alpaca flock, Reserva Nacional Salinas y Aguada Blanca, Peru.
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Reserva Nacional Salinas y Aguada Blanca

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Salineras de Maras in Peru in the Sacred Valley.

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Salineras de Maras

A wide waterfall breaking over a broad rock lip in several curtains, silky from a long exposure, dense forest along the far bank.

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Salto del Monday

Ruins of the ancient Inca Temple of Wiracocha. Raqchi. High adobe walls, andesite base. A sheep grazes in a meadow, looking at the camera. Clear blue sky. Copy space. Peru. Cusco., License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-06-24T19:10:33.000Z, User: LP_NZhan, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: App Content, client: Lonely Planet App, other: Nadine Zhan

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Templo de Viracocha

People watching the sunset at Valle de la Muerte (Death Valley), Atacama Desert, Chile

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Valle de la Muerte

Crater of Sierra Negra Volcano on Isabela Island in the Galapagos Islands

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Volcán Sierra Negra

San Felipe de Barajas fortress. Castle is on a hill overlooking the Cartagena de Indias city in Colombia, License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-03-04T14:22:50.000Z, User: LP_SWalker, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: Lonely Planet, client: WIP App Content, other: Sean Walker

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Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas

CUZCO, PERU - CIRCA NOVEMBER 2016: Courtyard of the Inca Museum, housed in a colonial building in Cuzco, Peru., License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-06-24T18:45:10.000Z, User: LP_NZhan, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: App Content, client: Lonely Planet App, other: Nadine Zhan

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Feira de São Cristóvão

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Sambódromo Carnaval

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Facade of the :Territorial Museum in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. It also known as The End of the World Museum or Museo del Fin del Mundo.

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Museo del Fin del Mundo

Moais of Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island.

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Ahu Tongariki - the largest ahu on Easter Island.

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Attraction in South America

Bonde de Santa Teresa tram train drives along distinctive white arches of the landmark Arcos da Lapa in Centro of Rio de Janeiro Brazil, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-02-02T23:15:41.000Z, User: Ppeterson948, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: Global Publishing WIP, other: Pia Peterson Haggarty

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Two penguins walk along the beach towards the Cabo Dos Bahias penguin rookery in Camarones, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina.

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Cabo Dos Bahías

Ornate stone carved entrance to the 18th century baroque style Spanish colonial house in Arequipa, Peru, License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-06-25T19:31:24.000Z, User: LP_NZhan, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: App content, client: lonely planet app, other: Nadine Zhan

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Casa de Murillo

Interior of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento's Birth House in San Juan, Argentina.

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Casa Natal de Sarmiento

Arequipa, Peru - October 27, 2015: Casa Tristán del Pozo in Arequipa, one of hthe most touristic attractions in Arequipa., License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-06-25T19:32:56.000Z, User: LP_NZhan, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: App Content, client: Lonely Planet, other: Nadine Zhan

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The Cathedral in the city of La Plata, Argentina.

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Catedral de La Plata

Detail of Witch Cavern (Caverna de Brujos) tunnels in Malargue, Argentina.

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Caverna de Las Brujas

Bariloche Civic Centre (El Centro Civico) in the centre of Bariloche, Patagonia region in Argentina.

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - May 5, 2022: Bank of Brazil Cultural Center (Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - CCBB) - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-05-22T13:39:39.000Z, User: lonelyplanetmedia, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: Global Publishing WIP, other: Pia Peterson Haggarty // SS Comp Ingestion

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Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil

birdeye view of Andes and Santiago, Chile

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Cerro San Cristóbal

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Colección Histórica del Traje Argentino

Colonial building in the historic center of the city and built in 1687, housing the Monserrat University. Cordoba, Argentina.

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Colegio Nacional de Monserrat

San Bernardo convent facade in Salta, Argentina.

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Convento de San Bernardo

Statue of Christ (Cristo Redentor de los Andes) near mountain pass Paso Los Libertadores, Argentina.

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Cristo Redentor

A lone hiker on the remote Dientes Circuit, surrounded by mountain peaks covered in snow in Chile

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Dientes de Navarino

Galapagos Giant Tortoise with a white egret bird flying just above it on Santa Cruz Island in Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

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El Chato Tortoise Reserve

Laguna El Junco, San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

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El Junco Lagoon

White steam billows from a rounded orange and tan mineral mound on a flat plain below brown mountains

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El Tatio Geysers

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Estadio Hernando Siles

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Fábrica Bhering

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Fundación Solón

Yellow butterfly in Güirá Oga, Misiones, Argentina.

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Triple Frontier (Hito Tres Fronteras Puerto Iguaza) in Puerto Iguaza, Argentina, a tri-border area along the junction of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.

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Ruins of the Hut of the Caretaker of the Funerary Rock against green mountains in Machu Picchu, Peru.

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Hut of the Caretaker of the Funerary Rock

Facade of Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Cordoba, Argentina, South America.

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Iglesia Catedral

AREQUIPA PERU NOVEMBER 27: Iglesia de San Francisco. Originally built in the 16th century, this church has been badly damaged by several earthquakes., License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-06-25T19:33:31.000Z, User: LP_NZhan, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: App Content, client: Lonely Planet, other: Nadine Zhan

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Iglesia de San Francisco

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Iglesia de San Xavier

Nicaragua, Granada, Iglesia de la Merced

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Iglesia La Merced

Inca Drawbridge carved into a stone wall near the Machu Picchu ruins, Peru.

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Inca Drawbridge

Man sits under a stone archway on Taquile Island.
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Jardim Botânico in Curitiba.

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Jardim Botânico

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Jardín Botánico

Grass floor between towering red walls, with squat stone column bases lining both sides under a cloudy blue sky

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Jesús de Tavarangue

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A person with a backpack walks a narrow path through tall grass beside a turquoise lake ringed by steep slopes

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Laguna Quilotoa

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil - September 26, 2020 - Neighborhood known as Largo da Ordem, Complex with the oldest buildings in the city of Curitiba; Shutterstock ID 1864709392; purchase_order:56530 - Guidebooks; job:Global Publishing WIP ; client:Glob...

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Lush forested twin sinkholes called Los Gemelos in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

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