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South America

Multi-stop journeys with every stop from a real source and every day checked against a clock.

Iguazú Falls pouring around its jungle horseshoeIguazú, Southern Pantanal & BonitoGeographer · CC BY-SA 4.0The granite towers of Torres del PainePunta Arenas, Torres del Paine & Los GlaciaresThomas Fuhrmann · CC BY-SA 4.0The carved adobe walls of Chan Chan near TrujilloLima, Caral, Casma & Peru’s North CoastVelvet · CC BY-SA 4.0The seven-coloured hill rising behind Purmamarca villageSalta & the Quebrada de HumahuacaBernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 4.0Chicamocha canyon — Colombia's Colonial AndesBogotá, Villa de Leyva & Santander's Heritage RoadBernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 4.0Cotopaxi's snow-capped cone above the páramo grasslandsAvenue of the Volcanoes: Quito to CuencaBernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0

One journey from each of the six countries with the most here, longest first.

When these journeys are at their best

Most journeys in seasonSep22 of 40 journeysFewest journeys in seasonApr14 of 40 journeys

What travel in the quieter months is like

What travel here actually looks like

Every country these journeys visit, assigned by coordinate rather than by the route's country label.
Journeys
40
Countries and territories
9
Typical distance
334 km
Typical length
5 days

Every journey here

Machu Picchu's terraces beneath Huayna Picchuⓘ

May–Aug

Cusco & the Sacred Valley

Peru · 110 km · 5–6 days

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The Salar de Uyuni mirroring the sky after rainⓘ

May–Oct

Uyuni, Potosí and Sucre via the Salar

Bolivia · 650 km · 6 days

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Rio de Janeiro's bays and Sugarloaf seen from aboveⓘ

Apr–Jun

Rio, Ilha Grande & Paraty

Brazil · 286 km · 8 days

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Ouro Preto's baroque skylineⓘ

Apr–Sep

Minas Gerais Gold Towns: Belo Horizonte to Tiradentes

Brazil · 200 km · 5–6 days

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The carved adobe walls of Chan Chan near Trujilloⓘ

Apr · Oct–Dec

Lima, Caral, Casma & Peru’s North Coast

Peru · 560 km · 5 days

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Southern right whale Valdes — Península Valdés & the Welsh Coastⓘ

Sep–Nov

Península Valdés & the Welsh Coast

Argentina · 450 km · 4 days

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Lago Negro framed by araucaria forest in Gramadoⓘ

Apr–Sep

Porto Alegre, Gramado & Canela

Brazil · 160 km · 3 days

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Cotopaxi's snow-capped cone above the páramo grasslandsⓘ

Jun–Sep

Avenue of the Volcanoes: Quito to Cuenca

Ecuador · 650 km · 6–7 days

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Chapada Veadeiros waterfall — Chapada dos Veadeirosⓘ

May–Sep

Brasília, Pirenópolis & Chapada dos Veadeiros

Brazil · 416 km · 5 days

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Green vineyards along the arid mountains of the Elqui Valleyⓘ

Oct–Apr

La Serena & the Elqui Valley

Chile · 100 km · 3 days

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The granite towers of Torres del Paineⓘ

Nov–Mar

Punta Arenas, Torres del Paine & Los Glaciares

Chile · 1,080 km · 8 days

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Villarrica's cone above the lake at Pucónⓘ

Nov–Mar

Chile's Lake District & Chiloé

Chile · 480 km · 6 days

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Cerro Concepción — Santiago, Valparaíso & the Coastⓘ

Oct–Apr

Santiago, Isla Negra, Valparaíso & Viña del Mar

Chile · 195 km · 4 days

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The gravel Carretera Austral threading Patagonia's peaksⓘ

Dec–Mar

Carretera Austral

Chile · 540 km · 5 days

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Casapueblo's white terraces at sunsetⓘ

Dec–Mar

Montevideo, Rocha & the Atlantic Coast

Uruguay · 318 km · 6 days

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A lake on the Seven Lakes Road backed by Andean peaksⓘ

Nov–Apr

Bariloche & the Seven Lakes Road Loop

Argentina · 380 km · 5 days

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The Valle de la Luna's ridges glowing at sunsetⓘ

Apr–Nov

Calama, San Pedro & Valle de la Luna

Chile · 115 km · 3 days

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Tatacoa desert red — Huila: Tatacoa & San Agustínⓘ

Dec–Mar

Huila: Neiva, Tatacoa & San Agustín Archaeology

Colombia · 255 km · 5 days

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Meeting of waters Manaus — Manaus & the Central Amazonⓘ

Sep–Feb

Manaus, Figueiredo & Anavilhanas

Brazil · 590 km · 7 days

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The turquoise of Laguna 69 under ice peaksⓘ

May–Sep

Lima to the Cordillera Blanca

Peru · 470 km · 5–7 days

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Trinidad Jesuit ruins Paraguay — Asunción to the Jesuit Missionsⓘ

May–Sep

Asunción, Areguá, Encarnación & the Jesuit Missions

Paraguay · 430 km · 4 days

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Chicamocha canyon — Colombia's Colonial Andesⓘ

Dec–Mar

Bogotá, Villa de Leyva & Santander's Heritage Road

Colombia · 450 km · 6 days

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Los Frailes beach Ecuador — Ecuador's Whale Coastⓘ

Jun–Sep

Guayaquil, Montañita & the Machalilla Coast

Ecuador · 240 km · 5 days

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Quito basilica old town — Quito & the Mindo Cloud Forestⓘ

Jun–Sep

Quito & the Mindo Cloud Forest

Ecuador · 90 km · 4 days

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Serra Verde Express railway — Paraná: the Serra Verde Railway & Ilha do Melⓘ

Dec–Apr

Paraná: the Serra Verde Railway & Ilha do Mel

Brazil · 175 km · 4–5 days

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Olinda Pernambuco — Pernambuco: Recife, Olinda & Porto de Galinhasⓘ

Sep–Mar

Pernambuco Coast: Recife, Olinda & Porto de Galinhas

Brazil · 70 km · 3–4 days

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The seven-coloured hill rising behind Purmamarca villageⓘ

Apr–Nov

Salta & the Quebrada de Humahuaca

Argentina · 510 km · 4 days

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Towering wax palms in the Cocora Valley's green pasturesⓘ

Apr–May · Jul · Oct–Nov

Coffee Axis: Pereira to Manizales via Salento

Colombia · 250 km · 5–6 days

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Titicaca's blue from Isla del Solⓘ

May–Sep

La Paz, Copacabana & Isla del Sol

Bolivia · 191 km · 6–9 days

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Lagoinha do Leste Florianopolis — Santa Catarina: Florianópolis & the Surf Coastⓘ

Dec–Apr

Santa Catarina Coast: Balneário Camboriú, Florianópolis & Garopaba

Brazil · 175 km · 3–5 days

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Painted colonial houses in Salvador's Pelourinhoⓘ

Sep–Nov

Bahia Heritage & Chapada Diamantina

Brazil · 620 km · 7 days

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A condor over the Colca Canyonⓘ

May–Oct

Arequipa, Colca & Puno High-Road

Peru · 520 km · 6 days

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The walled city of Cartagena above the Caribbeanⓘ

Dec–Jan · Mar

Cartagena, Minca & the Tayrona Coast

Colombia · 350 km · 8 days

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La Piedra del Peñol above Guatapé's lake mazeⓘ

Dec–Mar

Antioquia: Medellín, Guatapé & Jardín

Colombia · 230 km · 7 days

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Kuélap's stone walls above the cloud forestⓘ

May–Nov

Chachapoyas, Kuélap & Gocta

Peru · 473 km · 4–6 days

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Wetland channels and grasslands in the Esteros del Iberáⓘ

Apr–Oct

Iberá Wetlands: Mercedes & Carlos Pellegrini

Argentina · 240 km · 4–5 days

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Iguazú Falls pouring around its jungle horseshoeⓘ

May–Sep

Iguazú, Southern Pantanal & Bonito

Brazil · 1,200 km · 10 days

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Vine rows against the snow line of the Andesⓘ

Nov–Mar

Mendoza, Uspallata & the High Andes Road

Argentina · 187.0689 km · 3 days

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Huacachina oasis below the coastal desert dunesⓘ

Apr–Nov

Paracas, Huacachina & Nazca

Peru · 220 km · 4–5 days

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Dunes and seasonal lagoons in Lençóis Maranhenses on the Rota das Emoçõesⓘ

May–Sep

Rota das Emoções: Jericoacoara to Lençóis

Brazil · 590 km · 7–8 days

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