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Destinations in South America

South America Travel Guide

Countries and Regions

Below are the countries, provinces, territories and states in South America

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Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

From the jungle calls of the Amazon to the curves of Copacabana’s thong-clad crowds, Brazil is a heady celebration of the big, the bold and...

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Guyana

Guyana

Guyana's attractions range from the 19th-century stilted wooden houses of its capital, Georgetown, to the awesome natural splendour of the...

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Bogota, Colombia

Colombia

No longer a destination only for daredevils, this extraordinary country has battled decades of civil turmoil to emerge as one of South America's...

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Llama, Peru

Peru

From ancient cultures to bustling cities to extraordinary landscapes, few destinations have as much to offer visitors as Peru, an astonishingly...

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Perfect spot

Uruguay

Laid-back and off the beaten track, tiny Uruguay welcomes visitors with miles of pristine beaches, vast open skies and one of Latin America's most...

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Valle de la Luna, Chile

Chile

Chile’s elongated, unique shape makes it one of the world’s most geographically unique countries, and this South American nation...

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Choroni--Playa-sans-nom-2

Venezuela

Though best known for its oil politics and feisty president, Venezuela is in fact an action-packed traveller's destination endowed with an...

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Rio Parana in Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay is a little-known landlocked country, which has found itself somewhat isolated from even its neighbours in the past by geography and...

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City guides

Sugarloaf mountain in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro is an awe-inspiring city where impossibly steep granite peaks rise from the ocean between glorious stretches of golden sand. Brash...

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Marinera dancers in front of Limas cathedral
Lima

Peru's capital, Lima, is a vibrant city whose grandeur may be faded but still lives on. Once the heart of Spain's South American empire, modern...

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Winter in Santiago
Santiago

Santiago de Chile enjoys a spectacular setting: sprawled across the fertile Santiago valley, 100km (62 miles) from the Pacific coast, the city is...

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El Cubo de Montevideo
Montevideo

Perched on a peninsula jutting out into the River Plate, Montevideo's mix of old- and new-world charms has been captivating visitors for centuries...

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Caracas viewed from the surrounding mountains
Caracas

Nestled below rolling mountains and a short hop from the sun-drenched coastline, Caracas is a frenetic city of petrodollar wealth, modern...

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Machu Picchu, Cusco
Cusco

Built by rich Inca kings and ransacked by Spanish conquistadors, Cusco is the most popular tourist destinations in Peru and one of the most...

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Cathedral on Plaza Grande, Quito
Quito

The UNESCO World Heritage city of Quito is one of the best preserved colonial cities in America, complete with cobbled plazas and lavishly...

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Cathedral of Bogota
Bogotá

Colombia’s capital Bogotá is a city out to prove the world wrong. Known as a violent and rather grim place in the 1990s, Bogot...

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