Destinations in South America
South America Travel Guide
Countries and Regions
Below are the countries, provinces, territories and states in South America
Airports
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- Brasilia International Airport - Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek
- Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini International Airport
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- Caracas Maiquetía International Airport (Simón Bolívar)
Country guides
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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... |
Guyana's attractions range from the 19th-century stilted wooden houses of its capital, Georgetown, to the awesome natural splendour of the... |
No longer a destination only for daredevils, this extraordinary country has battled decades of civil turmoil to emerge as one of South America's... |
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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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... |
Chile’s elongated, unique shape makes it one of the world’s most geographically unique countries, and this South American nation... |
Though best known for its oil politics and feisty president, Venezuela is in fact an action-packed traveller's destination endowed with an... |
Paraguay is a little-known landlocked country, which has found itself somewhat isolated from even its neighbours in the past by geography and... |
City guides
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Rio de Janeiro is an awe-inspiring city where impossibly steep granite peaks rise from the ocean between glorious stretches of golden sand. Brash... |
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... |
Santiago de Chile enjoys a spectacular setting: sprawled across the fertile Santiago valley, 100km (62 miles) from the Pacific coast, the city is... |
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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Nestled below rolling mountains and a short hop from the sun-drenched coastline, Caracas is a frenetic city of petrodollar wealth, modern... |
Built by rich Inca kings and ransacked by Spanish conquistadors, Cusco is the most popular tourist destinations in Peru and one of the most... |
The UNESCO World Heritage city of Quito is one of the best preserved colonial cities in America, complete with cobbled plazas and lavishly... |
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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