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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Country guides

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... Read more	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... Read more	Peru From ancient cultures to bustling cities to extraordinary landscapes, few destinations have as much to offer visitors as Peru, an astonishingly... Read more	Argentina Stretching from its sub-tropical northern border to its sub-Antarctic south at the tip of South America and encompassing snowy peaks, rolling wine... Read more
Paraguay Paraguay is a little-known landlocked country, which has found itself somewhat isolated from even its neighbours in the past by geography and... Read more	Venezuela Though best known for its oil politics and feisty president, Venezuela is in fact an action-packed traveller's destination endowed with an... Read more	Bolivia Bolivia, landlocked at the heart of Andean Latin America, remains something of a well-kept secret. Throughout the country's colonial history,... Read more	Ecuador Bisected by the equator, one part lying in the southern hemisphere and the other in the northern, Ecuador is a land divided into three distinct... Read more

City guides

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... Read more	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... Read more	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... Read more	Santiago Santiago de Chile enjoys a spectacular setting: sprawled across the fertile Santiago valley, 100km (62 miles) from the Pacific coast, the city is... Read more
Sao Paulo Look beyond São Paulo’s daunting reputation to discover a booming centre of culture, cuisine and cosmopolitanism that makes this... Read more	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... Read more	Buenos Aires The romance of crumbly European architecture and cobbled streets makes Buenos Aires an alluring city, but it is the food that wins most hearts.... Read more	Caracas Nestled below rolling mountains and a short hop from the sun-drenched coastline, Caracas is a frenetic city of petrodollar wealth, modern... Read more

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