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Monte Fitz Roy - Patagonia

Patagonia is a huge remote wilderness in the far south of South America. It covers southern tip of Chile and about one-third of Argentina. Its main attraction lies in west and south where huge Andean peak, glaciers and lakes are situated.

Torres Del Paine

This could be an exhaustive trip, straight from Beunous Aries and then heading south to Chile. It is a journey over 1500 km. Most travelers skip central Patagonia and head towards west or /and south. It is a scarcely populated area and distances between the area of interest is very large, so be prepared to spend days in either bus or rental car.

Cueva De Las Manos

This region has many memorable summery like the Peninsula Valdes with its colonies of penguins, killer whales and other marine wildlife, The forested hills of lake district region.10,000 years old hand prints on the wall of the Cueva de Los Manos pintados and the Perito Moreno glacier. this region requires several weeks to explore, the roads are often not in the best condition. this region is most expensive to tour in South America.

Perito Moreno Glacier

The Andes

The Andes mountain range is the longest chain of mountains in the world which is about 7200 km from Venezuela in the north to the southern tip of Chile in the south. It runs parallel to western South America. This mountain range includes some of the world's highest peaks outside the Himalayas. It provides some of the spectacular scenery in South America.
These mountains were the home of Incas and other civilizations of South America like Chavin, Nazca and Tiahuanuco. These civilization left behind a string of dramatic ruined cities, Trading routes. Indigenous peoples like Quechua and Aymara still lives in the rural Highlands of Andes. They were traditional costumes farm the terraced slopes.

Terraced Slop Farm - Andes

The classic route of Andes range run between Quito in Equador and La Paz in Bolivia via Peru. This is the most visited region in Latin America that's why known as the " Gringo Trail".
 Quito, the capital of Equador, in an attractive colonial city with its spring-like climate and good tourist facilities, it is perfect to start the journey. Sierra in Equador, Avenue of the volcanoes is a site having spectacular trekking & Climbing opportunities. Heading south towards Peru there in Vilcabamba, a beautiful valley and close to cloud forest of Parque Nacional Podocarpus. Crossing into Peru spectacular scenery can be found in the Cordillera Blanca. It is also the highest tropical mountain range. Then head towards Cusico. It is the gateway to the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu. It is South America's biggest tourist attraction, set on a terraced plateau between two prominent mountain peaks. Inca trail is the most popular way to reach there.

Machu Picchu - Peru

Bolivia's Andean summary include clear blue water of Lago Titicaca, which is on either side of the border between Bolivia and Peru. Huayna Potosi is one of the few peaks in South America over 6000 m where you can climb without prior experience.
Moving south from Bolivia, you will cross into the Chilean Altiplano. It is a high mountain plain with beautiful scenery, which is between turquoise lakes and snowcapped Andean volcanos. The main tourist centre of the region is Solar de Atacama and fuming Geysers of El Tatio.

Acancagua Peak

Chile's eastern border with Argentina is naturally formed by 5000m long series of the Andes. Highest mountain peak (outside Himalaya) Aconcagua is on to Argentina side of this border. From here you could head into Argentina's Lake district and on to Patagonia. There is an option to loop back into Chile and explore carreterabAustral. It is a 1000m road that winds through a lush green wilderness laced with the national park. 

Amazon Rainforest

Amazon rainforest are one of the world's most difining landscape. It covers over half of Brazil and parts of Guianas, colombia, Equador, Venezuela, Peru and Bolovia. It is worlds largest rainforenst with a very vast biodiversity. It has more than 6000 known species of plants, 15000 animal species and about one fifth of world's birds. Amazon river is itself 6500km long and have thousands of tributeries. Amazon basin also have thousands of tribes, living deep into the jungle.

Amazon Rainforest

It is not easy to visit whole jungle. Best is either visit region as a part of guided tour or on a boat trip along the river.

Amazon River

There are many popular points to start an organised jungle trip like Iquitas in Peru. Tena and Misahalli in Equador and Rurrenabaque in Bolivia. Rurrenabaque is the base of the cheapest trip. It is about US$50 for 2days, 1 night. All these places are easy to reach by land, offers accomodations in jungle lodges and establish routes down river and into the forest. There are other starting points alsobut they have less infrastructure and fewer tourists but very similar environment like Letica in Colombia (no road access), Puerto Ayacucho on Venezuela border with colombia and Puerto Maldonado in Peru. There are several National Park close to Puerto Maldonado like the Tambopato Condamo Reserve Zone and manu Biosphere Reserve. They are the region which are most biodiverse on earth and also they are absent from city noise and light. This makes them perfect place to experience atmosphere of jungle.

Lodge Amazon Rainforest

A quite essential Amazon journey is the Brazilian trip from Belem which is mouth of Amazon river to Manaus. It is right in the heart of rainforest. Here you can miss the wildlife beacaue of width of river but you can see river Dolphins.

Amazon River Dolphins