South America Travel Guide

South America's scale means most visitors pick a country or two rather than attempting the whole continent — Peru's Andean highlands and Brazil's Rio de Janeiro are both substantial trips in their own right.

Destinations in South America

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Buenos Aires

Argentina

Buenos Aires pairs wide, Paris-inspired boulevards and a deep tango tradition with some of the best steak anywhere, and neighborhoods like colorful La Boca and elegant Recoleta each offer a genuinely different side of the city.

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Machu Picchu

Peru

Perched at 2,430 meters above the Urubamba River, this 15th-century Incan citadel is one of the most extraordinary feats of architecture on Earth. Reach it via the classic four-day Inca Trail trek or a scenic train from Cusco.

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Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

Christ the Redeemer looks out over a city wedged between mountains and the Atlantic, where Copacabana and Ipanema's beaches sit a short walk from the forested slopes of Tijuca National Park.

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