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South America
South America is a continent that over 371,090,000 people call home, where the cities are just as colorful as the jungles, and indigenous people preserve tradition while the youth fill dance floors. It is also the home of hyperbole with the world's highest waterfall (Angel Falls in Venezula,) the world's largest river by volume (the Amazon,) not to mention the largest rainforest (the Amazon Rainforest) residing on the same continent as the world's driest desert (the Atacama Desert.) The terrain is a varitable feast for the senses ranging from jungle to forest, mountain, beaches, and deserts. Although it seems a recently tamed wilderness, evidence of humans inhabiting this land dates back to 9,000 BC. Over the centuries these first human inhabitants formed tribes that scattered themselves over the diverse landscape: some of these developed into thriving civilizations, the most famous of which was the Inca. Colonialization by the Portuguese and Spanish settlers brought massive change to these tribal cultures and native civilizations, but some still practice their way of life deep inside the jungles and high on the mountaintops where visitors are few and seldom.
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Places to visit in South America
Rio de Janeiro
Best for: Beaches, Parks, Museums
Buenos Aires
Best for: Nightlife, Museums, Parks
Santiago
Best for: Parks, Museums, Shopping
Fernando de Noronha
Best for: Beaches, Museums, Outdoors
Machu Picchu
Best for: Historic Sites, Nature, Parks
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Regions of South America
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Santuario Historico de Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu
Visit for: 6h
Perito Moreno Glacier
Los Glaciares National Park
Visit for: 4h 30min
Iguazu Falls
Foz do Iguacu
Visit for: 5h 30min
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Parque Nacional Los Glaciares
El Calafate
Visit for: 8h
Iguazu Falls
Iguazu National Park
Visit for: 5h 30min
Torres del Paine National Park
Puerto Natales (Torres del Paine)
Visit for: 8h
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Baia do Sancho
Fernando de Noronha
Visit for: 3h 30min
Copacabana Beach
Rio de Janeiro
Visit for: 2h 30min
Recoleta Cemetery
Buenos Aires
Visit for: 1h 30min
Historic Sites
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Sacsayhuaman
Cusco
Visit for: 3h
Walled City of Cartagena
Cartagena
Visit for: 4h
Catedral Metropolitana
Brasilia
Visit for: 1h
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