Pictures of South America

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Among the skyscrapers of Brazil’s biggest city is a museum of Portuguese, art galleries of Old and New World masters and the country’s first planetarium.

See fascinating petroglyphs from pre-Hispanic settlements. Learn about their ancient ways of hunting llamas in this arid pastoral village. 

See fascinating petroglyphs from pre-Hispanic settlements. Learn about their ancient ways of hunting llamas in this arid pastoral village. 

Marvel at the dramatic granite columns of the Paine Towers, hike through diverse landscapes and go wildlife watching in this spectacular national park.  

Home to colonial mansions, tree-lined squares and national parks, this remote Chilean city is also a gateway to the fascinating Tierra del Fuego. 

Marvel at the dramatic granite columns of the Paine Towers, hike through diverse landscapes and go wildlife watching in this spectacular national park.  

Home to colonial mansions, tree-lined squares and national parks, this remote Chilean city is also a gateway to the fascinating Tierra del Fuego. 

See fascinating petroglyphs from pre-Hispanic settlements. Learn about their ancient ways of hunting llamas in this arid pastoral village. 

Home to colonial mansions, tree-lined squares and national parks, this remote Chilean city is also a gateway to the fascinating Tierra del Fuego. 

Watch an international play or classical music concert from the best seat in the Chilean Andes at this lakeside wooden theater.

See fascinating petroglyphs from pre-Hispanic settlements. Learn about their ancient ways of hunting llamas in this arid pastoral village. 

Marvel at the dramatic granite columns of the Paine Towers, hike through diverse landscapes and go wildlife watching in this spectacular national park.  

This landlocked South American country is a destination of remarkable geographical diversity and varied wildlife, as well as fascinating colonial heritage and indigenous cultures.

Admire one of Punta Arenas’ many historic monuments, a memorial dedicated to the ranching wealth and rural traditions of Chile’s Magallanes region.

Explore dreamlike landscapes of untamed wilderness and crystalline waters at the very southern tip of the Americas.

Witness the breathtaking beauty of the region at the end of the world, where the rocky faces of the Andes mountains tower over glaciers, rivers and forests.

Marvel at the dramatic granite columns of the Paine Towers, hike through diverse landscapes and go wildlife watching in this spectacular national park.  

Explore dreamlike landscapes of untamed wilderness and crystalline waters at the very southern tip of the Americas.

Watch an international play or classical music concert from the best seat in the Chilean Andes at this lakeside wooden theater.

Watch an international play or classical music concert from the best seat in the Chilean Andes at this lakeside wooden theater.

Watch an international play or classical music concert from the best seat in the Chilean Andes at this lakeside wooden theater.

Gaze up at the intriguing 18th-century church and its separate bell tower in this rural commune near high-elevation salt plains.

See fascinating petroglyphs from pre-Hispanic settlements. Learn about their ancient ways of hunting llamas in this arid pastoral village. 

Climb to the top of this extinct volcano for spectacular views of the ocean and the rest of this picturesque island.