Ruins of ancient civilizations share South America with world-class metropolises, outstanding architecture, many of the world's biggest festivities, and genuine indigenous culture mingled with the fingerprints of Iberian colonizers.
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Buenos Aires is the capital of the Argentine Republic. The name means fair winds, or literally good air, in Spanish.
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, with a city population of about 11 million and almost 20 million in its metropolitan region.
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Brazil is the largest country in South America and fifth largest in the world. Famous for its football tradition and its annual Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Recife and Olinda, it is a country of great diversity.
Colombia — forget the reputation. Twice the size of France, and with a diversity of landscapes and cultures that would be hard to find even in countries five times its size, Colombia belongs in the upper echelons of the world's most incredible travel destinations.
Peru, is without a doubt one of the most captivating countries in South America. Famously home of the epic lost Inca citadel of Machu Picchu and the mindblowing Nazca Lines, this country's unique past awakens the adventurer in travellers of all sorts.
Argentina, is a large, elongated country in the southern part of South America, neighbouring countries being Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay to the north, Uruguay to the north east and Chile to the west.
Ecuador is a country in Northwestern South America, with a Pacific Ocean coastline, lying on the Equator between Colombia, to the north and east, and Peru, to the south and east.
Bolivia is a beautiful, geographically cool, and multiethnic country in the heart of South America.
Chile narrowly stretches along the southern half of the west coast of South America, between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean.
Venezuela is a country in South America. Having a shoreline along the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, Venezuela …
Uruguay is a country in South America. It has a South Atlantic Ocean coastline and lies between Argentina to the west and Brazil to the north.
Guyana, is a country in north-eastern South America. It has an Atlantic Ocean coastline in the northeast, and lies between Suriname to the east and Venezuela to the west, with Brazil to the south.
Suriname is a republic on the northeast coast of South America. It is bordered to the east by French Guiana, in the west by Guyana, in the south by Brazil and in the north by the Atlantic Ocean.
The Falkland Islands consist of two main islands and several hundred smaller islands in the south Atlantic Ocean, off the east coast of southern South America.
Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago off the south of South America, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan.
French Guiana, is a French department in the Amazonia region of South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Brazil and Suriname.
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