South America – The land of adventure
It’s the “dream” trip for any true backpacker: get lost in the Amazon rainforest, visit alone the Machu Picchu, climb the Andes, get on a boat in Tierra del Fuego, walk under the glaciers in Patagonia. This huge continent has the label “adventure” everywhere, that’s why it attracts mostly the “young and the restless”. Of course, in the big capitals you will see all kind of travelers; party animals on the roads of Rio De Janeiro during the carnival,... Read more...
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It’s the “dream” trip for any true backpacker: get lost in the Amazon rainforest, visit alone the Machu Picchu, climb the Andes, get on a boat in Tierra del Fuego, walk under the glaciers in Patagonia. This huge continent has the label “adventure” everywhere, that’s why it attracts mostly the “young and the restless”. Of course, in the big capitals you will see all kind of travelers; party animals on the roads of Rio De Janeiro during the carnival, tango lovers in Buenos Aires and culture aficionados in Valparaiso. If you really want to live a true travel experience, you can try to reach the places where indigenous populations live – nearly unspoiled from the global ethics and civilization. More than 30 tribes live in their own “world” - a true anthropological monument.
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The Perito Moreno Glacier in Patagonia is 30 km long?
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The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world and it represents over half of the planet’s remaining rainforests.

