South American Travel Guides

Lonely Planet Trekking in the Patagonian Andes (Travel Guide)

Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher This vast, varied region is home to some of the world’s great treks, with trails that take you through pristine forests to the rims of glaciers, under granite monoliths and over rickety suspension bridges, well beyond the crowds. Our expert author has chosen the best of Patagonia’s trekking, from the …

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Colombia (National Geographic Adventure Map)

• Waterproof • Tear-Resistant • Travel MapNational Geographic’s Colombia AdventureMap is designed to meet the unique needs of adventure travelers with its durability and accurate information. This folded map provides global travelers with the perfect combination of detail and perspective, highlighting hundreds of points of interest and the diverse and unique destinations within the country.The map includes the …

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Naturalists in Paradise: Wallace, Bates and Spruce in the Amazon

The thrilling stories of the three pioneering English naturalists’ explorations and discoveries in the world’s richest ecosystem One hundred and fifty years ago, the young naturalists Alfred Wallace, Henry Walter Bates, and Richard Spruce were on a journey. Their destination, Amazonia―the world’s largest tropical forest with the greatest river system and richest ecosystem―was then an almost-undiscovered environment to …

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Lost Ancient Technology Of Peru And Bolivia

Peru and Bolivia have become very popular tourist destinations because, mainly, of the amazing stone remains left behind by cultures such as the Inca. Machu Picchu is the number one popular site for travelers to South America, yet how many of these visitors realize that many of the famous, and less known megalithic sites are much older than …

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The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas

Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station in Boston to catch the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Theroux winds up on the poky, wandering Old Patagonian Express steam engine, which comes to a halt in a desolate land of cracked hills and thorn bushes. But with Theroux the view along the way is what matters: …

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Smithsonian Atlas of the Amazon

The Amazon River flows more than 4,000 miles through the world’s greatest rainforest, into the Amazon delta, and finally into the Atlantic Ocean. This extraordinary atlas is the first comprehensive view of not only the Amazon River but also its thirteen major tributaries. More than 150 color maps and nearly 300 vivid photographs provide spectacular views of the …

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Twice Colombia: Adventure, Friendship, and Adoption in the Andes Mountains

Patricia Woodard had always wanted to live and work in a foreign country, but the dream seemed to be elusive. Then in the summer of 1975 while she was teaching summer school in her hometown of Whiteville, North Carolina, she received a telegram offering her a teaching position in Bogotá, Colombia. Excited and stunned to finally be realizing …

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Lonely Planet Discover Peru (Travel Guide)

Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Discover Peru is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Take in the spectacle of Machu Picchu at sunrise, treat your taste buds to Lima’s famous ceviche, or try to solve the …

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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Brazil

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Brazil leads you straight to the very best this vibrant country has to offer: from the streets of Rio de Janeiro to its beaches, from Carnaval to the best places to hear the sounds of bossa nova and samba. This complete travel guide for Brazil includes street-by-street neighborhood maps of Rio de Janeiro and …

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