About this trip

A 6 months land tour around South America beginning Jan 2014. Fly in/out point will be Lima (Peru), the land route will roughly follow the south american coast line to the Pacific, Atlantic and Caribbean sees, and will include all countries in the subcontinent except Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.

A tour that google maps estimates to be around 30.000 kilometers long across some of the bigger deserts (Patagonian, Atacama), higher mountains (Aconcagua, Huascarán), most amazing lakes (Titicaca and Uyuni), massive glaciers (Perito Moreno), largest rivers (Amazonas) and impressive waterfalls (Iguazú) in the world.

With Machu Picchu, Ceviche, Galápagos, Caipirinha and Tango in the program one can say that climate, fauna, food, culture and people will be as diverse as the scenery.

The route planned includes:

• Lima (starting point), Nazca lines and Arequipa
• Colca Canyon, Cuzco and Macchu Picchu
• Titicaca Lake, La Paz and Potosí
• Uyuni Salt Lake and San Pedro de Atacama
• Salta, San Miguel de Tucumán and Mendoza

• Santiago de Chile, Valparaíso and Viña del Mar
• Temuco, Pucón and Osorno
• Puerto Montt, San Carlos de Bariloche and Chiloé island
• Ferry boat Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales
• Torres del Paine NP, Perito Moreno NP and El Calafate

• Ushuaia and Navarino island
• Rio Gallegos, Mar de Plata and Buenos Aires
• Montevideo, Colonia Sacramento and Punta del Este
• Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo and Iguazú
• Asunción, Pantanal, Brasilia and Belém

• Manaus, Pacaraima and Angel Falls
• Caracas, Valencia and Maracaibo
• Santa Marta, Ciudad Perdida and Tayrona NP
• Cartagéna de las Indias, Medellín and Bogotá
• Los Nevados NP, Manizales and Cali

• Popayán, Ipiales and Quito
• Guayaquil and Galápagos National Park
• Cuenca, Machalilla NP and Tumbes
• Máncora, Lambayeque and Trujillo
• Huscarán NP, Caral and Lima