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South America ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd South America Guyana Suriname Venezuela p793 p964 p1015 French Guiana Colombia p775 p570 Ecuador p672 Brazil Peru p300 p848 Bolivia p199 Paraguay p813 Uruguay Chile Argentina p981 p60 p444 Regis St Louis, Isabel Albiston, Celeste Brash, Brendan Sainsbury, Robert Balkovich, Jade Bremner, Cathy Brown, Gregor Clark, Alex Egerton, Michael Grosberg, Anthony Ham, Mark Johanson, Anna Kaminski, Brian Kluepfel, Tom Masters, Carolyn McCarthy, MaSovaida Morgan, Anja Mutić, Kevin Raub, Adam Skolnick, Paul Smith, Andy Symington, Phillip Tang, Luke Waterson, Wendy Yanagihara PLAN YOUR TRIP ON THE ROAD Welcome to ARGENTINA . 60 San Martín de South America . 6 los Andes . 154 Buenos Aires . 63 Villa la Angostura . 156 South America Map . 8 Northeast Argentina . 87 Bariloche . 157 South America’s Top 15 . 10 Rosario . 87 Parque Nacional Need to Know . 20 Santa Fe . 94 Nahuel Huapi . 162 Paraná . 97 First Time El Bolsón . 162 South America . 22 Parque Esteros del Iberá . 99 Esquel . 164 Corrientes . 100 If You Like . 24 Parque Nacional Resistencia . 102 Los Alerces . 165 Month by Month . 27 Posadas . 105 Patagonia . 166 Itineraries . 31 San Ignacio . 106 Puerto Madryn . 166 Big Adventures, Puerto Iguazú . 107 Reserva Faunística Small Budgets . 40 Parque Nacional Iguazú . 110 Península Valdés . 170 Northwest Argentina . 111 Trelew . 171 Activities . 47 Córdoba . 111 Comodoro Rivadavia . 172 Countries at a Glance . 55 La Rioja . 117 Los Antiguos . 173 Santiago del Estero . 119 El Chaltén . 173 ANTON_IVANOV/SHUTTERSTOCK © ANTON_IVANOV/SHUTTERSTOCK Tucumán . 119 El Calafate . 175 Tafí del Valle . 121 Tierra del Fuego . 180 Cafayate . 122 Ushuaia . 181 Salta . 126 Jujuy . 130 BOLIVIA . 199 Quebrada de La Paz . 201 Humahuaca . 132 Lake Titicaca . 219 Atlantic Coast . 134 Copacabana . 219 Mar del Plata . 134 Isla del Sol . .. 223 Villa Gesell . 136 The Cordilleras & LAKE TITICACA, PERU P885 Pinamar . 137 Yungas . 226 Bahía Blanca . 138 Coroico & Yolosa . 226 Sierra de la Ventana . 139 Chulumani . 229 Sorata . 231 JIXIN YU/SHUTTERSTOCK © YU/SHUTTERSTOCK JIXIN Central Argentina . 140 San Luis . 140 Southern Altiplano . 232 Mendoza . 140 Oruro . 234 Uspallata . 147 Uyuni . 237 San Juan . 148 Tupiza . 243 Malargüe . 150 Tarija . 246 Las Leñas . 150 Central Highlands . 250 The Lake District . 151 Cochabamba . 251 Neuquén . 151 Sucre . 257 Junín de los Andes . 153 Potosí . 264 FOZ DO IGUAÇU, BRAZIL Parque Nacional Lanín . 154 Santa Cruz & Gran P358 Chiquitania . 268 Contents Santa Cruz . .268 Trancoso . 387 Parque Nacional Lauca . .. 501 Samaipata . 273 Maceió . 387 Middle Chile . 502 Jesuit Mission Circuit . 274 Recife . 388 Pichilemu . 502 Amazon Basin . 275 Olinda . .. 392 Curicó . .. 504 Rurrenabaque . 276 Praia da Pipa . .. 395 Maule Valley . 504 Parque Nacional Madidi . 281 Natal . 396 Chillán . 505 Trinidad . 281 Canoa Quebrada . 398 Nevados de Chillán & Fortaleza . 398 Valle Las Trancas . 506 BRAZIL . .. 300 Jericoacoara . 401 Concepción . 506 Rio de Janeiro . 304 São Luís . 405 Los Ángeles . 508 The Southeast . 327 Parque Nacional dos The Lakes District . 508 Búzios . 327 Lençóis Maranhenses . 408 Temuco . 508 Ilha Grande . 329 The North . 408 Parque Nacional Conguillío . 512 Paraty . 331 Belém . 409 Villarrica . 512 São Paulo . 332 Algodoal . 414 Pucón . 514 Belo Horizonte . 341 Ilha de Marajó . 414 Santarém . 415 Parque Nacional Ouro Prêto . .. 344 Huerquehue . 518 Manaus . 418 Tiradentes . 346 Valdivia . 519 Novo Airão . 422 The South . 347 Osorno . 522 The Amazon . 424 Curitiba . 348 Parque Nacional Paranaguá . 350 Porto Velho . 425 Puyehue . 523 Ilha do Mel . .. 350 Guajará-Mirim . 426 Puerto Varas . 524 Florianópolis & Ilha de Rio Branco . .. 426 Ensenada . 528 Santa Catarina . 351 Xapuri . .. 426 Parque Nacional Vicente Porto Alegre . 355 Pérez Rosales . 528 Foz do Iguaçu . 358 CHILE . 444 Puerto Montt . .529 The Central West . 361 Santiago . 446 Chiloé . 532 Brasília . 362 Around Santiago . 463 Ancud . 532 The Pantanal . .. 364 Valparaíso . 465 Castro . .. 534 Cuiabá . 367 Northern Chile . 474 Dalcahue & Campo Grande . 370 La Serena . 474 Isla Quinchao . 537 Bonito & Around . 371 Elqui Valley . 479 Parque Nacional Chiloé . 537 Corumbá . 373 Copiapó . 482 Quellón . 538 The Northeast . 374 Parque Nacional Northern Patagonia . 538 Salvador . 375 Pan de Azúcar . 484 Parque Nacional Pumalín . 538 Lençóis . 381 Antofagasta . 484 Futaleufú . 540 Morro de São Paulo . 382 Calama . 485 Coyhaique . 541 Itacaré . 383 Chuquicamata . 486 Lago General Carrera . 543 Ilhéus . 384 San Pedro de Atacama . .. 488 Chile Chico . 544 Porto Seguro . .. 385 Iquique . 493 Villa O’Higgins . 545 Arraial d’Ajuda . 386 Arica . 498 Route 11 & Putre . 501 Southern Patagonia . .. 546 ON THE ROAD Punta Arenas . 547 Southwest Colombia . .. 639 Pacific Coast & Puerto Natales . 549 Cali . 639 Lowlands . 735 Parque Nacional Popayán . 644 Esmeraldas . 735 Torres del Paine . 552 San Agustín . 647 Same & Tonchigüe . 736 Tierra del Fuego . 555 Tierradentro . 649 Mompiche . 737 Rapa Nui Desierto de la Tatacoa . .. 650 Canoa . 738 (Easter Island) . 556 Los Llanos . 652 Manta . 739 Puerto López . 741 COLOMBIA . 570 Amazon Basin . 654 Leticia . .. 654 Ruta Spondylus . 743 Bogotá . 574 Guayaquil . 747 North of Bogotá . 587 ECUADOR . 672 Machala . 752 Villa de Leyva . 587 Quito . 676 Galápagos Islands . 753 Santuario de Iguaque . 591 Northern Highlands . 696 Parque Nacional FRENCH GUIANA . 775 Natural El Cocuy . 592 Mindo . 696 Cayenne . 778 San Gil . 593 Otavalo . 698 Cacao . 781 Barichara . 596 Ibarra . 702 Central Highlands . 703 Trésor & Kaw Cañon del Chicamocha . 597 Nature Reserves . 782 Bucaramanga . 598 Parque Nacional Cotopaxi . 704 Kourou . 782 Caribbean Coast . 599 Latacunga . 704 Îles du Salut . 784 Santa Marta . 599 The Quilotoa Loop . 706 St Laurent du Maroni . 785 Minca . 602 Baños . 707 Mana & Parque Nacional Awala-Yalimopo . 788 Natural Tayrona . 603 Salinas . 711 Palomino . 605 Riobamba . 712 GUYANA . 793 Volcán Chimborazo . 714 Ciudad Perdida . 606 Georgetown . 796 Southern Highlands . 715 La Guajira Peninsula . 608 Northwest Coast . 801 Cuenca . 715 Barranquilla . 609 Kaieteur Cartagena . 610 Saraguro . 722 National Park . 802 Golfo de Urabá . 618 Loja . 723 Iwokrama Rainforest . 803 San Andrés & Zamora . 724 North Rupununi . 804 Providencia . 621 Parque Nacional South Rupununi . 805 Northwest Colombia . 623 Podocarpus . 725 Medellín . 623 Vilcabamba . 725 PARAGUAY . 813 The Oriente . 727 Jardín . 630 Asunción . 816 Lago Agrio . 727 Santa Fe de Antioquia . 632 Southern Paraguay . 825 Guatapé . 632 Reserva Producción Faunística Cuyabeno . 727 Encarnación . 825 Manizales . 633 Coca . 728 Pilar . 829 Parque Nacional Jesuit Missions . .. 830 Natural Los Nevados . 635 Tena . 730 Misahuallí . 731 Parque Nacional Armenia . 636 San Rafael . 830 Puyo . 733 Salento . 637 Eastern Paraguay . 831 Valle de Cocora . .. 638 Macas & Around . 734 Contents UNDERSTAND Ciudad del Este . 831 Amazon Basin . 942 History . 1022 Mbaracayú Puerto Maldonado . 942 People & Culture . 1029 Biosphere Reserve . 833 Parque Nacional Manu . .. 944 Northern Paraguay . 833 Pucallpa . 945 Concepción . 833 Yarinacocha . 946 SURVIVAL Bahía Negra & the Iquitos . 947 GUIDE Pantanal Paraguayo . .. 834 Reserva Nacional The Chaco . 835 Pacaya-Samiria . 950 Directory A–Z . 1034 PERU . 848 SURINAME . 964 Transportation . 1042 Lima . 852 Paramaribo . 967 Health . 1049 South Coast . 868 Commewijne River . 973 Language . 1054 Paracas & the Upper Suriname River . .. 973 Islas Ballestas . 868 Index . 1070 Brownsberg Nature Ica . 869 Reserve & Brokopondo . .. 975 Map Legend . 1084 Huacachina . 871 Central Suriname Nazca & Around . 872 Nature Reserve . 975 Tacna . 874 Nieuw Nickerie . 976 Arequipa & Galibi & Coppename Canyon Country . 875 Nature Reserves . 976 Lake Titicaca . .. 885 Cuzco & the URUGUAY . 981 Sacred Valley . 890 Montevideo . 984 Cuzco . 890 Western Uruguay . 992 The Sacred Valley . .. 901 Colonia del Aguas Calientes . 904 Sacramento . 993 Machu Picchu . 906 Carmelo . 997 The Inca Trail . .. 909 Mercedes . 997 Choquequirao . 911 Paysandú . 998 Central Highlands . 912 Salto . 999.
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