Travel Guide to South America

Argentina

Capital Buenos Aires Largest city Buenos Aires National language Spanish Currency Peso (ARS) Timezone UTC-3 Daylight Savings Time UTC-3 Electricity Unknown Drives on the Right

Home to the largest rainforest and river on earth and the ever-popular Rio Carnival, Brazil is the largest country in South America as well as the largest national economy in Latin America. Brazil offers a diversity of topography from hills, mountains, and plains to white sandy beaches. Brazil’s predominant faith is Roman Catholicism with Protestantism...

Chile

Chile is a South American country running in a narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the East and the Atlantic Ocean to the West. The country also features a varying climate from the world's driest desert, the Atacama, through a Mediterranean climate to a rainy temperate climate. The country also is rich in...

Colombia

Colombia is a country situated in Southern America. The country was named after Christopher Columbus and although he never set foot in Colombia, he visited Panama on his 4 voyage, which was at the time part of Colombia. Colombia has the 2nd largest population in Southern America and the 3rd largest of all Spanish-speaking countries....

Ecuador

Ecuador is a small country located in South America. The country was part of Gran Colombia until 1830. Ecuador is bordered with Colombia in the northeast, Peru to the south and east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Most cities in Ecuador has been listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as the Galapagos...

Peru

Peru is located in western South America with Ecuador & Colombia to the North, Brazil to the East, Chile to the South and the Pacific Ocean to the West. The country was once inhabited by the Norte Chico civilization before it was conquered by the Spanish in the 16th century and therefore the main language...

Uruguay

Uruguay is a small southeastern South American country and is bordered by Argentina to the west and Brazil to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. This small country is also called the Switzerland of South America, not because for hits geographical features but for it stable democracy and social benefits such as...

Destinations in South America