Charter Sailboat Caribbean - Top Ten Travel Wonders of South America

How many have you seen? Here is my list. It isn't possible to nominate a top ten travel list without omitting a number of key sights. There is something in this great continent for everyone, the world's greatest river and sophisticated historic cultures, the world's highest waterfall, the world's most spectacular waterfall, with the world's greatest rain forest. South America holds an extraordinary collection of travel wonders including both natural and cultural experiences.

. The exceptional Incan stonework and the richness of its religious sites makes Machu Picchu a truly cultural experience in the most beautiful of settings, accessed by a famous trek and perched on a mountain top, machu Picchu and Inca Trail (Peru)
Bordered by thick forest. 1.

Iguazu Falls (Argentina / Brazil)
The sheer dimension of this natural miracle and its 250+ cascades thundering over an eighty yard cliff ensures that Iguazu Falls are the most mesmerizing waterfalls in the world. 2.

Giant tortoises and iguanas that have adapted to this volcanic barren land offers one of greatest wildlife shows on Earth, galapagos Islands (Ecuador)
Darwin's laboratory with the unusual varieties of wildlife including a flightless cormorant. 3.

Spending time on the river or walking the forest trails of the Amazon basin is one of most treasured experiences in life, amazon River and Rain Forest
Roughly the size of the continental United States. 4.

The moai (stone statues) stand proudly and majestically in groups around the island, easter Island (Chile)
In testament to an isolated past civilization on this remote Pacific island. 5.

Almost spiritual outdoor experience in the far south of the American continent, tumbling cascades and saw-edged mountain peaks provide an uplifting, patagonia / Torres del Paine (Argentina / Chile)
Vivid blue lakes. 6.

Andes
The backbone of the South America continent with its jagged snow-capped mountains are the second highest mountain range in the world and offer some great hiking and climbing. 7.

The journey there is as adventurous as sighting the falls themselves. Angel Falls (Venezuela)
These falls tumble over half a mile into remote Venezuela forest. 8.

The raucous Carnaval fiesta and the glorious panoramas from the Christ the Redeemer statue and Sugar Loaf mountain makes Rio the most popular city in South America, rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
The golden beaches. 9.

Travel with an open mind and enjoy this fascinating and diverse continent. Glaciers and waterfalls to culturally-rich and expressive cities, south America has a rich selection of travel wonders and experiences from superb natural settings of forests. They are best explored in a small plane. Along with unusual geometric designs were marked into the dry and dusty Peruvian desert by an ancient culture, a hummingbird and a condor, nazca Lines (Peru)
Mysterious giant animals (100 to 200 yards across) including a spider. 10.