South America
Every V-TIMES guide across South America.
Argentina · multi city
Argentina: Buenos Aires and Mendoza Wine Country
Four nights in Buenos Aires for the city, the food and the tango, then a two-hour flight west for the Mendoza leg: an arrival day in the city, a Uco Valley day and a Luján de Cuyo day before flying on.
Brazil · city
Rio de Janeiro
Come between September and November or April and May, stay in Ipanema or Leblon if the budget allows and Copacabana if it does not, do Christ the Redeemer on the first clear morning and Sugarloaf for a sunset, give a full day to Santa Teresa, Lapa and the old Centro, eat feijoada on Saturday, and treat safety as a set of habits rather than a reason to stay in.
Chile and Argentina · road trip
Patagonia: Torres del Paine and El Chalten
A night in Punta Arenas and a morning with the penguins of Isla Magdalena. Three hours north to Puerto Natales on the Seno Ultima Esperanza. Then Torres del Paine: the Base Torres hike at the east end, the catamaran across Lago Pehoe to the Frances valley, the boat to the front of the Grey glacier, or the whole W on foot between refugios. Over the border at Cerro Castillo to El Calafate for the Perito Moreno glacier from the boardwalks, a boat or the ice itself. North to El Chalten for the Fitz Roy at Laguna de los Tres and Cerro Torre at Laguna Torre.
Peru · multi city
Peru: Cusco & Machu Picchu
Acclimatize in Cusco or the Sacred Valley, give a full day to Machu Picchu with an early entry, and book the train, entrance ticket and any Inca Trail permit well in advance.