Trip ideas in South America
20 ready-made itineraries for South America, each with a day-by-day plan, a map with the route and the best time to go from real weather.
Brazil
All 7 ideas in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Samba school parades, street parties and beach days in Rio during Carnival
São Paulo
Market halls, Japanese streets, pizza and a long Saturday lunch
Salvador
Afro-Brazilian heritage, gilded churches, music and moqueca
Rio de Janeiro
Beaches and lookouts by day, samba and old streets by night
Manaus
Black water, flooded forest and nights on the river
Foz do Iguacu
The Brazilian view of the falls, with birds, boats and a giant dam
Florianópolis
An island of beaches, a lagoon and slow fishing villages
Argentina
All 6 ideas in Argentina
Buenos Aires
One plan each morning, and the afternoons left to you
Salta
Colonial streets, painted canyons and wine at altitude
Bariloche
Lake views, quiet forests and hot chocolate in the Patagonian Andes
Iguazu Falls
Catwalks over the falls, a little train and a boat in the spray
El Calafate
Glaciers, granite peaks and big skies in Argentine Patagonia
Mendoza
Malbec, long lunches and the Andes on the horizon
Chile
All 6 ideas in Chile
Torres del Paine
Granite towers, glaciers and wind on the long southern road through Chilean Patagonia
Santiago
Hills, murals and markets, and an easy day by the sea
Easter Island
Giant stone ancestors, a quarry, a crater village and long Pacific light on Rapa Nui
Santa Cruz
Long tastings, vineyard lunches and small towns under the Andes in central Chile
Puerto Varas
Lakes, volcano views and German-style towns on a slow southern week
San Pedro de Atacama
Geysers at dawn, salt flats, high lagoons and a sky full of stars
How a trip idea works
Each trip idea is a short itinerary: a few places a day that sit close together, in the order that saves walking, with an estimate of the time between stops. Open one to see it on a map and to see the best months to go, worked out from the average weather of the last five years. Then plan your own dates in the Archie app.