South America contains the Amazon, the Andes, 19,000 miles of coastline, and arguably more adventure than any other continent. So where to start? These ten perfect trips, from exploratory rafting in Peru to skiing in Chile to beach-hopping Brazil.
It's year ten of the REVOLUTION. Venezuela's oil riches are vanishing, and el presidente's "Yankee devil" rhetoric has created the world's most hostile environment for Homo turisticus. PATRICK SYMMES goes looking for adventure, and comes back with a tale that will haunt him forever.
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Four travel outfitters that are doing it right
And deliver us pronto to these 44 island Edens—if they were any more perfect we'd be in heaven
Casting for bonefish in the mangrove-choked lagoons of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula
Destinations Special: Wild Caribbean
