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Santiago, Chile
Get a bip! Card at any metro station
When getting to San Pedro- stay alert in calama it’s dodge asf
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Valparaíso, Chile
Stay in cerro alegre and cerro concepcion / free walking tours
Eat chorillana
Bar cinzano tango bar
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Pucon, Chile
Hot springs, horseback riding, canyoning, paragliding, hike volcano, hydro speeding, kayak
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Isla Chiloe, Chile
Figure out how to see the penguin colony or don’t bother!!!!
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Puerto Varas, Chile
6hr bus cross the border into Argentina
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San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
Try the chocolate + figure out how to do the ridge line route to Refugio fray
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El Chaltén, Argentina
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El Calafate, Argentina
Private tour to petrified forest which has Dino fossils
4hr to rio Gallegos (penguin colony here if interested) 12.5hr bus ferry to ushuaia
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Ushuaia, Argentina
Cheapest Antarctica I’ve seen: 5950, 3800 for literally last one, 4700 for a twin
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Iguazu Falls, Argentina
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Córdoba, Argentina
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Purmamarca, Argentina
Plaza 9 de julio
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Tilcara, Argentina
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Humahuaca, Argentina
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San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
23hr bus via calama (1.5hr from calama to San Pedro)
- Compare bus and flight prices
- stay alert in calama (dodgy)
DO NOT STAY IN CALAMA. STAY IN SAN PEDRO ONLY
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Uyuni, Bolivia
Bus to La quiaca, 23min walk across border to Bolivian bus terminal villazon on other side
Do 3D2N tour
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Potosi, Bolivia
4hr bus $16ish
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Sucre, Bolivia
3hr bus $16
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La Paz, Bolivia
10hr bus $13-45
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Coroico, Bolivia
Get here by Mountain biking death road
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Rurrenabaque, Bolivia
Amazon rainforest tours
Max travel is good, indigena is fine, AVOID dolphin travel
Haggle down to 70USD
Avoid pampas in wet season bc there’s no anaconda
Go to the French bakery in town
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Copacabana, Bolivia
Las olas hostel —> must stay
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Puno, Peru
Don’t do the tours - touristy + not worth it
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Arequipa, Peru
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Cusco, Peru
Salkantay trek - 4/5 days, hard, beautiful, book in advance, best circuits 1 and 2
Cheapest option: go to aguas calientes, like up two days in advance for entry tix + hike in along train line 2/3hrs on and 2 out again
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Huacachina, Peru
Sandboarding
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Paracas, Peru
Rent a bike to explore
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Lima, Peru
Walk the malecón
Can you swim with sea lions here? Look into
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Huaraz, Peru
Santa cruz 4d/3n trek 600 soles
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Trujillo, Peru
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Cuenca, Ecuador
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Banos, Ecuador
Thermal baths, seven waterfalls bike tour, white water rafting, swing at edge of the world (skippable)
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Mindo Valley, Ecuador
Zip lining, canyoning, river tubing, early morning bird tour,
Hostel rec: cinnamon house
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Quito, Ecuador
Stay in historical centre or la mariscal
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Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Santa Cruz:
Get to puerto ayora, Santa Cruz.
D1: Charles Darwin research centre + fisherman’s wharf
D2: water taxi to las grietas + follow signs to $10 tour, walk to tortuga bay go alllll the way to the lagoon at the end (sometimes spot iguanas sea lions and rays here)
D3: Bartolomé island day trip (organise in advance and haggle)
Get to isabela
- walk boardwalk towards tortoise breeding centre to see flamingoes
- snorkel at concha de Perla
- los túneles day tour *** must do
- walk along wall of tears - giant tortoises roam here
Get to san cristobal via Santa cruz
D1: hike to tiieretas + snorkel + walk to playa man
D2: 360 tour ** must do
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Bogotá, Colombia
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Tatacoa Desert, Colombia
4.5hrs to neiva (sketchy terminal) + bus to villavieia
Stay in villavieia or the actual desert
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Salento, Colombia
Bus to neiva-> bus to ibaque -> bus to salento (6.5hrs total pretty fuvked day tho,, maybe stay in ibaque?)
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Medellín, Colombia
Take the metro cable car
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San Gil, Colombia
Bungee jump $22USD
Casa de mercado
Swim at. Small waterfalls pozo azul and pescaderito (notes cont)
Juan ceri waterfall (rappel down for $10USD)
Paraglide over chicamocha canyon $60USD
Tejo hall of san Gil (a game where you throw discs at an exploding target - do)
Panaver (like a natural waterpark $2USD entry)
Caving
Horse riding
DAY TRIP: barichara
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Cartagena, Colombia
Go to Parque centenario to see sloths
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San Blas Islands, Panama
Organise a tour from cartagena to san Blas —> $500/4 days + transport to sapzurro (boat leaves from here - lowk dodgy)
Check boat for: safety equipment, bathrooms, nice bunks, ask if camping on islands or boat, does transport to Panama City at end of
Company: san Blas adventures
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Panama City, Panama
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Boquete, Panama
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Bocas del Toro, Panama
Choose which island to stay at and island hop
Just chill out, surf, snorkel, bioluminescence
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Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica
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La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Path here unclear- talk to hostel for best route. 4-6hr bus/ferry combo, shuttle buses or worst case go via San Jose with a rest there for one night
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Liberia, Costa Rica
5hrs on PT 12-21$ with transfers (2hrs to upala, 2hrs to liberia) direct shuttles for $60 CAN skip liberia admins go straight to Granada
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Granada, Nicaragua
Attend a show at the magician lounge + iglesia de Merced clock tower for a view
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León, Nicaragua
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El Tunco, El Salvador
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Santa Ana, El Salvador
Day trip to Juayana for the 7 waterfalls + eat pupusas + hot springs
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Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
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Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
3 day trek around ending in Xela tour
Kayak rental from waterfront properties
Horse riding
Fire cleansing and protection ceremony (cool or performative?)
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Lanquín, Guatemala
Semuc champey - natural pools caving tubing el mirador lookout tour
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Flores, Guatemala
Stay in Isla de Flores
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San Ignacio, Belize
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Tulum, Mexico
La ruta de los cenotes (20km through multiple cenotes)
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Caye Caulker, Belize
Fees giant tarpon by hand at the dock on back street, chill w stingrays @ stingrays beach 4-4:30 at iguana inn reef inn beachfront bar (also has a seahorse reserve)
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Playa del Carmen, Mexico
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Isla Holbox, Mexico
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San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico
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Puerto Escondido, Mexico
Dice with manta rays, bioluminescent lagoon, surfing
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Oaxaca, Mexico
Eat chocolate and cheese
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Mexico City, Mexico
See lucha libre