3 Hidden Destinations in South America

Argentina

Destinations

Puente del Inca

Argentina · Mendoza Province

Nestled high in the Andes, an otherworldly natural bridge shimmers with mineral deposits, spanning a river where an abandoned thermal spa has been frozen in time by petrifying waters.

This incredible geological formation, Puente del Inca, is a natural arch created by the slow deposition of mineral-rich thermal waters over ...

Campo de Piedra Pómez

Argentina · Catamarca

Imagine stepping onto another planet in Argentina's high desert, where an entire landscape is sculpted from impossibly white, volcanic pumice, forming a surreal, moon-like labyrinth.

This vast, remote field of porous, snow-white volcanic rock, weathered into bizarre mushroom and animal-like shapes, feels utterly alien. It...

Bosque Petrificado La Leona (Petrified Forest of La Leona)

Argentina · Santa Cruz

Wander through a surreal, ancient forest where giant trees have turned to stone over millions of years, scattered across a stark Patagonian landscape.

This lesser-known petrified forest offers an otherworldly experience, far from the crowds of more famous Patagonian sites. Millions of years...