7 Hidden Destinations in South America
Argentina
Destinations
Argentina · Buenos Aires Province
Imagine a thriving resort town submerged for decades, only to re-emerge from the depths, perfectly preserved in a chilling coat of salt.
Villa Epecuén, once a bustling spa town on the shores of Lago Epecuén, was deliberately flooded in 1985 when a levee broke, leaving it compl...
Argentina · Salta Province
A perfectly conical dark pyramid rises abruptly from an endless, blinding white salt flat, looking like a cosmic landing pad dropped into the middle of nowhere.
This near-perfectly shaped volcanic cone defies belief, an astonishing geological anomaly in the remote, high-altitude Puna de Atacama. Surr...
Argentina · Mendoza Province
Imagine a landscape so alien, it feels less like Earth and more like a scene from Mars, covered in over 800 volcanoes.
This remote volcanic field in Argentina's Mendoza Province boasts one of the highest concentrations of volcanic cones on the planet, creatin...
Argentina · Santa Cruz Province
A prehistoric gallery where countless human hands, imprinted in ochre and minerals, emerge from the cave walls like ghostly greetings from millennia past.
Tucked away in the remote Patagonian wilderness, this ancient cave contains breathtaking art created by hunter-gatherers up to 10,000 years ...
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 ...
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...
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...