2 Hidden Destinations in South America

Chile

Destinations

Capillas de Mármol (Marble Chapels)

Chile · Aysén Region

Beneath the azure waters of a Patagonian lake, an ethereal labyrinth of swirling blue and gray marble caves emerges, carved by centuries of icy currents.

Accessible only by small boat, these intricate formations of naturally sculpted marble appear to glow from within, with the lake's ever-chan...
Mano del Desierto (Hand of the Desert)

Chile · Antofagasta Region

Rising inexplicably from the vast, arid Atacama Desert is a gigantic, solitary hand, reaching towards the sky as if emerging from the Earth itself.

This 11-meter-tall concrete sculpture, crafted by Chilean artist Mario Irarrázabal, seems to appear out of nowhere in one of the driest plac...