Torres del Paine

MountainChileProtected area

A Patagonian park of granite towers, hanging glaciers, windswept lakes and roaming guanacos, threaded by the famous "W" and "O" treks.

Highlights

Antofagasta, Chile

The driest non-polar desert on Earth, a high plateau of salt flats, geysers and lagoons prized for some of the clearest night skies anywhere.

Bolívar, Venezuela

A sheer-sided tabletop mountain (tepui) rising above the cloud forest at the meeting of three nations, with an otherworldly rocky summit.

Amazonas, Brazil

The largest tropical rainforest on Earth, drained by the mighty Amazon River and holding a tenth of all known species.