Zone of Silence – Mapimí Silent Zone

Zone of Silence is a place full of mystery and legends. A desert where radio signals were not found, and the compass stopped working. This enigmatic place is located in the Bolson de Mapimí between the states of Chihuahua (In the municipality of Jiménez ), Durango, and Coahuila. Mapimí silent zone has an aura of mysticism and legends because when you enter this place, you will notice that compasses fail just like clocks and radios stop working. This is because Hertzian waves are not transmitted as they do on the rest of the planet.

La Rinconada – The highest human settlement in the world

Life at great heights is not easy at all. And even more so if the city you live in is almost 5100 meters above sea level. This is the case of La Rinconada, considered the highest permanent human settlement in the world and is located in the province of San Antonio de Putina in Peru, about 600 kilometres from the border with Bolivia. Currently, around 50,000 people live in the area on highest altitude in peru.

Mount Roraima – Gran Sabana, Venezuela

Mount Roraima is a beautiful flat table mountain encircled by towering cliffs that float in the sky on the plains of the Gran Sabana (Great Savannah), which encompasses a considerable part of south-eastern Venezuela. The mountain is the highest in South America's Pacaraima series of tepuis. This is one-of-a-kind table-top mountain is covered in unique structures, creatures, and plants found nowhere else on the planet.

Rio de la Plata – The widest river in the world

Río de la Plata is an estuary formed at the confluence of the Uruguay and Parana rivers. This is a bay on the southeastern coast of South America, stretching for 220 km from the confluence of rivers to the Atlantic Ocean. It is often called the "river", both on the Uruguayan and Argentine sides. However, outside these countries, it is referred to only as an "estuary" rather than a "river". Due to its maximum width, it would be the widest river in the world.

Boiling Lake: Dominica

BOILING LAKE — The area of volcanic activity in Morne Trois Pitons National Park, Dominica is in the Caribbean. This park covers nearly 7,000 hectares and features five volcanoes, many hot springs, and other craters, as well as a large, famous boiling lake. Dominica Boiling Lake is actually a submerged hole or vent in the earth's crust. The gray-green pool of water bubbles at around 92 degrees Celsius. The heat and gas from the molten lava below heat the water. A cloud of water vapor covers the lake's surface.

Boiling lake

Atacama Desert Flowers

Nature amazes us all. One of the most amazing natural wonders is Chile's the Atacama Desert. It is considered to be the driest and highest desert on Earth. The region might not see rain for many years. Temperatures range from 0°C at night to 40°C during the day. The driest desert of all is where miracles can be performed. The El Nino phenomenon caused an increase in winter rains, which led to a surprising outcome: the desert burst into bloom with a bounty of color and flowers. The desert was covered in wildflowers, with thousands to even millions of wildflowers.

Desert Bloom

Meeting of Waters | Encontro das Aguas

The Meeting of Waters | Encontro das Águas is a phenomenon that happens at the confluence of the Negro River, of black water, and the Solimões River, of muddy water, where the waters of rivers flow side by side without mixing for an extension of more than 6 km. Then the waters of the two rivers come together and start to be called the Amazon River, one of the primary economic and transport means for the inhabitants of Manaus, Brazil. The meeting of the waters of these two rivers is one of the main tourist attractions in the region.

Meeting of Waters | Encontro das Aguas

Belmond Andean Explorer Train | The first luxurious train of South America

Belmond Andean Explorer Train | The first luxurious train of South America, Since the summer of 2017. The Belmond Andean Explorer - travels through the majestic Andean countryside along some of the world's highest-lying railroads. The first thing that arouses interest is its route: it runs between Cuzco (the ancient capital of the Inca Empire) and the picturesque city of Arequipa. The second thing that will not leave you indifferent is its interior, made in the spirit of the 1920s and 1930s, and the unique views that open up to travelers.

Venezuelan Poodle Moth

Venezuela Poodle Moth, or Fluffy Moth, Cute Moth, Poodle Moth, Puppy moth, is actually something spectacular, strange, and fascinating. This poodle moth look-alike butterfly - what is it? A small creature with raised eyes with black eyes and a moustache eyebrow, moreover, "dressed" in the fluffy fur coat of a snow-white poodle, but Venezuela Poodle Moth is a cute and mysterious creature.

The Unique Boiling River in Peru, Shanay-Timpishka

The unique and very dangerous river Mayantuyacu, also known as Shanay-Timpishka (loosely translated as “warmed by the heat of the sun”), is located in the depths of the tropical forests of the Peruvian Amazon. The maximum width of the river is 25 meters, the depth is 6 meters, and the length is 6.4 kilometers.

Caño Cristales, The most beautiful river in the world

Caño Cristales is called the "most beautiful river in the world" and especially among Colombians, who consider it one of its great natural treasures or "the river of the five colors"; But some also refer to this strange flow, located in the Natural Park of the Sierra de la Macarena department of Meta, in a more poetic way: "the river that escaped from Paradise" or "the rainbow that melted" . Everything is due to the incredible color palette that floods its waters during the driest months that's go from July to November. The red and fuchsia color is caused by a type of native algae that develops especially during those months in which the rains fall. But there are no shortages between the pools, waterfalls and meanders that make up this 100-kilometer-long stream of yellow, green, blue and black.

El Peñón de Guatapé – Guatape Rock

El Peñon de Guatape means The Rock of Guatape, a large rock with an estimated weight of 10 million tons and a height of more than 650 feet (200 meters), is a monolithic monument found in the city of Guatapé in Antioquia, Colombia. It was once worshipped by the Tahami Indians, the former inhabitants of the region. El Penol rock, completely smooth, with a long dry crack on one side. It was carved out of an impressive 740 steps, from a distance that looked like a huge stitch holding a mountain that appeared to be split in two. 

Ojos del Salar | The Eyes of the Salt Flat, Chile

The Ojos del Salar “The Eyes of the Salt Flat” Two perfectly round pools in the middle of a wide expanse of cracked earth, sand and brittle clumps of grass. Ojos del Salado - a miracle of nature on the border between Argentina and Chile or we can say located in the salt flats of Chile. The eyes of the salt plain are perfectly round, freshwater lakes, about 20 miles from the town of San Pedro de Atacama. They are accessed from a sandy road, and these two freshwater lakes connect with distant rivers through underground caves, are commonly visited as part of a larger trip to two other lakes in the area, a little south of the Laguna de Cejar and Laguna Tebenquiche are surrounded by spectacular mountains. 

Photo credit © Haroldo Horta Tricallotis

Island of the Dolls

La Isla De Las Muñecas also know as the Island of the Dolls. It is located in the channels of Xochimilco south of the Estadio Azteca soccer stadium, Mexico city, Mexico. One of the main attractions of the channels of chinampa of the Laguna de Teshuilo. Don Julian Santana Barrera, the former owner of this island, placed dolls in various styles and colors. He believed hanging dolls could be used to ward off the spirit of a drowned girl years before. He died in 2001 from a heart stroke. Sources claim that he was near the spot where the girl drowned.

Island of the dolls

Kaieteur Falls, The Worlds Most Spectacular and Most Powerful Waterfall

Kaieteur Falls is a waterfall on the Potaro River  is located in Kaieteur National Park and is in the centre of Guyana's rain-forest. It is 226 meters or 741 feet, when it was measured from its lope over a sandstone cliff to the first break. It then flows over a series of steep cascades that, when included in the measurements, bring the total height to 251 meters or 822 feet. Posteriorly, the locals named the falls Kaieteur, or “Old Man Falls”. Kaieteur Falls is about five times higher than the more well known Niagara Falls, and about two times the height of the Victoria Falls located on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe in Africa. 

Photo credit Jeppe Klockareson

Chan Chan, The World's Largest Adobe City

Chan Chan is an archaeological site and the largest Pre-Columbian city in South America, located in the Moche Valley, 5 kilometers from Trujillo, Peru. Its extension covers 20 square kilometers and had a dense urban center of 6 km². Chan Chan constructed by under the flag of Chimor the kingdom of the Chimú. The Chimu Kingdom, with Chan Chan as its powerful capital, reached its apogee in the 15th century, not long before falling to the Incas. A late intermediate period civilization which grew out of the remnants of the Moche civilization. Chan Chan is the world largest adobe city and Chan means sun-sun. Chan Chan was declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 1986, when it was also added in the list of world heritage in danger due to the torrential rains that destroyed the citadel, earthquakes, or rise of the first layer of groundwater beneath the area.

Lençóis Maranhenses, Crystal clear water between the Dunes

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, also known as Parque Nacional Dos Lençóis Maranhenses, is a national forest located in northeastern Brazil's Maranhao state, just east from the Baia de Sao Jose. The park, which covers 155,000 ha, was declared a national park on June 2, 1981. It includes a seventy km coastline and an interior made up of a rolling dune. The impermeable rock below prevents the freshwater from draining and fills the valleys with water lagoons. The park is home to various species, and it has become a popular spot for ecotourists.

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park

The 15 Moai, Ahu Tongariki | Easter Island

The Moai, huge sculptures shaped human head, the main tourist attraction of Easter Island, Valparaíso Region, Chile. Easter Island has several settlements called Ahu "Altars", where a group of more or less numerous Moai meets, but always perfectly organized and looking in the same direction. Ahu Tongariki is the name of the settlement largest moai in terms of size and situation. Ahu Tongariki is located on the east coast of the island, about 20 kilometers from the capital Hanga Roa, between the coves of Hanga Hanga Hotu Iti and Nui. Ahu Tongariki is an altar, one composed of 15 figures aligned parallel to the coast, stand with their backs to the sea, as virtually all of the island Moai facing the center of it.

Rodovia dos Imigrantes, Brazil

Rodovia dos Imigrantes, officially known as "SP-160" — The road over the trees is a highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The highway connects the city of São Paulo to the Atlantic coast and with the seaside cities of São Vicente and Praia Grande. It follows the route of Rodovia Anchieta and is also one of Brazil's busiest highways, especially on weekends. Rodovia dos Imigrantes has 44 viaducts, 7 bridges, and 11 tunnels, along its 58.5 km stretch. The highway has recently been expanded, in one of the most audacious feats of Brazilian highway engineering, with extremely long tunnels and high strutting six-lane bridges constructed over the tropical rain forest which covers the steep faces of the Serra do Mar, the cliff range that separates the São Paulo plateau from the seaside lowlands. During sunny weekends, more than 1 million automobiles commonly cross its near 60 km run, separating the city of São Paulo from the sea.

The Uros, Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca, Peru

Uros Floating Islands on the lake of Titicaca, Peru — One of the earliest pre-Inca cultures of Peru. The Uros Island is one of the most famous islands of Lake Titicaca , is located 6 km from the port of Puno and located at a height of about 3,800 meters, is an amazing archipelago of 40 islands of totora, inhabited by the Uros, direct from one of the oldest cultures of the continent descendants. The origin of the town Uro was lost in the labyrinths of history, but presumably descended from Pukinas , one of the oldest communities in South America. The men of this floating community claim to be the owners of the waters of Lake Titicaca. The lake Titicaca is one of the most enigmatic and popular. Natural border between Bolivia and Peru, but, nevertheless, does not freeze due to salinity level, Good size and height. Its deep blue color of because of its depth, reaches 280 meters in some places and its landscape surrounded by mountains make it a wonder of nature.