In South America, we visited Salaverry, Callao and Pisco in Peru. We visited Arica, Coquimbo and San Antonio in Chile.

South America is home to the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, Angel in Venezuela; the highest single drop waterfall Kaieteur falls in Guyana, the largest river by volume, the Amazon River; the longest mountain range, the Andes; the driest non-polar place on earth, he Atacama Desert, the largest rainforest, the Amazon Rainforest; the highest capital city, La Paz, Bolivia; the highest commercially navigable lake in the world, Lake Titicaca; and excluding research stations in Antarctica, the world’s southernmost permanently inhabited community, Puerto toto, Chile.

South America is one of the most biodiverse continents on earth. South America is home to many interesting and unique species of animals including the llama, anaconda, piranha, jaguar, vicuna and tapir.

The economic gap between the rich and poor in most South American nations is larger than on most other continents. The richest 0% receive over 40% of the nation’s income in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia and Paraguay, while the poorest 20% receive 4% or less in Bolivia, Brazil, and Columbia. This wide gap can be seen in many large South American cities where makeshift shacks and slums lie in the vicinity of skyscrapers and upper-class luxury apartments; nearly one in nine South Americans live on less than $2 per day.