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| PLAN | ||
| YOUR TRIP | ||
ON THE ROAD | ||
| Welcome to | ||
| South America | 6 | |
| South America Map | 8 | |
| South America's Top 15 | 10 | |
| Need to Know | 18 | |
| First Time | ||
| South America | 20 | |
| If You Like | 22 | |
| Month by Month | 25 | |
| Itineraries | 29 | |
| Off the Beaten Track | 34 | |
| Big Adventures, | ||
| Small Budget | 36 | |
| Activities | 44 | |
| Countries at a Glance | 49 | |
| ARGENTINA | 54 | |
| Buenos Aires | 57 | |
| Rosario | 79 | |
| Santa Fe | 86 | |
| Paraná | 88 | |
| Reserva Provincial | ||
| Esteros del Iberá | 90 | |
| Corrientes | 92 | |
| Resistencia | 93 | |
| Posadas | 95 | |
| San Ignacio Miní | 97 | |
| Puerto Iguazú | 98 | |
| Parque Nacional Iguazú | 100 | |
| Córdoba | 101 | |
| La Rioja | 108 | |
| Santiago del Estero | 109 | |
| Tucumán | 110 | |
| Tafí del Valle | 111 | |
| Cafayate | 113 | |
| Salta | 116 | |
| San Salvador de Jujuy | 120 | |
| Quebrada de | ||
| Humahuaca | 122 | |
| Atlantic Coast | 125 | |
| Mar del Plata | 125 | |
| Villa Gesell | 127 | |
| Pinamar | 128 | |
| Bahía Blanca | 129 | |
| Sierra de la Ventana | 130 | |
| San Luis | 131 | |
| Mendoza | 133 | |
| Uspallata | 138 | |
| San Juan | 139 | |
| Malargüe | 141 | |
| The Lake District | 142 | |
| Neuquén | 142 | |
| Junín De Los Andes | 144 | |
| San Martín De | ||
| Los Andes | 145 | |
| Villa La Angostura | 146 | |
| Bariloche | 147 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| Nahuel Huapi | 151 | |
| El Bolsón | 152 | |
| Esquel | 154 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| Los Alerces | 155 | |
| Patagonia | 155 | |
| Puerto Madryn | 157 | |
| Reserva Faunística | ||
| Península Valdés | 159 | |
| Trelew | 160 | |
| Comodoro Rivadavia — | 161 | |
| El Chaltén | 162 | |
| El Calafate | 164 | |
| Río Gallegos | 168 | |
| Tierra del Fuego | 169 | |
| Ushuaia | 169 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| Tierra Del Fuego | 174 | |
| BOLIVIA | 188 | |
| La Paz | 192 | |
| Tiwanaku | 207 | |
| Lake Titicaca | 208 | |
| Copacabana | 208 | |
| Isla del Sol | 213 | |
| The Cordilleras & | ||
| the Yungas | 215 | |
| Coroico | 216 | |
| Chulumani | 218 | |
| Sorata | 219 | |
| Southern Altiplano | 220 | |
| Oruro | 222 | |
| Uyuni | 225 | |
| Southwest Circuit | 230 | |
| Tupiza | 231 | |
| Tarija | 234 | |
| Central Highlands | 236 | |
| Cochabamba | 236 | |
| Sucre | 241 | |
| Potosí | 246 | |
| Santa Cruz | 251 | |
| The Amazon Basin — | 56 | |
| Rurrenabaque | 57 | |
| Trinidad | 6 | |
| BRAZIL | 281 | |
| Rio de Janeiro | 283 | |
| Búzios | 307 | |
| llha Grande | 308 | |
| Paraty | 309 | |
| Säo Paulo | 311 | |
| Belo Horizonte | 320 | |
| Ouro Préto | 322 | |
| Tiradentes | 325 | |
| Curitiba | 326 | |
| llha do Mel | 329 | |
| llha de Santa Catarina | 330 | |
| Porto Alegre | 333 | |
| Fozdo Iguagu | 336 | |
| Brasilia | 339 | |
| The Pantanal | 343 | |
| Cuiabá | 346 | |
| Campo Grande | 348 | |
| Bonito | 350 | |
| Salvador | 352 | |
| Lengóis | 360 | |
| Morro de Säo Paulo | 361 | |
| Itacaré | 362 | |
| llhéus | 363 | |
| Porto Seguro | 364 | |
| Arraial d'Ajuda | 365 | |
| Trancoso | 366 | |
| Maceió | 367 | |
| Recite | 368 | |
| Olinda | 371 | |
| Praia da Pipa | 374 | |
| Natal | 375 | |
| Fortaleza | 377 | |
| Jericoacoara | 381 | |
| Säo Luis | 384 | |
| Parque Nacional dos | ||
| Lengóis Maranhenses | 386 | |
| Belém | 389 | |
| Algodoal | 392 | |
| llha de Marajó | 393 | |
| Santarém | 394 | |
| Manaus | 396 | |
| Amazon Jungle | 400 | |
| Guajará-Mirim | 402 | |
| Xapuri | 403 | |
| CHILE | 422 | |
| Santiago | 424 | |
| Valle de Maipo | 439 | |
| Valparaíso | 441 | |
| Viña del Mar | 448 | |
| La Serena | 450 | |
| Valle del Elqui | 454 | |
| Copiapó | 457 | |
| Parque Nacional Pan | ||
| de Azúcar | 458 | |
| Antofagasta | 459 | |
| Chuquicamata | 460 | |
| San Pedro de Atacama | 462 | |
| Iquique | 467 | |
| Arica | 471 | |
| Parque Nacional Lauca | 474 | |
| Colchagua Valley | 475 | |
| Pichilemu | 476 | |
| Chillán | 478 | |
| Concepción | 479 | |
| The Lakes District | 481 | |
| Temuco | 481 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| Conguillío | 484 | |
| Villarrica | 485 | |
| Pucón | 486 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| Huerquehue | 489 | |
| Valdivia | 490 | |
| Osorno | 493 | |
| Puerto Varas | 494 | |
| Parque Nacional Vicente | ||
| Pérez Rosales | 498 | |
| Puerto Montt | 499 | |
| Chiloé | 502 | |
| Ancud | 502 | |
| Castro | 504 | |
| Dalcahue & | ||
| Isla Quinchao | 506 | |
| Parque Nacional Chiloé | 506 | |
| Northern Patagonia | 507 | |
| Parque Pumalín | 507 | |
| Futaleufú | 509 | |
| Coyhaique | 510 | |
| Lago General Carrera | 512 | |
| Chile Chico | 513 | |
| Villa O'Higgins | 514 | |
| Southern Patagonia | 515 | |
| Punta Arenas | 515 | |
| Puerto Natales | 519 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| Torres del Paine | 522 | |
| Tierra del Fuego | 524 | |
| Porvenir | 525 | |
| Rapa Nui | ||
| (Easter Island) | 526 | |
| Hanga Roa | 526 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| Rapa Nui | 528 | |
| COLOMBIA | 540 | |
| Bogotá | 544 | |
| Zipaquirá | 554 | |
| Suesca | 554 | |
| Villa de Leyva | 555 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| Natural El Cocuy | 558 | |
| San Gil | 559 | |
| Barichara | 561 | |
| Parque Nacional del | ||
| Chicamocha | 562 | |
| Bucaramanga | 563 | |
| The Caribbean Coast | 564 | |
| Santa Marta | 565 | |
| Taganga | 568 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| Natural Tayrona | 570 | |
| Ciudad Perdida | 572 | |
| La Guajira Península | 573 | |
| Cartagena | 575 | |
| Mompox | 58 | |
| Golfo de Urabá | 584 | |
| ON THE ROAD | ||
| San Andrés & | ||
| Providencia | 587 | |
| San Andrés | 587 | |
| Medellín | 588 | |
| Santa Fe de Antioquia | 595 | |
| Guatapé | 596 | |
| Manizales | 597 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| Natural Los Nevados | 599 | |
| Pereira | 600 | |
| Salento | 601 | |
| Valle de Cocora | 602 | |
| Cali | 603 | |
| Popayán | 608 | |
| San Agustín | 612 | |
| Tierradentro | 615 | |
| Amazon Basin | 617 | |
| Leticia | 618 | |
| Puerto Nariño | 622 | |
| ECUADOR | 634 | |
| Quito | 638 | |
| Mitad del Mundo | ||
| & Around | 660 | |
| Northern Highlands | 661 | |
| Mindo | 661 | |
| Ota va lo | 663 | |
| Ibarra | 666 | |
| Central Highlands — | 667 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| Cotopaxi | 667 | |
| Latacunga | 668 | |
| The Quilotoa Loop | 669 | |
| Baños | 670 | |
| Salinas | 673 | |
| Riobamba | 674 | |
| Volcán Chimborazo | 676 | |
| Southern Highlands | 677 | |
| Cuenca | 677 | |
| Loja | 684 | |
| Vilcabamba | 685 | |
| The Oriente | 687 | |
| Lago Agrio | 687 | |
| Reserva de Producción | ||
| Faunística Cuyabeno | 687 | |
| Coca | 688 | |
| Parque Nacional Yasuní | 689 | |
| Tena | 689 | |
| Misahuallí | 692 | |
| Puyo | 693 | |
| Macas | 694 | |
| Pacific Coast & | ||
| Lowlands | 695 | |
| Súa | 696 | |
| Canoa | 696 | |
| Bahía de Caráquez | 697 | |
| Manta | 698 | |
| Puerto López | 699 | |
| Montañita | 701 | |
| Guayaquil | 703 | |
| Machala | 709 | |
| Galápagos Islands----710 | ||
| Isla Santa Cruz | 714 | |
| Isla San Cristóbal | 717 | |
| Isla Isabela | 718 | |
| Floreana | 719 | |
| FRENCH GUIANA | 733 | |
| Cayenne | 736 | |
| Rémire-Montjoly | 740 | |
| Trésor & Kaw Nature | ||
| Reserves | 741 | |
| Kourou | 741 | |
| lies du Salut | 742 | |
| St Laurent du Maroni | 743 | |
| Mana & Awala-Yalimopo | 746 | |
| GUYANA | 750 | |
| Georgetown | 753 | |
| Berbice | 758 | |
| Northwest Coast | 759 | |
| Kaieteur National Park | 759 | |
| lwokrama Rainforest —760 | ||
| North Rupununi | 761 | |
| South Rupununi | 762 | |
| PARAGUAY | 768 | |
| Asunción | 771 | |
| Circuito Central | 777 | |
| San Bernardino | 778 | |
| Encarnación | 779 | |
| The Jesuit Missions | 783 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| San Rafael | 784 | |
| Ciudad del Este | 784 | |
| Mbaracayú Biosphere | ||
| Reserve | 786 | |
| Concepción | 787 | |
| Bahía Negra & the | ||
| Paraguayan Pantanal | 788 | |
| The Chaco | 789 | |
| The Mennonite Colonies | 789 | |
| Northwestern | ||
| National Parks | 791 | |
| PERU | 801 | |
| Lima | 803 | |
| South Coast | 820 | |
| Pisco | 820 | |
| lea | 822 | |
| Huacachina | 823 | |
| Nazca | 824 | |
| Tacna | 827 | |
| Arequipa & | ||
| Canyon Country | 829 | |
| Arequipa | 829 | |
| Cañón del Coica | 835 | |
| Lake Titicaca | 837 | |
| Juliaca | 837 | |
| Puno | 838 | |
| Titicaca Islands | 843 | |
| Cuzco & the | ||
| Sacred Valley | 844 | |
| Cuzco | 844 | |
| The Sacred Valley | 855 | |
| Aguas Calientes | 858 | |
| Machu Picchu | 860 | |
| The Inca Trail | 862 | |
| Central Highlands | 866 | |
| UNDERSTAND | ||
| Ayacucho | 866 | |
| North Coast | 869 | |
| Trujillo | 869 | |
| Huanchaco | 873 | |
| Chiclayo | 874 | |
| Piura | 876 | |
| Mäncora | 877 | |
| Huaraz & the | ||
| Cordilleras | 879 | |
| Huaraz | 880 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| Huascarän | 885 | |
| Northern Highlands | 886 | |
| Cajamarca | 886 | |
| Chachapoyas | 889 | |
| Kuelap | 890 | |
| Tarapoto | 890 | |
| Amazon Basin | 892 | |
| Puerto Maldonado | 892 | |
| Parque Nacional Manu | 894 | |
| Pucallpa | 895 | |
| Iquitos | 896 | |
| Reserva Nacional | ||
| Pacaya-Samiria | 900 | |
| SURINAME | 913 | |
| Paramaribo | 916 | |
| Commewijne River | 921 | |
| Brownsberg Nature | ||
| Reserve & Brokopondo | 922 | |
| Upper Suriname River | 922 | |
| Central Suriname | ||
| Nature Reserve | 923 | |
| Kabalebo River | 924 | |
| Nieuw Nickerie | 924 | |
| Galibi & Coppename | ||
| Nature Reserves | 925 | |
| URUGUAY | 929 | |
| Montevideo | 932 | |
| Colonia del Sacramento | 940 | |
| Carmelo | 943 | |
| Mercedes | 945 | |
| Paysandú | 945 | |
| Salto | 946 | |
| Tacuarembó & Around | 947 | |
| Piriápolis | 948 | |
| Punta del Este | 949 | |
| Cabo Polonio | 953 | |
| Punta del Diablo | 954 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| Santa Teresa | 955 | |
| VENEZUELA | 962 | |
| Caracas | 967 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| El Avila | 982 | |
| Archipiélago | ||
| Los Roques | 982 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| Henri Pittier | 985 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| Morrocoy | 987 | |
| Coro | 987 | |
| Adícora | 989 | |
| The Andes | 989 | |
| Mérida | 990 | |
| San Cristóbal | 997 | |
| Parque Nacional | ||
| Mochima | 998 | |
| Cueva del Guácharo | 998 | |
| Río Caribe | 999 | |
| Península de Paria | 999 | |
| Isla De Margarita | 1001 | |
| Porlamar | 1001 | |
| El Yaque | 1001 | |
| Juangriego | 1002 | |
| Guayana | 1004 | |
| Ciudad Bolívar | 1004 | |
| Salto Ángel | ||
| (Angel Falls) | 1008 | |
| Canaima | 1008 | |
| Gran Sabana | 1011 | |
| Roraima | 1011 | |
| Santa Elena de Uairén | 1012 | |
| Amazonas | 1014 | |
| Puerto Ayacucho | 1015 | |
| South America | ||
| Today | 1034 | |
| History | 1036 | |
| South American | ||
| People & Culture | 1042 | |
| SURVIVAL | ||
| GUIDE | ||
| Directory A-Z | 1048 | |
| Transportation | 1057 | |
| Health | 1064 | |
| Language | 1069 | |
ABBREVIATIONS
Arg
Bol
Bra
Chi
Col
Ecu
FG
Guy
Par
Per
Sur
Uru
Ven
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
French Gui
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
accommodations 1048, see also individual cities, individual countries Achupallas (Ecu) 683
activities 23-4,25-8,44-8, see also individual activities, individual countries Adícora (Ven) 989
Aguas Calientes (Per)
858-60, 859
air passes 1058-9
Argentina 186
Brazil 420
air travel 1058-9
to/from Argentina 186
to/from Bolivia 278
to/from Brazil 418
to/from Chile 538
to/from Colombia 632
to/from Ecuador 730
to/from French
Guiana 748
to/from Guyana 767
to/from Paraguay 799
to/from Peru 911
Map Pages 000
Photo Pages 000
to/from Suriname 927-8
to/from Uruguay 960-1
to/from Venezuela 1030
within Argentina 186
within Bolivia 279
within Brazil 420
within Chile 538
within Colombia 633
within Ecuador 731
within French Guiana 749
within Guyana 760,767
within Paraguay 800
within Peru 911
within Suriname 928
within Venezuela 1030-1
airfares 1059
Alausi (Ecu) 677
Algodoal (Bra) 392-3
Aleijadinho 408
Allende, Isabel 532
Allende, Salvador 530,1041
Alta Gracia (Arg) 107-8
Alter do Ch3o(Bra) 395-6
altitude sickness 1067
Amazon Basin 11,3211
Bolivia 256-64, 258-9
Brazil 388-404
Colombia 617-23
Ecuador 690-1
Peru 892-900
Venezuela 1014-17
Amazonas (Ven) 1014-17
Amazonian pink dolphin 620
Ancud (Chi) 502-4
Andes, the 30, see also individual countries Angel Falls (Ven) 1008
animals bites 1067
animals, see wildlife- watching, individual species Antarctica 174
Anticura (Chi) 494
Antofagasta (Chi) 459
archaeological sites, see also Inca sites
Ayacucho (Per) 866-9
Bóvedas Históricas
Uspallata (Arg) 138
Chan Chan (Per) 872-3
Ciudad Perdida (Col)
572-3
El Fuerte (Bol) 255
Estación Astronómica
Muisca (Col) 558
Huaca Pucllana (Per) 810
Inka-Rakay (Bol) 241
Kuélap (Per) 890
Las Huacas del Sol y de la
Luna (Per) 873
Lima (Per) 810
Nazca Lines (Per)
825,826
Parque Cretácico
(Bol) 243
Parque Nacional Rapa Nui
(Chi) 528
Pucará 122-3
Quilmes (Arg) 116
San Agustín (Col) 613
Sillustani (Per) 843
Sipán (Per) 876
Tafí del Valle (Arg) 111-12
Tierradentro (Col) 615-16
Tilcara (Arg) 122-3
Tiwanaku (Bol) 207-8
Túcume (Per) 876
Archipiélago Los Roques
(Ven) 982-5
architecture 22
Brazil 408
Ecuador 723
Área Natural Protegida
Punta Tombo (Arg) 161
Areguá (Par) 777-8
Arequipa (Per) 829-35, 830
Argentina 54-187,56,80, 102 132
accommodations 54,181
activities 181-2
arts 178-9
bathrooms 185
border crossings 55,90,
96,124,186
budgeting 55
business hours 184
climate 54
consulates 182
costs 181,182,184
culture 177
currency 55
cycling 186
drinks 180
electricity 182
embassies 182
environment 180-1
exchange rates 55
food 54,55,179
gay travelers 182
health 182
highlights 56
history 175-7
hitchhiking 187
holidays 184
indigenous peoples 177-8
inflation 185
internet access 182-3
internet resources 55
itineraries 55
languages 183
legal matters 183
lesbian travelers 182
local transportation 187
money 183-4
national parks 181
opening hours 184
politics 175
population 177-8
postal services 184
religion 178
safety 184
sports 180
telephone services 184-5
toilets 185
tourist information 185
tours 187
travel to/from 186
travel within 186-7
vacations 184
Argentina continued visas 185
volunteering 185
weather 54
wildlife 180-1
women travelers 185
— work 185
O Arica (Chi) 471-4
JJ Armenia (Col) 601
Arraial d'Ajuda (Bra) 365
?o arts, see individual arts, individual countries Assis, Joaquim Maria Machado de 409
Asunción (Par) 771-7,772-3
accommodations 773-4
drinking 775
entertainment 775
food 774-5
medical services 776
nightlife 775
safety 776
shopping 775-6
tourist information 776
travel to/from 776-7
travel within 777
Atacama Desert (Chi) 462
Atacames (Ecu) 695
Atins (Bra) 386
ATMs 1050
Awala-Yalimopo (FG) 746
Ayacucho (Per) 866-9
Aymara language 1078
Aymara people 1044
B
Bachelet, Michelle 528
Bahía Blanca (Arg) 129-30
Bahía de Caráquez (Ecu) 697-8
Bahía Inglesa (Chi) 456
Bahía Negra (Par) 788-9
Bañado la Estrella (Arg) 94
Baños (Ecu) 670-3,671
bargaining 21,1050
Barichara (Col) 561-2
Bariloche (Arg) 147-51,
1489
Barranquilla (Col) 575
Barreirinhas (Bra) 386
Bartica (Guy) 759
Basilica de Caacupé
(Par) 777
bathrooms 1054, see also individual countries
Map Pages 000
Photo Pages 000
beaches 22-3,37
Algodoal (Bra) 392-3
Alter do Cháo (Bra)
395-6
Arica (Chi) 471-4
Arraial d'Ajuda (Bra) 365
Atacames (Ecu) 695
Bahía Inglesa (Chi) 456
Búzios (Bra) 307-8
Cabo de la Vela (Col) 573-4
Canaima (Ven) 1008-11
Canoa (Ecu) 696
Canoa Quebrada
(Bra) 377
Encarnación (Par) 781
Fortaleza (Bra) 378
llha de Marajó (Bra)
393-4
llha Grande (Bra) 308
llhéus (Bra) 363
Iquique (Chi) 467
Isla de Margarita (Ven)
1003-4
Itacaré (Bra) 362
Jericoacoara (Bra) 380, 381-2
Juangriego (Ven) 1002-3
La Lobería (Ecu) 717
La Serena (Chi) 450
La Vela de Coro
(Ven) 988
Maceió (Bra) 367-8
Máncora (Per) 877-8
Manta (Ecu) 698
Mompiche (Ecu) 696
Natal (Bra) 375
Palomino (Col) 572
Parque Nacional Marinho de Fernando de Noronha (Bra) 370
Parque Nacional Natural
Tayrona (Col) 570-1
Pichilemu (Chi) 476
Pinamar (Arg) 128
Playa Blanca (Col) 583
Playa Colorada
(Ven) 998
Playa Medina (Ven) 1000
Playa Pui Puy (Ven) 1000
Playa Querepare
(Ven) 1000
Porto Seguro (Bra) 364
Praia da Pipa (Bra) 374
Puerto Ayora (Ecu)
715-16
Puerto Baquerizo
Moreno (Ecu) 717
Puerto Colombia (Ven) 985-6
Punta del Diablo
(Uru) 954
Punta del Este (Uru) 950
Rémire-Montjoly
(FG) 740
Reserva Natural Laguna
Blanca (Par) 787
Rio de Janeiro (Bra) 283
Rosario (Arg) 81-2
Same (Ecu) 696
San Juan de Las
Galdonas (Ven) 1000
Sao Luís (Bra) 384
Sapzurro (Col) 586
Shell Beach (Guy) 759
Tortuga Bay (Ecu) 715
Trancoso (Bra) 366
Villa Gesell (Arg) 127
Belém (Bra) 389-92,390
Belo Horizonte (Bra) 320-2
Berbice (Guy) 758-9
bicycle travel, see cycling Biocentro Güembe (Bol) 251
bird-watching Área Natural Protegida
Punta Tombo (Arg) 161
Bahía de Caráquez
(Ecu) 697
Bonito (Bra) 350
Caracas (Ven) 970
Chaco, the (Par) 789 , Coppename Nature Reserve (Sur) 925
Foz do Iguagu (Bra) 336
Isla Isabela (Ecu) 718
Islas Ballestas (Per) 821
Laguna Blanca (Par) 787
Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve (Par) 786
Minea (Col) 569
Mindo (Ecu) 662
Parque Nacional Henri
Pittier (Ven) 985
Parque Nacional Lauca
(Chi) 474
Parque Nacional Madidi
(Bol) 261
Parque Nacional San
Rafael (Par) 784
Parque Nacional Torres
del Paine (Chi) 522
Peperpot Nature Park
(Sur) 921
Reserva Natural Cañón
de Río Claro (Col) 595
Reserva Provincial
Esteros del Iberá
(Arg) 90
Santa Cruz (Bol) 252
Santay Island (Ecu) 706
Valle de Cocora (Col) 603
Villa de Leyva (Col) 555
black market 966,1028,
1050-1
boat travel 1058,1060
to/from Argentina 186
to/from Brazil 419
to/from Colombia 633
to/from Ecuador 731
to/from French Guiana
748-9
to/from Paraguay 799
to/from Suriname 928
to/from Uruguay 961
to/from Venezuela 1030
within Bolivia 279
within Brazil 387,420
within Chile 538-9
within Ecuador 731
within French Guiana 749
within Guyana 760,767
within Paraguay 800
within Peru 911
within Suriname 928
within Venezuela 1031
Bogotá (Col) 544-54, 5467
accommodations 548-50
activities 545-8
drinking 551-2
entertainment 552
festivals 548
food 550-1
medical services 553
nightlife 551-2
safety 552
shopping 552
sights 544-5
tourist information 553
tours 548
travel to/from 553
travel within 554
Bolívar, Simón 266,624,
1019,1040
Bolivia 188-280,190,221
accommodations 188,273
activities 273
arts 270-1
border crossings 189, 213,228,233,253, 263,278-9
business hours 276
climate 188
consulates 274
costs 189,273,274
culture 269-70
currency 189
economy 265
electricity 273
embassies 274
environment 271-2
exchange rates 189
food 189,270
gay travelers 274
health 274-5
highlights 190
history 265-9
holidays 276
indigenous peoples
268,270
internet access 275
internet resources 189
itineraries 189
legal matters 275
lesbian travelers 274
maps 275
money 275-6
national parks 272
opening hours 276
politics 264-5
population 270
postal services 276
religion 270
safety 193,276
sports 271
telephone services 276-7
tourist information 277
tours 280
travel to/from 278-9
travel within 279-80
vacations 276
visas 277-8
volunteering 278
weather 188
wildlife 272
women travelers 278
work 278
Bonito (Bra) 350-1
books 19, see also literature, individual countries
history 1038,1039,1041
border crossings 1057-8
Argentina 55
Argentina-Bolivia 124
Argentina-Brazil 90
Argentina-Chile 186
Argentina-Paraguay 96
Bolivia 189
Bolivia-Argentina 233
Bolivia-Brazil 253,263
Bolivia-Chile 228
Bolivia-Peru 213
Brazil 282
Brazil-Argentina 338, 418-9
Brazil-Bolivia 352,403,404
Brazil-Colombia 400
Brazil-Guyana 399
Brazil-Paraguay 338
Brazil-Peru 400,404
Brazil-Venezuela 399
Chile 423
Chile-Argentina 513
Chile-Bolivia 473
Chile-Peru 473
Colombia 541,632-3
Colombia-Brazil 621
Colombia-Ecuador 615
Colombia-Panama 585
Colombia-Peru 621
Colombia-Venezuela
564,567
Ecuador 635
Ecuador-Colombia 667
Ecuador-Peru 685,686,
689,708
French Guiana 734
French Guiana-Brazil 740
French Guiana- Suriname 745
Guyana 751
Guyana-Brazil 763
Guyana-Suriname 758
Paraguay 769,800
Paraguay-Argentina 777,
782,785
Paraguay-Bolivia 789
Paraguay-Brazil 785
Peru 802,911
Peru-Bolivia 842,894
Peru-Brazil 894,899
Peru-Chile 828
Peru-Colombia 899
Peru-Ecuador 877,878
Suriname 914
Suriname-French
Guiana 924
Suriname-Guyana 923
Uruguay 930
Uruguay-Argentina 939
Uruguay-Brazil 955
Venezuela 963,1030
Venezuela-Brazil 1015
Venezuela-Colombia 997
Borges, Jorge Luis 178
Botafogo (Bra) 287
Bouterse, Désiré 925
Bóvedas Históricas
Uspallata (Arg) 138
Brasilia (Bra) 339-43, 341
Brazil 281-421,284,306, 327,340,353 388 9
accommodations 413
arts 408-10
border crossings 282, 338,352,399,400, 403,404,418-19
business hours 416
climate 281
consulates 413
costs 282,413,414
culture 407-8
currency 282
electricity 413
embassies 413-14
environment 411-12
exchange rates 282
food 281,282,410
gay travelers 414
health 414-15
highlights 284
history 405-7
hitchhiking 419
holidays 416
indigenous peoples 405
internet access 415
internet resources 282
itineraries 282
legal matters 415
lesbian travelers 414
maps 415
money 415-16
national parks 412
opening hours 416
politics 404-5
population 407
postal services 416
public holidays 416
religion 408
safety 416
sports 410-11
telephone services 417
toilets 417
tourist information 417
tours 345,421
travel to/from 418-19
travel within 420-1
vacations 416
visas 417-18
volunteering 418
weather 281
wildlife 411-12
women travelers 418
work 418
breweries Arequipa (Per) 834
Belém (Bra) 392
Cuenca(Edu) 682
Montevideo (Uru) 938
Paraná (Arg) 88
Puerto Natales (Chi) 521
Rio de Janeiro (Bra) 287
Sant Fe (Arg) 86
Saraguro (Ecu) 684
Valdivia (Chi) 490
Brokopondo (Sur) 922
Brownsberg Nature
Reserve (Sur) 922
Bucaramanga (Col) 563-4
budgeting 19,39-42,
see also indivudual
countries „
Buenos Aires (Arg) 12, 57-79,58,60,66,12
accommodations 65-9 °
activities 64
drinking 72-4
entertainment 74-5
festivals 65
food 69-72
highlights 59
internet access 77
safety 76-7
shopping 75-6
sights 57-64
tourist information 77
tours 65
travel to/from 77-8
travel within 76,78-9
bus travel 1058,1060-1, see also individual cities safety 1061
to/from Argentina 186
to/from Bolivia 278-9
to/from Brazil 418-19
to/from Chile 538
to/from Ecuador 730-1
to/from Uruguay 961
to/from Venezuela 1030
within Argentina 186
within Bolivia 279
within Brazil 421
within Chile 539
within Colombia 633
within Ecuador 731
within Paraguay 800
within Peru 911-12
within Suriname 928
within Uruguay 961
within Venezuela 1031
business hours 1048-9, see also individual countries Buzios (Bra) 307-8
Caacupé (Par) 777
Cabanaconde (Per) 837
Cabo de la Vela (Col) 573-4
Cabo Polonio (Uru) 953-4
Cacao (FG) 741
Cachagua (Chi) 449
Cachi (Arg) 116
Cafayate (Arg) 113-15,114
Cajamarca (Per) 886-9, 887
Cajón del Maipo (Chi) 441
Calama (Chi) 460
Caleta Tortel (Chi) 514
- Cali (Col) 603-8, 604
q Campo Grande (Bra) m 348-50
* Canaima (Ven) 1008-11
cannabis 932
Canoa (Ecu) 696-7
Canoa Quebrada (Bra) 377
canoeing, see rafting Cañón del Coica (Per)
835-7
canyoning Esquel (Arg) 154
Mérida (Ven) 990,991
Puerto Varas (Chi) 495
Capilla del Monte (Arg) 107
Capurganá (Col) 585-6
car & motorcycle travel 1061-2
to/from Bolivia 279
to/from Chile 538
within Argentina 186
within Brazil 420
within Chile 539
within Colombia 633
within Ecuador 731
within French Guiana 749
within Guyana 760,767
within Paraguay 800
within Peru 912
within Suriname 928
within Uruguay 961
within Venezuela 1031-2
Caracas (Ven) 967-82, 968 972 3 976 7
accommodations 971-5
bird-watching 970
drinking 977-8
entertainment 978-9
festivals 970-1
food 975-7
internet access 979
medical services 979-80
nightlife 977-8
safety 971,979
shopping 979
sights 967-70
tourist information 980
tours 970
Map Pages 000
Photo Pages 000
travel to/from 980,981
travel within 981-2
Caraiva (Bra) 366
Carmelo (Uru) 943-4
Carnaval 25-8
Argentina 89
Barranquilla (Col) 575
Encarnación (Par)
781,16
Montevideo (Uru) 933
Oruro (Bol) 224
Recife (Bra) 369
Rio de Janeiro (Bra) 293
safety 356
Salvador (Bra) 356
Carretera Austral (Chil)
507,508
Cartagena (Col) 16,575-82,
576 7,16
Castro (Chi) 504-6
caves Caverna de los
Guácharos (Col) 595
Cueva del Esplendor
(Col) 596
Cueva del Guácharo
(Ven) 998
Gruta de San Pedro
(Bol) 219
Roteiro da Caverna Aroe Jari e Lagoa Azul (Bra) 348
Cayenne (FG) 736-40, 7367
cell phones 1053, see also telephone services under individual countries Central Suriname Nature Reserve (Sur) 17, 923-4,17
Cerro de Monserrate
(Col) 544
Chachapoyas (Per) 889-90
Chaco, the (Par) 789-92
Chan Chan (Per) 872-3
Chávez, Hugo 1020
Che Guevara 19,81,108,
462,1039
Chichiriviche (Ven) 987
Chiclayo (Per) 874-6
Chile 422-539,424,451, 461 476 508
accommodations
422,535
activities 535
arts 532
border crossings 423,
473,513
business hours 537
climate 422
consulates 535-6
costs 535,536
culture 531-2
currency 423
cycling 538
embassies 535-6
environment 533-5
exchange rates 423
food 422,423,532-3
gay travelers 536
health 536
highlights 424
history 529-31
holidays 537
indigenous peoples
492,531
insurance 536
internet access 536
internet resources 423
itineraries 423
language 429
legal matters 536
lesbian travelers 536
maps 536
money 536-7
national parks 534-5
opening hours 537
politics 530-1
population 531
postal services 537
public holidays 537
religion 532
safety 537
ski resorts 440
sports 533
telephone services 537
toilets 537
tourist information 537
travel to/from 538
travel within 538-9
vacations 537
visas 537-8
volunteering 538
weather 422
wildlife 534
Chile Chico (Chi) 513-14
Chilean miners, rescue
of 458
Chilian (Chi) 478
Chiloé (Chi) 502-7, 502
Chivay (Per) 835-7
Chordeleg (Ecu) 683
Chugchilân (Ecu) 669
Chulumani (Bol) 218-19
Chuquicamata (Chi) 460-2
cinema, see film Circuito Central (Par) 777-9
Ciudad Bolivar (Ven) 1004-7,1005
Ciudad del Este (Par) 784-6
Ciudad Perdida (Col) 572-3
climate 18,25-8, see
also individual countries climbing 47
Arequipa (Per) 831
Bolivia 273
Cerro Aconcagua
(Arg)139
Cordillera (Bol) 197,199
Cordillera (Per) 881
Cotopaxi (Ecu) 668
La Paz (Bol) 197,199
Mendoza (Arg) 135
Merida (Ven) 991,993
Parque Nacional Los Glaciares (Arg) 163
Parque Nacional Natural El Cocuy (Col) 558-9
Parque Nacional Nevado Tres Cruces (Chi) 457
Pucón (Chi) 486
Quito (Ecu) 646,647
Riobamba (Ecu) 674-5
Roraima (Ven) 1011-12
Suesca (Col) 554
Volcán Chimborazo (Ecu) 676-7
clothing 20
coca 237,1052
Coca (Ecu) 688-9
cocaine 625-6
Cochabamba (Bol)
236-41,238
Cochamó Valley (Chi) 495
Cochrane (Chi) 514
cocoa 986
Coelho, Paulo 409
Coimata (Bol) 236
Colchagua Valley (Chi) 475
Colombia 540-633,542
accommodations 628
activities 629
arts 627
border crossings 541, 564,567,585,615, 621,632-3
business hours 630
climate 540
consulates 629
costs 541,628,629
culture 626
currency 541
electricity 629
embassies 629Colombia environment 628
exchange rates 541
festivals 540
food 541,627
health 629
highlights 542
history 623-6
holidays 630-1
internet access 629
internet resources 541
itineraries 541
language courses 629
legal matters 629-30
maps 630
money 630
opening hours 630
politics 623
postal services 630
public holidays 630-1
responsible travel 631
safety 631
sports 628
telephone services 631
toilets 631
tourist information 631
travel to/from 632-3
travel within 633
vacations 630-1
visas 632
volunteering 632
weather 540
women travelers 632
work 632
Colonia del Sacramento (Uru) 15,940-3, 942 3,15
Commewijne River (Sur) 921-2
Comodoro Rivadavia (Arg) 161-2
Concepción (Chi) 479-80
Concepción (Par) 787-8
consulates 1049, see
also individual countries cooking classes 72,
291,444
Copacabana (Bol)
208-13, 210
Copacabana (Bra) 283-6,
295,299-300,302,292
Copiapó (Chi) 457-8
Coppename Nature
Reserve (Sur) 925
copper mines 460,462
Cordillera de los Frailes
(Bol) 246
Cordilleras, the Bolivia 197,199,215-20
Peru 879-86,885
Córdoba (Arg) 101-7,104
Coro (Ven) 987-9
Coroico (Bol) 216-18
Coronel Bogado (Par) 779
Correa, Rafael 719
Corrientes (Arg) 92-3
Corriverton (Guy) 758-9
corruption 1035
Corumbá (Bra) 352
Cosquín (Arg) 106
Cotacachi (Ecu) 666
Coyhaique (Chi) 510-12
costs 19,39-42, see also
individual countries courses, see cooking classes, dance classes, language classes credit cards 1050,1051, see also individual countries crime, see safety Cruce de Lagos 495,
498,539
Cruz del Cóndor (Per) 837
Cuenca (Ecu) 677-82, 678-9
Cueva del Guácharo (Ven)
998-9
Cuiabá (Bra) 346-7
culture, see individual
countries Curaco de Vélez (Chi) 506
Curarrehue (Chi) 489
Curicó (Chi) 477
Curitiba (Bra) 326-9
currency, see individual
countries customs regulations 1049
Cuzco (Per) 844-54,846
accommodations
849-50
activities 846-8
drinking 851
entertainment 851
festivals 848
food 850-1
medical services 852
safety 851-2
shopping 851
sights 845-6
tourist information 852
travel to/from 852-3
travel within 853-4
cycling 1059-60, see also mountain biking Argentina 186
Bogotá (Col) 549
Chile 538
Mendoza (Arg) 136
Quito (Ecu) 646
Rio de Janeiro (Bra)
287,305
Tafi del Valle (Arg) 112
D
Dalcahue (Chi) 506
dance classes Buenos Aires (Ar) 65,75
Cali (Col) 605
Córdoba (Arg) 103
Medellín (Col) 592
Montevideo (Uru) 936
Quito (Ecu) 657
Salvador (Bra) 356
Santiago (Chi) 436
dangers, see safety dengue fever 1065
Desierto de la Tatacoa
(Col) 617
dinosaurs 141,144,
160,558
Dirty War 176,1041
disabilities, travelers with
910,960,1054
discount cards 1049
diseases 1065-7
diving
Archipiélago Los Roques
(Ven) 983
Bonito (Bra) 350
Capurganá (Col) 585
Caribbean Coast
(Col) 568
Cartagena (Col) 579
Puerto Baquerizo
Moreno (Ecu) 717
Rapa Nui (Easter Island;
Chi) 527
San Andrés (Col) 587
Taganga (Col) 568,569
dolphins 620
drinks, see individual
countries
driving, see car &
motorcycle travel
drugs 631,1052, see also
cannabis, legal matters
E
earthquakes 1052
Easter 25-8
Easter Island (Chi)
526-8,526
economy 1035, see also individual countries Ecuador 634-732,636
accommodations
634,725
activities 726
arts 722-3
border crossings 635, 667,685,686,689, 708
business hours 728
climate 634
consulates 726-7
costs 635,725,727
culture 722
currency 635
economy 719
electricity 726
embassies 726-7
environment 724-5
exchange rates 635
food 635,723-4
gay travelers 727
health 727
highlights 636
history 719-22
holidays 728
indigenous peoples 684
internet access 727
internet resources 635
itineraries 635
language 727
legal matters 727
lesbian travelers 727
maps 727
money 727-8
national parks 724-5
opening hours 728
politics 721-2
population 722
public holidays 728
religion 722
safety 728
toilets 729
tourist information 729
tours 732
travel to/from 730-1
travel within 731-2
vacations 728
volunteering 729-30
weather 634
wildlife 724
women travelers 730
work 730
El Bolsoñ (Arg) 152-3
El Calafate (Arg) 164-8,165
El Chaltén (Arg) 162-4
El Gigante de Atacama
(Chi) 471
EITatio (Chi) 466-7
El Valle de la Concepción
(Bol) 236
El Yaque (Ven) 1001-2
electricity 1049, see
also individual countries embassies 1049, see
also individual countries Encarnación (Par) 16,
779-82,780,16
Ensenada (Chi) 498
environment 1035, see also
individual countries Escobar, Pablo 589,
591,625
Esmeraldas (Ecu) 695
Esquel (Arg) 154-5
etiquette 21 2 events 25-8
m exchange rates, see
x individual countries
rn
Jl wmmmmmmmm—mm—m
F
Falklands War 176
FARC 545,623,625-6,631,
1020,1029
favelas 294
Ferreftafe (Per) 876
ferries, see boat travel Festival Mundial de Tango 27-8
festivals 24,25-8,37-43, see also Carnaval film 28,125,128
Fiesta de la Virgen de la
Candelaria 25-8
Filadelfia (Par) 789-90
film 1034
Argentina 178
Brazil 408-9
Chile 532
festivals 28,125,128
Venezuela 1022-3
fishing Coyhaique (Chi) 510-11
Futaleufu (Chi) 509
Junin De Los Andes
(Arg) 144
Parque Nacional Cajas
(Ecu) 683
Puerto Ayacucho (Ven) 1016
Rio Gallegos (Arg) 168
Rupununi (Guy) 761
Villa Gesell (Arg) 127
Floreana (Ecu) 719
Floresta Nacional (FLONA)
Do Tapajos (Bra) 395
Florianopolis (Bra) 332-3
food, see also cooking classes, individual coun- tries, individual cities football, see soccer Formosa (Arg) 94
Fortaleza (Bra) 377-81, 378
Foz do Iguagu (Bra) 336-9,337
Map Pages 000
Photo Pages 000
Fray Bentos (Uru) 944
French Guiana 733-49,735
accommodations 747
activities 747
border crossings 734,
740,745
business hours 747
climate 733
consulates 747-8
costs 734,747,748
culture 747
currency 734
electricity 747
embassies 747-8
environment 747
exchange rates 734
food 733,734
health 748
highlights 735
history 746-7
holidays 748
internet resources 734
itineraries 734
languages 748
money 748
opening hours 747
postal services 748
public holidays 748
safety 748
telephone services 748
travel to/from 748-9
travel within 749
vacations 748
weather 733
Frutillar (Chi) 494
Futaleufu (Chi) 509-10
G
Gaiman (Arg) 161
Galápagos Islands (Ecu)
710-19, 711
gauchos Argentina 79
Brazil 326
Uruguay 26,932-3, 947-8
Gávea (Bra) 283
gay travelers 1049, see also individual countries Rio de Janeiro (Bra) 301
Georgetown (Guy) 753-8, 7545
accommodations 755-6
drinking 757
entertainment 757
food 756-7
medical services 757
safety 757
shopping 757
sights 753
tourist information 757
travel to/from 757-8
travel within 758
Glaciar Perito Moreno
(Arg) 13,168,13
Golfo de Uraba (Col) 584-7
Gran Sabana (Ven) 1011-14
Guajara-Mirim (Bra) 402-3
Gualaceo (Ecu) 683
Gualeguaychu (Arg) 89
Guaranda (Ecu) 673
Guatape (Col) 596-7
Guayana (Ven) 1004-11
Guayaquil (Ecu) 703-9,704
guerillas, see FARC,
Sendero Luminoso Guevara, Ernesto 'Che' 19,
81,108,462,1039
Guyana 750-67,752
accommodations 765
activities 765
border crossings 751,
758,763
business hours 765
climate 750
consulates 766
costs 751,765,766
culture 765
currency 751
electricity 766
embassies 766
environment 765
exchange rates 751
food 751
health 766
highlights 752
history 764
holidays 766-7
internet access 766
internet resources 751
itineraries 751
languages 766
money 766
opening hours 765
politics 763
population 765
postal services 766
public holidays 766-7
religion 765
telephone services 767
travel to/from 767
travel within 760,767
vacations 766-7
visas 767
weather 750
women travelers 767
Guyanese Space Center 741-2
Hanga Roa (Chi) 526-8
health 1064-8, see also individual countries hiking 24,44-5
Arequipa (Per) 831
Baños (Ecu) 670-1
Bogotá (Col) 545,548
Capurganá (Col) 585
Cochamó Valley
(Chi) 495
Cordilleras (Bol) 219
Cordilleras (Peru) 885-6
Cuzco (Per) 847
El Chaltén (Arg) 162-3
llha de Santa Catarina
(Bra) 330
Inca Jungle Trail
(Per) 866
Inca Trail (Per) 847,
862-5
Ingapirca (Ecu) 683
Isla Navarino (Chi) 525
La Paz (Bol) 197-9
Lagunas de Mojanda
(Ecu) 666
Lengóis (Bra) 360
Mérida (Ven) 996
Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina (Bra) 360
Parque Nacional da Tijuca (Bra) 293
Parque Nacional El Ávila
(Ven) 982
Parque Nacional Torres
del Paine (Chi) 522
Parque Provincial Ernesto Tornquist (Arg) 131
Pucón (Chi) 486
Puerto Natales (Chi) 519
Quilotoa Loop (Ecu)
669-70
Reserva Nacional Radal Siete Tazas (Chi) 479
Río Puelo Valley
(Chi) 495
Roraima (Ven) 1011-12
Salkantay Trek (Per) 866
Sierra de las Ánima
(Uru) 949
Sorata (Bol) 219
Sucre (Bol) 244
Valle Lares Trek
(Per) 866
Vilcabamba (Ecu) 686
Villa de Leyva (Col) 556
history 1036-41, see also individual countries books 1038,1039,1041
hitchhiking 1062
Argentina 187
Bolivia 280
Brazil 419
Ecuador 731
holidays, see individual
countries Horcón (Chi) 449
horse riding Armenia (Col) 601
Barra de Valizas
(Uru) 953
Cuenca (Ecu) 680
El Galope Horse Farm
(Uru) 941
Parque Nacional Torres
del Paine (Chi) 523
Puerto Natales (Chi) 519
Rapa Nui (Chi) 527
Rupununi (Guy) 763
San Agustín (Col) 614
San Pedro de Atacama
(Chi) 462
Sierra de Rocha
(Uru) 952
Tupiza (Bol) 231
Vilcabamba (Ecu) 686
hot springs Baños(Ecu)670
Baños Morales (Chi) 441
Cajamarca (Per) 886
Chivay 836
La Musui (Ven) 995
Oruro (Bol) 224
Risaralda (Col) 600
Salar de Uyuni (Bol) 231
Salto (Uru) 946
Tabay (Ven) 995
Tarapaya (Bol) 251
Termas Aguas Calientes
(Chi) 494
Termas de Papallacta
(Ecu) 661
Termas de Puritama
(Chi) 467
Termas de Socos
(Chi) 450
Termas Jurasi (Chi) 475
Huacachina (Per) 823-4
Huanchaco (Per) 873-4
Huaquillas (Ecu) 710
Huaraz (Per) 880-4,880-1
Huilliche people 492
Humahuaca (Arg) 123-5
Humaitá (Bra) 287
Húmala, Ollanta 902
Humberstone (Chi) 471
hypothermia 1067
Ibarra (Ecu) 666-7
lea (Per) 822-3
Icarai de Amontada
(Bra) 380
ice trekking 523
Iguazu Falls (Arg) 14,
100-1,14
Iguazu Falls (Bra) 336
îles du Salut (FG) 742-3
llha de Marajô (Bra) 393-4
llha de Santa Catarina
(Bra) 330-3,331
llha Grande (Bra) 308-9
llhéus (Bra) 363-4
immigration 1042
Inca empire 1037-8
Inca sites Cajamarca (Per) 886
Cuzco (Per) 845
Ingapirca (Ecu) 683
Isla de Sol (Bol) 213-14
Machu Picchu (Per) 11, 860-2,866,861,10
Ollantaytambo (Per) 857
Pachacamac (Per) 806
Pisac (Per) 855
Pukapukara (Per) 855
Q'enqo (Per) 855
Saqsaywamân (Per) 854-5
Tambomachay (Per) 855
Inca Trail Ecuador 683
Peru 847,862-5,866, 864
indigenous peoples 1044
Argentina 177-8
Bolivia 268,270
Brazil 405
Chile 492,531
Ecuador 684
Peru 903
Ingapirca (Ecu) 683
insurance 1049-50
car 1061
health 1064
internet access 1050, see
also individual countries internet resources 19, see also individual countries health 1064-5
Inti Raymi 26-8
Ipanema (Bra) 283,294-5, 299,301,296,12,38
Iquique (Chi) 467-70, 468
Iquitos (Per) 896-9,896
Isinlivi (Ecu) 669
Isla de la Plata (Ecu) 701
Isla de los Pájaros (Arg) 159
Isla de Margarita (Ven) 10014,1002,1003
Isla del Sol (Bol)
213-15,215
Isla Isabela (Ecu) 718
Isla Navarino (Chi) 525
Isla Quinchao (Chi) 506
Isla San Cristóbal (Ecu)
717-18
Isla Santa Cruz (Ecu)
714-17
Isla Taquile (Per) 843-4
Islas Ballestas (Per) 821
Islas del Rosario (Col)
582-3
Islas Uros (Per) 843
Itacaré (Bra) 362-3
Itaipú Dam (Par) 786
Itauguá (Par) 777
itineraries 29-35,29,30, 31,32,33,34-5 see also individual countries Amazon 32
Andes 30
Atlantic coast 33
Bolivia 189
Brazil 282
Chile 423
Colombia 541
Ecuador 635
French Guiana 734
Guyana 751
Paraguay 769
Peru 802
Santiago (Chi) 425
Suriname 914
Venezuela 963
lwokrama Rainforest (Guy) 760-1
J
Jamaraquá (Bra) 395
Jardín (Col) 596
Jatun Sacha Biological Reserve (Ecu) 693
Jericoacoara (Bra) 380,
381-4
Jesuit Missions Argentina 107-8
Bolivia 256
Brazil 335
Paraguay 783-4
Jesús (Par) 783
Jesús María (Arg) 107
Jones, Jim 764
Jonestown Massacre 764
Juangriego (Ven) 1002-3
Juliaca (Per) 837-8
jungle tours 257
Banos (Ecu) 671-2
Leticia (Col) 619
Manaus (Bra) 401-2
Puerto Maldonado
(Per) 892
Quito (Ecu) 647-8
Rio de Janeiro (Bra) 293
Tena (Ecu) 690-1
Junin De Los Andes (Arg) 144-5
K
Kabalebo River (Sur) 924
Kaieteur National Park
(Guy) 759-60
Kamarata Valley (Ven) 1010
Kavac (Ven) 1010
Kaw Nature Reserve
(FG) 741
kayaking, see rafting kidnapping 1052
Kirchner, Cristina 177
Kirchner, Néstor 177
Kourou (FG) 741-2
Kuélap (Per) 890
L
La Gran Sabana (Ven) 1006
La Guajira Peninsula (Col)
573-5
La Loma (Col) 587
La Paloma (Uru) 954
La Paz (Bol) 192-207,192, 194 5,198 9
accommodations 200-2
activities 197-9
courses 199
drinking 203-4
entertainment 204
festivals 200
food 202-3
medical services 205
money 205
nightlife 203-4
safety 193,205
shopping 204-5
sights 192-6
tourist information 206
tours 199-200
travel to/from 206-7
travel within 207
La Pedrera (Uru) 954
La Quiaca (Arg) 124
La Rioja (Arg) 108-9
La Serena (Chi) 450-4,452
La Violencia 624-5
Lago Agrio (Ecu) 687
Lago Calafquén (Chi) 490
Lago Chungará (Chi) 474
Lago General Carrera (Chi)
512-13
Lago Nahuel Huapi (Arg) 151-2
Lagunas de Kari Kari
(Bol) 251
Lagunas de Mojanda
(Ecu) 666
Lake District (Arg)
142-54,143
Lake Titicaca 13
Bolivia 208-15, 209
Peru 837-44, 838.13
Lakes District (Chi) 481-501, 482-3
Lambayeque (Per) 876
language classes 1050
Arequipa (Per) 832
Bariloche (Arg) 148
Bogotá (Col) 548
Buenos Aires (Arg) 64-5
Colombia 629
Córdoba (Arg) 103
Cuenca(Ecu) 680
Cuzco (Per) 848
La Paz (Bol) 199
Medellín (Col) 591
Mérida (Ven) 991
Montevideo (Uru) 936
Paraguay 797
Quito (Ecu) 646-7
Rosario (Arg) 82
Santiago (Chi) 429
Sucre (Bol) 244
Valparaíso (Chi) 444
languages 21,1069-81, see also language classes Argentina 183
Aymara 1078
Chile 429
Ecuador 727
French Guiana 748
Guyana 766
Peru 908
Portuguese 1069-73
Quechua 1078
Rapa Nui (Chi) 526
Spanish 1074-8
Las Huacas del Sol y de la
Luna (Per) 873
Las Leñas (Arg) 142
Las Lomitas (Arg) 94
Latacunga (Ecu) 668-9
Map Pages 000
Photo Pages 000
Leblon (Bra) 283
legal matters 1050, see also drugs, individual countries Lengóis (Bra) 360-1
lesbian travelers 1049, see also individual countries Rio de Janeiro (Bra) 301
Lethem (Guy) 762
Leticia (Col) 618-22,618
Lima (Per) 803-20,803, 807 808-9 812,816
accommodations 811-14
activities 810
drinking 815-17
entertainment 817-18
food 814-15
medical services 818
safety 818
shopping 818
sights 806-10
tourist information 819
tours 810
travel to/from 819-20
travel within 820
literature 19,1034, see also books Argentina 178
Brazil 409
Chile 532
Colombia 627
Paraguay 795
Peru 905
Venezuela 1022
Loja (Ecu) 684-5
Loma Plata (Par) 790
Los 33 (miners) 458
Los Ángeles (Chi) 481
Los Antiguos (Arg) 162
Los Llanos (Ven) 996
Los Nevados (Ven) 996
Los Penitentes (Arg) 139
M
Mabaruma (Guy) 759
Macas (Ecu) 694-5
Maceió (Bra) 367-8
Machu Picchu (Per) 11, 860-2,866,861,10
tickets 847
Macri, Mauricio 175
Maguarí (Bra) 395
Maitencillo (Chi) 449
Malargüe (Arg) 141-2
malaria 1065-6
Mamiña (Chi) 471
Mana (FG) 746
Manaus (Bra) 396-400, 401-2,398
Máncora (Per) 877-9
Manizales (Col) 597-9
Manta (Ecu) 698-9, 698
maps 1050, see also
individual countries Mar del Plata (Arg) 125-7
marijuana 932,1052
markets Arequipa (Per) 834
Cacao (FG) 741
Cali (Col) 608
Cayenne (FG) 736
Chillan (Chi) 478
Cuenca region (Ecu) 683
Cuzco (Per) 851
El Bolsón (Arg) 152
Guayaquil (Ecu) 708
La Paz (Bol) 204
Lima (Per) 818
Otavalo (Ecu) 14,663,15
Paramaribo (Sur) 916
Piura (Per) 876
Puerto Ayacucho
(Ven) 1015
Puerto Montt (Chi) 499
Quito (Ecu) 657
Riobamba (Ecu) 674
San Salvador de Jujuy
(Arg) 121
Santiago (Chi) 437
Sáo Luís (Bra) 384
Sáo Paulo (Bra) 311
Tarabuco (Bol) 246
Villa Gessell (Arg) 127
Márquez, Gabriel
Garcia 627
Maule Valley (Chi) 477-8
Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve (Par) 786
Medellín (Col) 588-95,
589, 592
medical services 1065, see
also health Mendoza (Arg) 133-8,134
Menem, Carlos 177
Mennonite colonies (Par)
789-90
Mercedes (Uru) 945
Mérida (Ven) 990-5, 992
Minea (Col) 569
Mindo (Ecu) 661-2
Misahuallí (Ecu) 692-3
Mitad del Mundo (Ecu) 660-1
mobile phones 1053, see also telephone services under individual countries Mompiche (Ecu) 696
Mompox (Col) 583-4
money 19,1050-1, see
also individual countries Montanita (Ecu) 701-3
Montecristi (Ecu) 699
Montevideo (Uru) 932-40, 934 935
accommodations 936-7
activities 933
drinking 938
entertainment 938-9
festivals 933,936
food 937-8
medical services 939
shopping 939
sights 932-3
tourist information 939
travel to/from 938, 939-42
Monumento Natural El
Morado (Chi) 441
Morales, Evo 269
Morro de Sao Paulo (Bra) 361-2
motorcycle travel, see car
& motorcycle travel mountain biking 46-7, see also cycling Banos(Ecu)671
Cordilleras (Bol) 220
Cordilleras (Per) 881
La Paz (Bol) 197
Merida (Ven) 991
San Gil (Col) 560
World's Most Dangerous Road (Bol) 197
mountaineering, see
climbing music 19,1044-6
Argentina 179
Bolivia 270
Brazil 409-10
Colombia 627
Ecuador 722-3
Paraguay 795
Peru 904
Venezuela 1023
N
Natal (Bra) 375-7
national parks & reserves, see also individual parks & reserves Argentina 181
Bolivia 272
Brazil 412
Chile 534-5
Ecuador 724-5
Paraguay 796
Peru 906
Venezuela 1025
Nazca (Per) 824-7, 825
Nazca Lines (Per) 825,826
Neruda, Pablo 447
Neuquén (Arg) 142-4
Nevados de Chillán
(Chi) 479
Nieuw Nickerie (Sur) 924-5
Nuevo Rocafuerte (Ecu) 689
0
O'Higgins, Bernado 529
Olinda (Bra) 371-4,372
Ollantaytambo (Per) 857-8
Olon (Ecu) 701
opening hours 1048-9, see also individual countries Oriente, the (Ecu) 687-94
Orinoco Delta (Ven) 1007
Oruro(Bol) 222-5,222-3
Osorno (Chi) 493-4
Otavalo (Ecu) 14,663-6,
664 15
Ouro Preto (Bra) 322-5, 323
P
Pachacamac (Per) 806
Palermo (Arg) 63-4,66
Palomino (Col) 572
Pan de Azúcar (Uru) 949
panama hats 699
Panatal, the (Bra)
343-6,344
Pantanal Paraguayo (Par)
788-9
paragliding Bucaramanga (Col) 563
La Paz (Bol) 199
Mérida (Ven) 990
Paraguay 768-800,770, 778-9
accommodations 768,
796-7
activities 797
arts 795
books 793
border crossings 769, 777,782,785,789, 800
business hours 797
climate 768
consulates 797
costs 769,797
culture 794-5
currency 769
electricity 797
embassies 797
environment 796
exchange rates 769
food 768,769,795
gay travelers 797
health 797
highlights 770
history 792-4
internet access 797
internet resources 769
itineraries 769
lesbian travelers 797
maps 797-8
money 798
national parks 796
opening hours 797
politics 792
population 794
religion 795
responsible travel 798
safety 798
sports 795
telephone services 798
toilets 799
tours 800
travel to/from 799-800
travel within 800
visas 799
volunteering 799
weather 768
wildlife 796
women travelers 799
Paramaribo (Sur) 916-21, 916-7
accommodations 918-19
drinking 920
food 919-20
medical services 920
nightlife 920
safety 920
sights 916-18
tourist information 920
tours 918
travel to/from 921
travel within 921
Paraná (Arg) 88-90
Paranaguá (Bra) 329
Paraty (Bra) 309-11
Parinacota (Chi) 474
Parque Estadual da Serra dos Pireneus (Bra) 342
Parque Nacional
Amacayacu (Col) 622
Parque Nacional Bernardo
O'Higgins (Chi) 524
Parque Nacional Cajas
(Ecu) 683
Parque Nacional Canaima
(Ven) 1008-11,1009
Parque Nacional Chaco (Arg) 85
Parque Nacional Chiloé
(Chi) 506-7
Parque Nacional Conguillío
(Chi) 484-5
Parque Nacional Cotopaxi
(Ecu) 667-8
Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina (Bra) 360
Parque Nacional da Chapada Dos Guimaráes (Bra) 348
Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros (Bra) 342
Parque Nacional da Tijuca
(Bra) 293
Parque Nacional de Aparados da Serra (Bra) 333
Parque Nacional Defensores del Chaco (Par) 791
Parque Nacional del
Chicamocha (Col) 562-3
Parque Nacional dos Lengóis Maranhenses (Bra) 386-7
Parque Nacional e Área de
Uso Múltiple Amboró
(Bol) 256
Parque Nacional El Ávila
(Ven) 982
Parque Nacional El Palmar
(Arg) 85
Parque Nacional Henri Pittier (Ven) 985-7
Parque Nacional
Huascarán (Per) 885-6
Parque Nacional
Huerquehue (Chi) 489
Parque Nacional Iguazú
(Arg) 100-1
Parque Nacional Laguna
del Laja (Chi) 480
Parque Nacional Lanín
(Arg) 145
Parque Nacional Lauca
(Chi) 474-5
Parque Nacional Lihué
Calel (Arg) 131
Parque Nacional Los Alerces (Arg) 155
Parque Nacional Los
Arrayanes (Arg) 146-7
Parque Nacional Los
Glaciares (Arg) 163,168
Parque Nacional Machalilla
(Ecu) 701
Parque Nacional Madidi
(Bol) 261-2
Parque Nacional Manu
(Per) 894-5
Parque Nacional Marinho de Fernando de Noronha (Bra) 370
Parque Nacional Médanos
de Coro (Ven) 987-8
Parque Nacional Médanos del Chaco (Par) 791-2
Parque Nacional Mochima
(Ven) 998
Parque Nacional Morrocoy
(Ven) 987
Parque Nacional Nahuel
Huapi (Arg) 151-2
Parque Nacional
Nahuelbuta (Chi) 480
Parque Nacional Natural El
Cocuy (Col) 558-9
Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados (Col) 599-600
Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona (Col) 570-1, 570-1
Parque Nacional Nevado Tres Cruces (Chi) 457
Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado (Bol) 255
Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar (Chi) 458-9
Parque Nacional Patagonia
(Chi) 512
Parque Nacional
Podocarpus (Ecu) 685
Parque Nacional Puyehue
(Chi) 494
Parque Nacional Queulat
(Chi) 510
Parque Nacional Rapa Nui
(Chi) 528
Parque Nacional Río
Pilcomayo (Arg) 85
Parque Nacional San Rafael (Par) 784
Parque Nacional Santa Teresa (Uru) 955-6
Parque Nacional Sierra de las Quijadas (Arg) 131
Parque Nacional Sierra La
Culata (Ven) 996
Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada (Ven) 995-6
Parque Nacional Teniente Agripino Enciso (Par) 791
Parque Nacional Tierra del
Fuego (Arg) 174
Parque Nacional Torotoro
(Bol) 241
Parque Nacional Torres del Paine (Chi) 15,522-4, 523,15
Parque Nacional Tunari (Bol) 241
Parque Nacional Vicente
Pérez Rosales (Chi) 498
Parque Nacional Villarrica
(Chi) 490
Parque Nacional Yasuni
(Ecu) 689
Parque Provincial
Aconcagua (Arg)139
Parque Provincial Ernesto
Tornquist (Arg) 131
Parque Provincial
Ischigualasto (Arg) 141
Parque Pumalin (Chi)
507-9
passports 1057, see
also visas Patagonia Argentina 155-68,156
Chile 507-24
Paysandu (Uru) 945-6
Paz Estenssoro, Victor 267
Peninsula de Paria (Ven)
999-1000
Pereira (Col) 600-1
Perôn, Eva 176
Perôn, Juan Domingo 176
Peru 801-912,804
accommodations
801,906
activities 907
arts 904-5
border crossings 802, 828,842,877,878, 894,899,911
business hours 907
consulates 907-8
costs 802,907,908
culture 902-3
currency 802
disabilities, travelers
with 910
economy 900
electricity 907
embassies 907-8
environment 905-6
exchange rates 802
food 801,802,903-4
gay travelers 908
highlights 804
history 900-2
holidays 909
indigenous peoples 903
internet access 908
internet resources 802
itineraries 802
language 908
Map Pages 000
Photo Pages 000
legal matters 908
lesbian travelers 908
maps 908
money 908-9
national parks 906
opening hours 907
politics 902
population 902-3
postal services 909
public holidays 909
religion 903
responsible travel 909
safety 909
sports 904
telephone services
909-10
toilets 910
tourist information 910
tours 912
travel to/from 911
travel within 911-12
vacations 909
visas 910
volunteering 910
wildlife 905-6
women travelers 910-11
work 911
photography 1051
phone cards 1053
Pica (Chi) 471
Pichilemu (Chi) 476-7
Pichincha (Arg) 84
Pilar (Par) 784
Pinamar (Arg) 128-9
Pinochet, Augusto 530
Pirenôpolis (Bra) 342
Piriâpolis (Uru) 948-9
Piribebuy (Par) 778
Pisac (Per) 855-7
Pisco (Per) 820-2
Pisco Elqui (Chi) 456-7
Piura (Per) 876-7
planning 20-1,37-43
budgeting 18-19
calendar of events 25-8
countries 49-52
internet resources 19
itineraries 29-35
medical checklist 1064
packing 20,42-3
South America basics 18-19
travel seasons 18,25-8, 37-9
Playa Blanca (Col) 583
Playa Medina (Ven) 1000
Playa Querepare
(Ven) 1000
Poconchile (Chi) 474
Poconé (Bra) 348
police 1052-3
politics 1034-5, see also individual countries Popayán (Col) 608-12,610
population 1035, see
also individual countries Porlamar (Ven) 1001
Porto Alegre (Bra)
333-6,334
Porto Seguro (Bra) 364-5
Porto Velho (Bra) 402
Portuguese language
1069-73
Porvenir (Chi) 525
Posadas (Arg) 95-7
postal services 1051, see
also individual countries Potosí (Bol) 246-50, 248
Praga Mauá (Bra) 287
Praia da Pipa (Bra) 374-5
Providencia (Col) 588
Pucallpa (Per) 895-6
Pucón (Chi) 486-9, 487
Puente del Inca (Arg) 139
Puerto Ayacucho (Ven)
1015-17,1016
Puerto Ayora (Ecu) 715-17
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
(Ecu) 717-18
Puerto Colombia (Ven)
985-7
Puerto Iguazú (Arg)
98-100, 99
Puerto López (Ecu)
699-701
Puerto Madryn (Arg)
157-9,158
Puerto Maldonado (Per)
892-4,893
Puerto Montt (Chi) 499-501,500-1
Puerto Nariño (Col) 622-3
Puerto Natales (Chi)
519-22, 520
Puerto Varas (Chi)
494-8, 496
Puerto Velasco Ibarra
(Ecu) 719
Puerto Villamil (Ecu) 718
Puerto Williams (Chi) 525
Pukapukara (Per) 855
Puno (Per) 838-43,840
Punta Arenas (Chi)
515-19, 516
Punta del Diablo (Uru)
954-5
Punta del Este (Uru)
949-53, 950
Punta Gallinas (Col) 574-5
Putre (Chi) 474
Puyo (Ecu) 693-4
Puyuhuapi (Chi) 510
Q
Q'enqo (Per) 855
Quebrada de Cafayate
(Arg) 115-16
Quebrada de Humahuaca
(Arg) 122-5
Quechua language 1078
Quellon (Chi) 507
Quilmes (Arg) 116
Quilotoa Loop (Ecu) 669-70
Quito (Ecu) 638-60, 638, 640 1 644 5 650-1
accommodations 648
activities 643-6,647
entertainment 657
festivals 648
food 650-6
internet access 658
medical services 658
nightlife 656-7
safety 657
shopping 657-8
sights 638-43
tourist information 659
tours 647-8
travel to/from 659
travel within 660
R
rabies 1066
rafting 47-8
Arequipa (Per) 832
Cajón del Maipo
(Chi) 441
Cuzco (Per) 847
Futaleufú (Chi) 509
Mérida (Ven) 991
Pucón (Chi) 486
San Agustín (Col) 613
San Gil (Col) 560
Tena (Ecu) 690
Raleighvallen (Sur) 924
Rapa Nui (Chi) 526-8, 526
Recife (Bra) 368-71, 368
Recinto del Pensamiento
(Col) 599
Recoleta (Arg) 63
religion 1035,1043-4, see also individual countries Rémire-Montjoly (FG) 740-1
Reñaca (Chi) 449
Reserva de Producción Faunística Cuyabeno (Ecu) 687-8
Reserva Ecológica
Costanera Sur (Arg) 59
Reserva Ecológica Vargem
Grande (Bra) 342
Reserva Faunística Península Valdés (Arg) 159-60
Reserva Nacional Altos de
Lircay (Chi) 479
Reserva Nacional Cerro
Castillo (Chi) 513
Reserva Nacional
Coyhaique (Chi) 511
Reserva Nacional Pacaya-
Samiria (Per) 900
Reserva Nacional Pampa
del Tamarugal (Chi) 471
Reserva Nacional Radal Siete Tazas (Chi) 479
Reserva Nacional Salinas y Aguada Blanca (Per) 835
Reserva Natural Cañón de
Río Claro (Col) 595
Reserva Natural Laguna
Blanca (Par) 787
Reserva Provincial Esteros
del Iberá (Arg) 90-1
reserves, see national parks & reserves, individual reserves Resistencia (Arg) 93-5
responsible travel, see also volunteering Brazil 416
Colombia 631
Paraguay 798
Peru 909
Rio Branco (Bra) 403
Río Caribe (Ven) 999
RíoCatatumbo (Ven) 991
Rio de Janeiro (Bra) 12, 283-306,286,288-9, 292 296 298,12
accommodations 294-7
activities 291
Carnaval 293
drinking 301-2
entertainment 302-3
festivals 293-4
food 299-301
medical services 304
safety 304
shopping 303-4
sights 283-91
sports 303
tourist information
304-5
tours 291-3
travel to/from 304,305
travel within 305-6
Río Gallegos (Arg) 168
Rio Liucura Valley
(Chi) 489
Rio Puelo Valley (Chi) 495
Riobamba (Ecu) 674-6,
674-5
Riohacha (Col) 573
Risaralda (Col) 600
road rules 1062
robbery 1053, see
also safety rock climbing, see climbing Roraima (Ven) 1011-12
Rosario (Arg) 79,81-6, 82
Rousseff, Dilma 404-5,407
ruins 22, see also archaeological sites, Inca sites Rupununi Savannas (Guy)
761-3
Rurrenabaque (Bol)
257-61,260
Ruta 11 (Chi) 474
s
Sabato, Ernesto 178
Sacred Valley (Per) 855-8
safety 21,1052-3, see also individual cities altitude sickness 1067
Bolivia 193,276
Brazil 416
bus travel 1061
card fraud 1050
Carnaval 356
Chile 537
Colombia 631
Ecuador 728
French Guiana 748
mine tours 247
Paraguay 798
Peru 909
Venezuela 966,1029
Salar de Atacaman
(Chi) 467
Salar de Uyuni (Bol) 13,
230,13
Salento (Col) 601-2
Salinas (Ecu) 673-4
salt flats Reserva Faunistica Peninsula Valdes (Arg) 159-60
Salar de Atacaman
(Chi) 467
Salar de Uyuni (Bol) 13, 230,13
Salta (Arg) 116-20,118,119
Salto (Uru) 946-7
Salto Ángel (Angel Falls;
Ven) 17,1008,17
Salvador (Bra)
352-60, 354
Salvaterra (Bra) 393
Sama Biological Reserve
(Bol) 236
Samaipata (Bol) 255-6
samba 409,1045
Rio de Janeiro (Bra) 294,
302-3
S3o Paulo (Bra) 318
Same (Ecu) 696
San Agustín (Col) 612-14, 613
San Agustín de Valle Fértil
(Arg) 140-1
San Andrés (Col) 587-8
San Antonio De Areco
(Arg) 79
San Antonio del Táchira
(Ven) 997
San Bernardino (Par) 778-9
San Cipriano (Col) 606
San Cristóbal (Ven) 997
San Gil (Col) 559-61
San Ignacio de Moxos
(Bol) 262
San Ignacio Mini (Arg) 97-8
San Juan (Arg) 139-40
San Juan de Las Galdonas
(Ven) 1000
San Lorenzo (Bol) 236
San Luis (Arg) 131-3
San Luis (Col) 587
San Martín de Amacayacu
(Col) 622
San Martín De Los Andes
(Arg) 145-6
San Pedro de Atacama
(Chi) 462-6, 464
San Salvador de Jujuy
(Arg) 120-2,121
San Telmo (Arg) 59-63
Santa Cruz (Bol) 251-5
Santa Cruz (Chile) 475
Santa Elena de Uairén (Ven) 1012-14,1013
Santa Fe (Arg) 86-8, 87
Santa Fe de Antioquia (Col)
595-6
Santa María de la Fe
(Par) 783
Santa Marta (Col)
565-8, 566
Santa Mission (Guy) 759
Santa Teresa (Bra) 286-90
Santarém (Bra) 394-5
Santay Island (Ecu) 706
Santiago (Chi) 424-39, 426-7 430-1
accommodations 432-4
activities 429
courses 429
drinking 436
entertainment 436-7
festivals 432
food 434-6
itineraries 425
medical services 437
nightlife 436
safety 437
shopping 437
sights 424-9
tourist information 438
tours 432
travel to/from 438
travel within 439
Santiago del Estero (Arg)
109-10
Santo Amaro (Bra) 386
Santo Angelo (Bra) 335
Santuario de Iguaque
(Col) 558
Santuário Ecológico de
Pipa (Bra) 374
S3o Luís (Bra) 384-6, 385
Sao Miguel do Gostoso
(Bra) 380
Sáo Paulo (Bra) 311-20, 312,313,314
accommodations 313
drinking 316-18
entertainment 318
food 315-16
medical services 319
safety 318-19
sights 311-13
tourist information 319
travel to/from 319-20
travel within 320
Sapzurro (Col) 586-7
Saqsaywamán (Per) 854-5
Saquisili (Ecu) 669
Saraguro (Ecu) 684
scams 416,1052, see
also safety scuba diving, see diving Semana Santa 25-8
Senderosa Luminoso (Shining Path) 867, 900,902
Sierra de las Ánima
(Uru) 949
Sierra de la Ventana (Arg)
130-1
Sigchos (Ecu) 669
Sigsig (Ecu) 683
Siles Zuazo, Hernán 268
Sillustani (Per) 843
Silvia (Col) 612
Sipán (Per) 876
Sipe Sipe (Bol) 241
skiing 38,48
Las Leñas (Arg) 142
Nevados de Chillán (Chi) 479
_ Parque Nacional Nahuel
Huapi (Arg) 152
m Parque Nacional x Puyehue (Chi) 494
^ Santiago region
c (Chi) 440
Volcán Osorno (Chi) 498
slave trade 1039
snorkeling, see diving snowboarding 48, see also
skiing soccer Argentina 180
Bolivia 204,271
Brazil 303,311,410-11
Chile 437,533
Colombia 552,607,628
Paraguay 795
Peru 904,957
Uruguay 933
Venezuela 1024
Sorata (Bol) 219-20
Soure (Bra) 393-4
Southern Altiplano (Bol)
220-36
Spanish language 1074-8
St Georges (FG) 740
St Laurent du Maroni (FG)
743-6, 744
Súa(Ecu) 696
Sucre (Bol) 241-6, 242
Suesca (Col) 554
surfing 38,48
Arica (Chi) 471-2
Canoa (Ecu) 696
Huanchaco (Per) 873
llha de Santa Catarina
(Bra) 330
Iquique (Chi) 467
Isla de Margarita (Ven)
1003-4
Itacaré (Bra) 362
La Paloma (Uru) 954
La Pedrera (Uru) 954
Lima (Per) 810
Máncora (Per) 878
Mar del Plata (Arg) 125
Montañita (Ecu) 701-2
Pichilemu (Chi) 476
Map Pages 000
Photo Pages 000
Puerto Baquerizo
Moreno (Ecu) 717
Punta del Este (Uru) 950
Villa Gesell (Arg) 127
Suriname 913-28,915
accommodations
913,926
activities 926
books 926
border crossings 914,
923,924
business hours 926
climate 913
consulates 926
costs 914,926,927
culture 925-6
currency 914
economy 925
electricity 926
embassies 926
environment 926
exchange rates 914
food 914
highlights 915
history 925
holidays 927
internet access 927
internet resources 914
itineraries 914
money 927
opening hours 926
population 925-6
public holidays 927
religion 925-6
telephone services 927
travel to/from 927-8
travel within 928
vacations 927
visas 927
weather 913
women travelers 927
Suriname River (Sur) 922-3
Tacna (Per) 827-9
Tacuarembó (Uru) 947-8
Tafí del Valle (Arg) 111-13
Taganga (Col) 568-70
Talca (Chi) 477-8
Tambomachay (Per) 855
tango 179,958,1044-5
classes 65,103,936
festivals 27-8
performances 74
Tarabuco (Bol) 246
Tarapaya (Bol) 251
Tarapoto (Per) 890-2
Tarija (Bol) 234-6
Teleférico Warairarepano
(Ven) 983
telephone services 728-9, 1053, see also individual countries : Temuco (Chi) 481-4
: Tena (Ecu) 689-92
! Termas de Papallacta
(Ecu) 661
i theft 1053, see also safety : Tierra del Fuego (Arg)
169-74,170,171
I Tierra del Fuego (Chi) j 524-5
j Tierradentro (Col) 615-16
i Tigre 79
: Tilcara 122-3
; time zones 1054
i tipping 21
; Tiradentes (Bra) 325-6
j Titicaca Islands (Per) : 843-4
j Tiwanaku (Bol) 207-8
: toilets 1054, see also j individual countries j Tomatitas (Bol) 236
i Tonchigüe (Ecu) 696
j Torres del Paine (Chi) 15, j 522-4,523,15
i tourist information 1054, j see also individual ; cities, individual j countries j tours 1053, see also jungle : tours individual cities, i individual countries, j train travel 1062-3
j to/from Bolivia 279
; to/from Peru 911
: within Argentina 187
: within Bolivia 280
j within Brazil 421
j within Chile 539
j within Ecuador 676,732
: within Peru 912
j Trancoso (Bra) 366-7
: Transchaco Rally 791
j transportation 18,19, : 1057-63
i traveler's checks 1051
; trekking, see hiking j Trelew (Arg) 160-1
i Trésor Nature Reserve j (FG) 741
j Trinidad (Bol) 262-4
j Trinidad (Par) 783
j Trujillo (Per) 869-72,870
: tubing 662
j Tucumán (Arg) 110-11
Túcume (Per) 876
Tunja (Col) 555
Tupiza (Bol) 231-4
Turbo (Col) 584-5
typhoid 1066
U
Uribe, Âlvaro 626
Urubamba (Per) 857
Uruguay 929-61,931
accommodations
929,959
activities 959
arts 957-8
border crossings 930,
939,955
business hours 960
climate 929
consulates 959
costs 930,959
culture 957-8
currency 930
disabilities, travelers
with 960
electricity 959
embassies 959
environment 958
exchange rates 930
food 929,930,958
gay travelers 959
highlights 931
history 956-7
holidays 960
internet access 959
internet resources 930
legal matters 959
lesbian travelers 959
money 959-60
opening hours 960
politics 956
population 957
public holidays 960
religion 957
sports 957
telephone services 960
tourist information 960
travel to/from 960-1
travel within 961
vacations 960
visas 960
weather 929
women travelers 960
Uruyén (Ven) 1010
Ushuaia (Arg) 169-74,
172-3
Uspallata (Arg) 138-9
Uyuni(Bol) 225-30,227
vacations, see individual
countries vaccinations 1065
Valdivia (Chi) 490-3, 491
Valle Chacabuco (Chi) 512
Valle de Cocora (Col) 602-3
Valle de la Luna (Chi) 467
Valle de Lunarejo (Uru) 948
Valle de Maipo (Chi)
439-41
Valle del Elqui (Chi) 454-7
Valle Sagrado (Per) 855-8
Valles Calchaquies (Arg) 116
Valparaiso (Chi) 441-8,442
Venezuela 962-1032,964
accommodations 962,
1025-6
arts 1022-3
books 1026
border crossings 963,
997,1015,1030
business hours 1028-9
climate 962
consulates 1026-7
costs 963,1025,1027
culture 1021-2
currency 963
electricity 1026
embassies 1026-7
environment 1024-5
exchange rates 963
food 962,963,1023-4
gay travelers 1027
health 1027
highlights 964
history 1018-21
holidays 1029
internet access 1027
itineraries 963
language 1027
legal matters 1027
lesbian travelers 1027
money 1028
national parks 1025
opening hours 1028-9
politics 1018
population 1021-2
postal services 1029
public holidays 1029
religion 1022
safety 966,1029
sports 1024
telephone services 1029
toilets 1030
tourist information 1030
tours 1032
travel to/from 1030
travel within 1030-2
vacations 1029
visas 966,1030
weather 962
women travelers 1030
Vicuña (Chi) 454-6
Vilcabamba (Ecu) 685-7
Villa Carlos Paz (Arg) 107
Villa de Leyva (Col)
555-8,556
Villa General Belgrano
(Arg) 107
Villa Gesell (Arg) 127-8
Villa La Angostura (Arg) 146-7
Villa O'Higgins (Chi) 514-15
Villarrica (Chi) 485-6
Villazón (Bol) 233
Viña del Mar (Chi) 448-9
visas 19,1054-5, see also passports, individ- ual countries volcanoes Volcán Chaitén (Chi)
507,509
Volcán Chimborazo (Ecu)
676-7
Volcán Cotacachi
(Ecu) 666
Volcán Cotopaxi
(Ecu) 667
Volcán de Lodo El
Totumo (Col) 583
Volcán Lanín (Arg) 145
Volcán Osorno (Chi) 498
Volcán Puyehue
(Chi) 494
Volcán Villarrica
(Chi) 486
volunteering 1055, see also
individual countries
W
walking, see hiking War of the Pacific 267
water 1068
waterfalls Iguazú Falls (Arg) 100-1
Iguazú Falls (Bra) 336
Kaieteur Falls (Guy) 759
Salto Ángel (Angel Falls;
Ven) 17,1008,17
Salto del Monday (Par) 786
Saltos del Petrohué
(Chi) 498
weather 18,25-8, see
also individual countries websites, see internet
resources whitewater rafting, see
rafting wildlife-watching 24,45-6
Ancud (Chi) 503
Bahía Negra (Par) 788
Cabo Polonio (Uru) 953
Capurganá (Col) 585
Floresta Nacional (FLONA) DoTapajós (Bra) 395
Fortín Toledo (Par) 791
Galápagos Islands (Ecu)
712-13
Islas Ballestas (Per) 821
Laguna Capitán
(Par) 791
Los Llanos (Ven) 996
Manaus (Bra) 397
Orinoco Delta (Ven) 1007
Pantanal, the (Bra)
345-6
Parque Nacional
Amacayacu (Col) 622
Parque Nacional Iguazú
(Arg) 100-1
Parque Nacional Machalilla (Ecu) 701
Parque Nacional Madidi
(Bol) 261
Parque Nacional Manu
(Per) 894-5
Parque Nacional Nevado Tres Cruces (Chi) 457
Peru 905
Puerto Ayora (Ecu) 715 Z
Reserva de Producción m
Faunística Cuyabeno X
(Ecu) 687 <
Reserva Faunística M
Península Valdés (Bol) 159
Reserva Nacional Pacaya-Samiria (Per) 900
women travelers 1055-6, see also individual countries World's Most Dangerous
Road (Bol) 197,23
work 1056, see also individual countries
Xapuri (Bra) 403-4
Yanahuara (Per) 834
Yanque (Per) 837
Yapeyú (Arg) 91
yellow fever 1066
Yungas, the (Bol) 215-20
Zamora (Ecu) 685
Zapallar (Chi) 449-50
Zika virus 415
Zipaquirá (Col) 554
ziplining Coroico (Bol) 217
Mérida (Ven) 990
Mindo (Ecu) 662
Rurrenabaque (Bol) 257
Zumbahua (Ecu) 669
