The Iguacu River begins in Brazil and weaves it’s way across the Brazilian plains before reaching the famed Waterfalls/Cataratas at Iguacu. The falls are located along the border of Brazil and Argentina, and represents one of the most stunning natural sights of either country. The river moves slowly as it creeps towards the edge of [...]

Patagonia is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the East and the Andes to the West, covering a grand total of 670,000 km². The vast expanse is one of the world’s largest cold weather desert’s in the world, second only to the Gobi Desert. The Andes is the geographic border between Chile and Argentina, and [...]

Where the South American mainland ends, at the Straight of Magellan, and the Island Archipelago of Tierra del Fuego begins. The Islands that make up Tierra del Fuego (Spanish for ‘Land of Fire’), are located at the Southernmost point of the Americas, and the archipelago forms Cape Horn. Portugese explorer Ferdinand Magellan first discovered the [...]

The Patagonian desert covers most of southern Argentina, from the Andes to the Atlantic, and from Tierra de Fuego to La Pampas to the south of Buenos Aires. One of the greatest deserts in the world, it cover’s over 670,000 km² ( 260,000 mi² ) and ranks as the 7th largest, its vast expanses inspire [...]