Americas beyond the headline destinations.
Patagonian roads, tropical archaeology, Pacific islands, desert basins and forest coastlines from Canada to the southern Andes.
Americas in context.
The Americas collection spans boreal coasts, canyon systems, tropical highlands, dry basins and southern forests. The focus remains on regional landscapes that reward time beyond their best-known image.
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Lencois Maranhenses
White dune fields and seasonal freshwater lagoons create a landscape that changes radically with rainfall along Brazil's equatorial Atlantic coast.
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Chapada Diamantina
Table mountains, deep valleys, waterfalls, caves and former diamond towns form a broad highland in the interior of Bahia.
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Serra da Capivara
Sandstone cliffs, caatinga forest and an extraordinary concentration of rock art preserve deep human history in northeastern Brazil.
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Chiloe
Wooden churches, stilt houses, temperate rainforest and a deeply indented coast define an archipelago with a strong island culture.
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Elqui Valley
Irrigated vineyards and villages follow a narrow green corridor between dry Andean slopes under exceptionally clear skies.
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Quebrada de Humahuaca
A high Andean valley of coloured strata, adobe towns and long-distance cultural routes connecting the puna with lower valleys.
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Tolar Grande
Salt flats, red desert, volcanic peaks and a small high-altitude settlement occupy one of Argentina's most remote puna landscapes.
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Cocora Valley
Tall wax palms rise above green pasture and cloud forest in a high Andean valley connected to Colombia's coffee region.
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Osa Peninsula
Lowland rainforest, mangroves, wild beaches and the sheltered Golfo Dulce meet on one of Central America's most biologically rich peninsulas.
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Gros Morne
Fjords, uplifted mantle rock, coastal villages and broad glacial valleys reveal the geological structure of western Newfoundland.
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Great Sand Dunes
North America's tallest dunes rise against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains within a larger system of grassland, wetlands and seasonal water.
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Channel Islands
Sea cliffs, endemic wildlife, kelp forests and deep Indigenous history define an island chain just beyond the urban coast of Southern California.
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Haida Gwaii
Rainforest islands, exposed Pacific beaches and Haida cultural landscapes lie off the northern coast of British Columbia.
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Big Bend
Desert basins, volcanic mountains and the Rio Grande form a remote border landscape in far western Texas.
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Calakmul
A major Maya city rises within one of the largest remaining tropical forest blocks of the Yucatan Peninsula.
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Aysen
Glacial rivers, forested mountains, steppe and fjords meet along a sparsely settled section of Chilean Patagonia.
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Chachapoyas Highlands
Cloud-forest highlands of archaeological sites, deep valleys, waterfalls and small Andean towns between the mountains and the upper Amazon basin.
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Copper Canyon
A vast network of canyons in northern Mexico where pine plateaus, subtropical ravines, railway settlements and Raramuri communities span major changes in elevation.
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Guajira Peninsula
A semi-arid Caribbean peninsula of dunes, salt flats, bays and Wayuu communities where desert forms meet bright coastal water.
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Great Basin
An immense interior region of parallel mountain ranges, dry valleys, ancient bristlecone pines and closed drainage beneath some of North America's darkest skies.
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Mingan Archipelago
A low limestone archipelago in the Gulf of St Lawrence shaped into monoliths, sea caves, barrens and quiet island shorelines.
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Chapada dos Veadeiros
A high Brazilian cerrado plateau of quartzite ridges, clear rivers, waterfalls and open vegetation under a broad central sky.
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Ruta de las Flores
A western Salvadoran highland route linking colourful towns, coffee landscapes, markets and volcanic slopes within a short but varied corridor.
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Huilo Huilo
A temperate rainforest and volcanic landscape in northern Patagonia, crossed by rivers, waterfalls and former forestry settlements near the Andes.
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Great Bear Rainforest
Temperate rainforest, fjords, islands and Indigenous territories form a vast coastal landscape on British Columbia's Pacific edge.
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Nahanni
A wild river system of canyons, waterfalls, karst and mountain valleys cuts through Canada's remote Mackenzie Mountains.
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Bisti / De-Na-Zin
Hoodoos, petrified wood and eroded clay create a roadless badland wilderness in northwestern New Mexico.
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Owyhee Canyonlands
Remote volcanic canyons, sagebrush plateaus and wild rivers spread across the high desert where Oregon, Idaho and Nevada meet.
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Sierra Gorda
Cloud forest, semi-desert, deep canyons and mission towns meet within a steep biosphere reserve in central Mexico.
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Ibera Wetlands
Lagoons, floating vegetation, grassland and wildlife form one of South America's largest freshwater wetland systems.
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Cotahuasi Canyon
A deep Andean canyon of terraced valleys, hot springs, waterfalls and high communities lies beyond Peru's better-known southern routes.
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Jalapao
Golden dunes, clear springs, cerrado savanna and sandstone plateaus create a remote interior landscape in central Brazil.
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Torngat Mountains
Arctic mountains, deep fjords and Inuit cultural landscapes rise along the remote northern Labrador coast.
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Anticosti Island
Limestone canyons, waterfalls and a long shipwreck coast define a large island in the Gulf of St Lawrence.
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San Rafael Swell
Folded sandstone, slot canyons and empty roads form a vast geological uplift in central Utah.
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North Cascades
Glaciated peaks, deep forest valleys and hydroelectric lakes create a sharp mountain landscape close to the Pacific Northwest coast.
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Lost Coast
Mountain ridges fall directly into the Pacific along a roadless section of northern California coast.
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Gila Wilderness
Forested mountains, hot springs and deep canyons form the first designated wilderness area in the United States.
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Chiricahua
Rhyolite pinnacles and oak-pine sky islands rise above the desert grasslands of southeastern Arizona.
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Sierra de la Laguna
An isolated forested mountain range rises above the deserts and coasts of southern Baja California.
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Los Haitises
Mangroves, limestone towers and cave systems create a flooded karst landscape on the edge of Samana Bay.
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Gran Sabana
Open savanna, waterfalls and table-top mountains spread across the southeastern Guiana Highlands.
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Gaspesie
A long Quebec peninsula of Appalachian mountains, fishing villages, sea cliffs and broad Saint Lawrence horizons.
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Boundary Waters
A canoe landscape of lakes, portages, boreal forest and granite extends across the border between Minnesota and Ontario.
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Cockscomb Basin
Rainforest, rivers and the eastern Maya Mountains form a large protected basin behind Belize Caribbean coastal plain.
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Choco Coast
Rainforest descends directly to dark beaches, mangroves and a powerful Pacific coast in one of the wettest regions of the Americas.
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Valle de la Luna
Eroded clay spires and dry ravines form a compact badland landscape immediately below the high city of La Paz.
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Fernando de Noronha
A volcanic Atlantic archipelago of dramatic peaks, clear bays, marine wildlife and tightly controlled settlement lies far off northeast Brazil.
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Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
The world highest coastal mountain range rises from Caribbean forest and beaches to snow peaks, Indigenous territories and high valleys.
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Sierra de la Macarena
An isolated massif, clear rivers and a meeting point of forest, savanna and ancient rock create one of central Colombia’s most distinctive transition landscapes.
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Queulat
Temperate rainforest, fjords and a hanging glacier converge along one of the greenest sections of Chilean Patagonia.
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Pumalin Douglas Tompkins National Park
Ancient temperate rainforest, volcanoes, fjords and waterfalls create a vast protected landscape in northern Chilean Patagonia.
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Serra do Cipo
Quartzite ridges, cerrado grasslands, waterfalls and extraordinary plant diversity define a highland north of Belo Horizonte.
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Itatiaia National Park
Atlantic Forest rises into rugged highland grasslands and granite peaks in Brazil’s oldest national park.
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El Cielo Biosphere Reserve
Tropical forest, cloud forest, oak woodland and dry scrub meet across a steep ecological gradient in northeastern Mexico.
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El Imposible National Park
Steep ridges and tropical dry forest protect one of El Salvador’s largest remaining natural areas close to the Pacific coast.
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Madidi
Andean peaks, cloud forest and Amazonian lowlands descend through one enormous protected landscape in western Bolivia.
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Riding Mountain National Park
A forested highland rises abruptly from the Manitoba prairie, combining lakes, wildlife and an accessible park town.
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Prince Albert National Park
Boreal forest, lakes and grassland meet around Waskesiu in central Saskatchewan.
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Grasslands National Park
Native prairie, badlands and one of Canada's darkest night skies stretch along the US border.
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Wapusk National Park
Tundra, peatlands and Hudson Bay coast protect one of the world's most important polar-bear maternity denning areas.
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Cypress Hills
A high forested plateau rises above the surrounding prairie with lodgepole pine, coulees and dark skies.
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Athabasca Sand Dunes
Canada's largest active dune field runs along the south shore of Lake Athabasca and supports rare endemic plants.
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Quetico Provincial Park
A roadless network of lakes, portages and granite shores creates one of North America's classic wilderness canoe regions.
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Pukaskwa National Park
A wild Lake Superior coast combines cobble beaches, boreal forest and long headlands.
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Wood Buffalo National Park
Vast boreal plains, salt flats and the Peace-Athabasca Delta protect wood bison and whooping-crane habitat.
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Duck Mountain Provincial Park
A forested escarpment of lakes and rolling highland rises above Manitoba farmland.
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Whiteshell Provincial Park
Granite outcrops, pine forest and hundreds of lakes form the eastern edge of Manitoba's cottage country.
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Turtle Mountain Provincial Park
A wooded moraine highland contains dozens of small lakes just north of the US border.
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Little Limestone Lake
A marl lake changes from turquoise to pale blue as temperature alters suspended limestone particles.
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Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Layered badlands, prairie and cottonwood river bottoms protect bison and wild horses in western North Dakota.
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Badlands National Park
Sharp eroded spires and mixed-grass prairie meet in a dense fossil landscape.
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Tallgrass Prairie Preserve
One of the largest remaining tallgrass landscapes preserves rolling hills, bison and historic ranch buildings.
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Flint Hills
Long grassy ridges, limestone shelves and ranch roads form the largest continuous tallgrass region in North America.
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Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Clear spring-fed rivers, forested bluffs and old mills create a water route through the Missouri Ozarks.
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Wichita Mountains
Ancient granite domes rise above mixed-grass prairie populated by bison and longhorn cattle.
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Caprock Canyons
Red cliffs and breaks mark the edge of the Llano Estacado and protect the Texas state bison herd.
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Palo Duro Canyon
A huge branching canyon cuts beneath the flat High Plains with colourful rock layers and open trails.
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Nebraska Sandhills
Grass-stabilised dunes, ranchland and shallow lakes cover a vast part of central Nebraska.
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Niobrara National Scenic River
A spring-fed river passes beneath forested bluffs and dozens of small waterfalls in the Nebraska Sandhills.
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Toadstool Geologic Park
Pale clay badlands, fossil beds and mushroom-shaped rock formations create a compact alien landscape.
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Little Missouri National Grassland
Badlands, open range and long-distance trails spread beyond the boundaries of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
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Great Salt Plains
A bright salt flat and shallow reservoir occupy the remains of an ancient inland sea.
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Scotts Bluff
A sandstone escarpment rises above the North Platte Valley and the historic overland-trail corridor.
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Emas National Park
Open cerrado, grassland and gallery forest protect giant anteaters, maned wolves and extraordinary termite landscapes.
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Chapada dos Guimaraes
Red sandstone cliffs, cerrado forest and waterfalls rise above the northern Pantanal basin.
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Nobres
Clear spring rivers, limestone pools and cerrado forest create a quieter alternative to Brazil's better-known snorkelling destinations.
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Pantanal Matogrossense
Seasonal floodplains, river channels and forest islands form the protected core of the northern Pantanal.
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Serra Geral do Tocantins
Cerrado plateau, quartz sand, springs and dunefields extend beyond the better-known core of Jalapao.
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Terra Ronca
Huge limestone caves, underground rivers and cerrado valleys form one of Brazil's most impressive karst regions.
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Serra dos Pireneus
Quartzite ridges, cerrado flowers and historic pilgrimage routes rise between Pirenopolis and Cocalzinho.
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Cantao State Park
Hundreds of lakes and flooded-forest channels occupy an ecological junction between Amazon, cerrado and Araguaia wetlands.
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Bananal Island
The world's largest river island contains wetlands, cerrado and Indigenous territories between two channels of the Araguaia.
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Araguaia National Park
River beaches, wetlands and gallery forest protect the northern end of Bananal Island.
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Serra da Canastra
High cerrado grassland, dramatic escarpments and the headwaters of the Sao Francisco River define this central Brazilian plateau.
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Peruacu Caves
Giant limestone caverns, skylights and rock-art panels occupy a dry valley in northern Minas Gerais.
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Serra da Bodoquena
Limestone hills, clear rivers and forested waterfalls form the less urban side of the Bonito region.
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Chapada dos Veadeiros North
Remote northern valleys extend the quartzite plateau beyond the busiest gateways of Chapada dos Veadeiros.
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Taquari Headwaters
Springs and cerrado valleys on the plateau feed one of the Pantanal's most important river systems.
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Serra do Roncador
Sandstone walls, cerrado valleys and remote waterfalls form a long escarpment in eastern Mato Grosso.
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Saba
A steep volcanic island rises almost directly from deep Caribbean water, with villages fixed to ridges and no conventional beach tourism.
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Sint Eustatius
A quiet island combines a dormant volcano, underwater archaeology and the ruins of a once-important trading port.
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Montserrat
An active volcano reshaped the island, burying the former capital while the north remained inhabited.
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Juan Fernandez Islands
Steep volcanic islands support highly endemic forest and the history behind the Robinson Crusoe story.
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Angels Landing
A steep trail climbs Walter’s Wiggles and an exposed chain-protected fin above Zion Canyon.
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The Narrows
Hikers travel directly through the Virgin River between towering sandstone walls in the narrowest part of Zion Canyon.
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Bright Angel Trail
A historic corridor trail descends from the South Rim through multiple ecological zones toward the Colorado River.
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Half Dome Cables
A long Yosemite hike ends with a steep cable route up the exposed granite shoulder of Half Dome.
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West Coast Trail
A multi-day trail follows beaches, rainforest, ladders, cable cars and tidal shelves along Vancouver Island’s exposed west coast.
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Q’eswachaka Rope Bridge
A handwoven ichu-grass bridge crosses the Apurimac River and is rebuilt through an annual community tradition.
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Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
A permit-controlled multi-day trail crosses high passes, cloud forest and Inca sites before entering Machu Picchu through the Sun Gate.
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New in Americas
Release 1.5.28 adds 4 more Americas places to the atlas.
Rupununi Savannas
A vast savanna and wetland landscape between the Guiana Shield forests and Brazil, shaped by seasonal floods, ranches and Indigenous communities.
Tatacoa Desert
A hot tropical dry-forest landscape of deeply eroded red and grey formations, clear night skies and fossil-rich sediments in Colombia's upper Magdalena valley.
Chapada das Mesas
A cerrado landscape of flat-topped sandstone hills, clear rivers, waterfalls and palm-lined valleys in Brazil's southern Maranhao interior.
Dientes de Navarino
A jagged subantarctic mountain circuit above the Beagle Channel, with peat bogs, lakes and severe weather near the southern edge of inhabited South America.