South America

Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento

A well-preserved colonial city that reflects both Spanish and Portuguese influences.

A large Amazonian forest with unusual rock formations and ancient rock paintings.

Burial mounds and statuary from a complex pre-Columbian culture.

A vibrant city nestled between lush mountains and the sea.

An important 19th-century port city that preserves its urban industrial architecture to this day.

Evocative Incan ruins in a magnificent mountainous setting.

Also known as Easter Island, famous for its huge stone statues of human heads.

A South American city with an extremely well-preserved center and beautiful examples of the “Baroque school of Quito.”

A Spanish colonial river port with a collection of authentic and well-preserved colonial-era churches and other buildings.

An archipelago that inspired Darwin’s theory of evolution and teems with wildlife found nowhere else.

City of Black Gold and treasury of baroque and Portuguese colonial architecture.

Colonial architecture, traditional communities, and large and richly diverse nature reserves.

Imperial city of the ancient Incas high in the Andes mountains.

An excellent example of colonial military architecture in an important location for Caribbean exploration and trade.

Biodiverse subtropical rainforest with a spectacular waterfall system.

A beautiful Spanish colonial city that shows successful blending of cultures.

Huge images and straight lines drawn in the desert by pre-Columbian people.

Where the best coffee in the world is produced: a stunning and culturally rich region set in the heart of Colombia.