South America
South America adventure travel destinations and adventure travel tours with Trusted Adventures. We offer you authentic 1 to 2 week vacations and South American adventure tours in Chile, Patagonia, Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands, Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia and in many other South American destinations for adventure travel.
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Trusted Adventure Knowledge: (things you probably would not know if not for Trusted Adventures)
1-South America is home to the worlds largest river, rainforest and mountain range—Amazon River, Amazon Rainforest and the Andes Mountains. The Amazon River is the largest in the world by volume. The Nile is longer in length.
2-Ushuaia is South America’s and the world’s most southerly town. The closest point to Antarctica, Argentina's Ushuaia has a population of just 40,000 and is on the island of Tierra del Fuego (the "Land of Fire”).
3-The average yearly rainfall of the Amazon River basin is 150 inches. This means it rains an average of nearly half an inch a day.
4-There are areas in Northern Chile where no rainfall has ever been recorded. The Atacama Desert in Chile is the driest place on earth. Most places in the desert only get .004 inches of rainfall a year while other places have not seen rain for over 400 years. The desert runs along the west coast of South America.
5-Charles Darwin created the theory of evolution while visiting the Galapagos Island. He visited the island during an 1831-1836 and his observations of how various animal species had adapted to life on the islands contributed to his ground-breaking theory of evolution. Darwin's controversial book, "The Origin of Species", was the one of the first to suggest that living things evolved from a common ancestor.
6-Ecuador is the leading exporter of bananas.
7-In 1914, one of the world’s largest oil fields was discovered below Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo. Oil derricks scatter the lake today and wealth from oil exportation has helped to make Venezuela one of the richest countries in Latin America.
8-Although Easter Island is located 2300 miles west of South America in the Pacific Ocean and considered to be part of Oceania, the small volcanic island was annexed by Chile in 1888.
9-Colombia is the leading exporter of roses.
10-The world’s highest waterfall, Angel Falls (Salto del Angel) is located in Venezuela.
