CHILE - ARGENTINA - BOLIVIA Amazing landscapes of Latin America

The city of stairs - Chile

Just as in the American West were born and died towns associated with the gold rush, the case of the town of Sewell, 150 km south of Santiago, could typecast cities in the phenomenon of intermittent, temporary associated with mining activity alternating in different parts of the region. Sewell, was born in 1904 as a base or camp for workers in the mining of copper, as developed and important for the Chilean economy. Sewell was declared since 2006 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, in acknowledgment as a model city built in distant places to solve an economic resource.







The flowering desert of Atacama - Chile


The Atacama desert is considered the world's arid and dry. However, contradicting its aridity, there is a phenomenon that occurs sporadically associated elusive rains that occur every few years in the place: the desert bloom. The natural phenomenon occurs when the rains are more frequent and heavier than normal, completely transforming the barren landscape in a green mantle from the month of July and August to reach its maximum splendor in the month of September.















The phenomenon is possible to appreciate the full extent of the coastline and the hills of the coastal range in the Atacama. Recent years that could see the desert in bloom were in 1987, 1991 and 1997.












The train cemetery in Uyuni - Bolivia


The train arrived in Bolivia in 1889, as unmistakable symbols of progress. But time took care to oxidise all that promising progress linked to the mining industry. The railway complex Uyuni, a small town located in the Central Altiplano Potosi State became over time and even today one of the most incredible train cemetery in the world.

There are approximately 11 layers with thicknesses ranging from 2 to 10 meters. The crust is found on the surface has a thickness of 10 meters. Salar depth is 10 km which is composed of overlapping layers of brine and mud lake.

Salar de Uyuni, which is estimated to contain some 64 billion tons of salt, 25,000 tons extracted annually.

Turquoise Glacier Symphony in Grey - Chile


Any glacier is in itself an impressive natural spectacle. The Grey Glacier in Torres del Paine National Park in Chile, seems to combine their hues and tones with the sky, the clouds, the sun and the ice crystals to capture the landscape a true work of art. The result is a beautiful landscape, a symphony of color, blue and turquoise, a visual spectacle that is modified each time:

Glacier Grey is one of the wonders of Torres del Paine National Park, a mass of ice 6 kilometers wide at its front interrupted by a rocky island and ice walls over 30 feet high.

The untamed tongue of the glacier Perito Moreno, Argentina

Located in the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, the Perito Moreno glacier is surrounded by mountain scenery, forest and lakes, and is considered one of the natural wonders of the world. The breaking of the Perito Moreno Glacier is an expected phenomenon, especially knowing that you have to wait several years to complete each cycle, which can take up to 16 years. The final break came in March 2006.

A submerged forest in Patagonia - Argentina

Located 30 meters deep in the lake bed Traful, in Patagonia, the submerged forest recreates a fantasy landscape, able to dazzle those who dare to dive among huge trees almost intact, as if you were flying in a landscape film

Tortel: the city that does not touch the ground - Chile



Tortel is a commune of Chile that is part of Region XI. Its geographical location is very special: it is located between two ice fields, in an area of ​​islands, channels and estuaries, between steep mountains and near the mouth of the Baker River, the largest river in Chile. The river can become a torrent because we are in one of the wettest regions of the world can fall about 4000 mm per year. So the city is elevated Tortel proof of any setback to the heavy rains.