Country

Major attraction and considered activities

Stay [weeks]

Time of visit

Guatemala

Five-week intensive Spanish course in Antigua, a world renown center of Spanish education; stay with a local family; travel around Guatemala during weekends - cities, mountains, Maya sites

5

Mar - Apr

Central America

Trip from Guatemala through Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Panama, visit of the most famous Maya ruins in Tikal (Guatemala), excavations in Copan (Honduras), rain forests with abundant wildlife in Costa Rica and a trip to volcano Arenal (accessible volcano with small observable regular eruptions - Costa Rica); Panama City and the Panama Canal

2

May - Jun

Ecuador

Colonial architecture, original Indian inhabitants, Inca history; possibilities of great trekking in the Andes and trips to the Amazon rain forest

2

May - Jun

Galapagos (islands belonging to  Ecuador) famous for its abundant wildlife and variety of sea birds; the place of the origin of the Darwin's theory of evolution

1

May - Jun

Peru

The center of Inca culture; many buildings and remains of temples from the era of Inca empire and pre-Inca civilizations; Inca roads built through the Andes; Valle Segrado and Machu Picchu; Altiplano - lake Titicaca and Indian population; excellent hiking and trekking opportunities in Cordillera Blanca; travel through the Andes to the east slopes and down to the Amazon basin; Amazon river trip; rainforest trips

 2-5

May - Jun

Bolivia

Country with the greatest percantage of highland Indian population, most original culture and lifestyle in South America; lake Titicaca with the Islands of the Sun and of the Moon - legendary birth places of the Incas; Altiplano; the highest capitol in the world - La Paz; Potosi - infamous history of terrible working conditions in the world-known silver mines; trekking on the east slopes of the Andes - treks from the mountain peaks to the Amazon basin with the possibility of river trips and trips to the rain forest

 1-2

May - Jun

Brazil

Country of the most extensive rain forest in the world, the Amazon river, beaches, music, dancing and carnevals; Rio de Janeiro - vibrant, attractive city with its famous carnival; Pantanal - wildlife abundant wetlands near Bolivia; monumental waterfalls of Iguazu

2

Feb - Mar

Ecoturism - trips to the Amazon basin, river trips, trips in the rain forest

2

May - Jun

Chile

The most developed country of South America; transit form Bolivia crosses desert Altiplano with geysers and lakes with large floks of flamingos; capitol Santiago; excellent hiking and trekking in the southern Andes - unique Torres del Paine National Park bordering with Patagonia (Argentina); possibilities to visit Island of Robinson Crusoe and the Easter Island

2

Feb - Mar

Argentina

Modern, lively capitol Buenos Aires - the city of Argentinean tango; famous trekking in Patagonia (Lake District) - remote mountains, beautiful sceneries, advancing glaciers (Moreno); monumental waterfalls of Iquazu at the Brazilian border; Tierra del Fuego

 2-4

Feb - Mar