You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.

Named for the DeFoe novel inspired by a stranded sailor, this island is known for its rare plants and extreme beauty.

The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.

One of Chile's most active volcanoes is riddled with beautiful caves.

A fantastical group of cliffside stairways, bridges, and twisting paths carved out of stone provide a surreal coastal hike.

This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.

This high-Andean reserve protects the graceful vicuña that was nearly hunted to extinction for its precious wool.

A paradisical gorge with rapids, waterfalls, and wildlife whose raw beauty is the stuff of CGI movies.

The highest tropical mountain range in the world is in Central Peru, home to a vast array of exotic and quirky plants and animals.

A jungle cave in Peru of unknown depths, otherworldly sounds, and strange nocturnal birds that navigate by echolocation.

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.

The world's fifth tallest waterfall is a spectacular silver chute of water that cuts through the cloud forest in northern Peru.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

This glacier interpretation center houses the world’s only bar made completely from glacial ice.