South America

Brazil

7,000km of coastline, the Amazon, and cities that never stop moving.

Famous for

Best time: December to March for beaches and carnival; May to September for the Amazon and the Pantanal.

Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf, Copacabana and Ipanema — a city framed by mountains and sea.

River lodges out of Manaus, the meeting of the waters and wildlife you cannot see anywhere else.

275 waterfalls on the Brazil–Argentina border, best seen from both sides over two days.

A protected island archipelago with the clearest water in Brazil and limited daily visitors.

Afro-Brazilian culture, colonial Pelourinho and the beaches of the northeast coast.

Brazil's cultural and culinary capital, and the main gateway from Europe.