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Huacachina is a village in southern Peru, an hour away from the Pacific coast. The town is a collection of resorts and restaurants around a blue-green laguna surrounded by huge sand dunes. An antique image of the town is featured on Peru's 50 soles bill (the 1991 issue, one of three versions in circulation as of 2025). Its interest to tourists is three-fold: the novelty and…
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Culture & citiesVenezuela · South America
The Central region is in north central Venezuela. It encompasses the states of Distrito Capital, Aragua, Carabobo, Miranda and Vargas.
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Culture & citiesColombia · South America
La Candelaria is the historic center of Bogotá, and the city's principal destination for tourists. Home to the top museums, the government palaces, and beautiful old colonial buildings along narrow cobblestone streets, it's a must see.
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Nature & outdoorsBrazil · South America
Aparados da Serra National Park is in the Northeast region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the South of Brazil. This is a landscape of vast open canyon rims, grasslands, and forested valleys, with viewpoints rather than long-distance trekking routes as the main attraction.
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