Touch five continents around two mighty oceans Trace the Atlantic shore of South America, a continent whose mystique and exotic allure extends across thrilling cities, grassy plains and icy glaciers. Strike out into Pacific waters to find enigmatic Easter Island and the beauty of the South Seas. By venturing the length of New Zealand, you’ll understand the warmth of this nation and the silent drama within its vast panoramas. Finally a trail of islands leads you home across the two great oceans.
Your path towards the Americas First arrive in the Azores where you may set eyes on Fire Lake, its turquoise waters often swirled in mist. Complete your Atlantic crossing as you reach Fort Lauderdale, a city of waterways and gateway to wider discoveries. There’s the buzz and colour of Miami for instance, and those postcard-worthy pastel buildings that grace the palm-lined Art Deco district. You can combine the trip with the opportunity to skim across the sawgrass-filled waters of the Everglades by airboat, keeping a lookout for alligators as you go. Either way, on Barbados it’s time to slow the pace.
Pulsating cities on a vibrant continent Landing in South America, take time out at the beach. Near Fortaleza, you’ll find
fabulous stretches, some backed by rose-red cliffs, others by golden dunes. You could do more of the same in Rio de Janeiro, on legendary Copacabana or the more upmarket Ipanema and Leblon. Before that, you may want to share the outlook of the Statue of Christ the Redeemer, who looks down over a city draped and crammed across striking hills and around curved bays. Yet what really sums up Rio is a carefree, joyful spirit. When you visit, Carnival is just over a month away, so a call to a local samba school reveals the joie de vivre of the cariocas, as Rio’s residents are known. In Montevideo start your exploration at the large Plaza Independencia or, beyond the city, venture out to the wineries and ranches where the cowboy spirit lives on.
Just across River Plate in Buenos Aires, watch tango performances or – among the ornate crypts of Recoleta Cemetery – see the black marble memorial, usually covered in fresh flowers, that marks the final resting place of Eva Peron.
Adventure around Cape Horn From Puerto Madryn, glimpse some of the species that inhabit Argentinean Patagonia. Noisy colonies of elephant seals and South American sea lions pack the beaches beside pyramid shaped rocks. The scenery grows ever more rugged as you round Cape Horn, the continent’s tip, before you arrive Ushuaia. All around, the Tierra del Fuego presents its vast and beautiful tapestry of calm lakes, mountains crowned with snow and deep green forest.
Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile
Shanghai, China
Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro
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