Forests in South America

Travelers are voting Atlantic Forest, Amazon Rain Forest and Valdivian Temperate Rain Forest as the best of 11 forests in South America. Also popular are Real Felipe Fortress in Peru, Magellanic Subpolar Forests in Chile and Maior cajueiro Do Mundo in Brazil. Want more? Check out our map of forests in South America or these 3 forests in Brazil.

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Atlantic Forest
Recreation / Outdoor Forests
Rio Grande do Norte Province, Brazil
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The Atlantic Forest (Portuguese: Mata Atlântica) is a region of tropical and subtropical moist forest, tropical dry forest, tropical savanna, semi-de…
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Amazon Rain Forest
Recreation / Outdoor Forests
Manaus, Brazil
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The Amazon Rainforest (in Portuguese, Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia; Spanish Selva Amazónica, Amazonía or usually Amazonia), also known in Englis…
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Valdivian Temperate Rain Forest
Recreation / Outdoor Forests
Chile
41.3301-73.6614
The Valdivian temperate rain forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed-forest ecoregion located on the west coast of southern South America, lying…
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Real Felipe Fortress
Recreation / Outdoor Forests
Callao, Callao, Peru
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The Real Felipe Fortress was built to defend the main Peruvian port and the city of Lima from pirates and corsairs during colonial times.
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Magellanic Subpolar Forests
Recreation / Outdoor Forests
Chile
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The Magellanic subpolar forests are a terrestrial ecoregion of southernmost South America, covering parts of southern Chile and Argentina, and are…
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Maior cajueiro Do Mundo
Recreation / Outdoor Amazing Trees
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
-5.9786-35.1234
Maior cajueiro do mundo or Cajueiro de Pirangi is a cashew tree in Pirangi do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. In 1994, the tree entered…
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Araucarias Biosphere Reserve
Recreation / Outdoor National Forests
Chile
Araucarias Biosphere Reserve is located in the Andes range, in south-central Chile.

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Caquihuara
Recreation / Outdoor Forests
Bolivia
Caquihuara is a rainforest area along the Tuichi River in the Madidi National Park in Bolivia, west of the Bala Gorge.The area is known for its macaws…

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Peruvian Yungas
Recreation / Outdoor Forests
Peru
The Peruvian Yungas is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Yungas of Peru.
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Alto Mayo Protection Forest
Recreation / Outdoor Forests
Peru
-5.643-77.7
The Alto Mayo Protection Forest is an area of protected forest land in the Yungas of northern Peru. It is situated in the departments of San Martín,…

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