Amazing landscapes of Latin America Colombia - Brazil

                                                     Amazing landscapes of Latin America

South America, is in every way, the land of the greatest contrasts the planet. We speak not only of the social and the deep inequalities in each country. The landscapes of South America are as varied as stunning: from the largest area of virgin forest green and earth to the eternal glaciers of the Andes, the driest desert in the world, the highest waterfall in the world, everything is mount combines the natural spectacle that seems out of scale even for our planet.

What follows is a humble selection of the best scenery and places of South America.



Palm trees in the fog, Colombia

The Valle del Cocora (Cocora Valley) in Colombia provides an extremely beautiful and unusual landscape: palm trees, for oddly placed in a considerable height, on the slopes of the mountain, are usually shrouded in fog. The images are stunning:





Of course not everything is overwhelming in the Valle de Cocora, at times, mainly around midday, the fog dissipates, to give way to the sun: then we can clearly see some units, capable of reaching up to 60 meters high, and exceptionally, about 80 meters:












The highest waterfall World-Angel Falls Venezuela


In the western part of Canaima National Park, is the Auyantepuy, one of the most famous tepuis. (The tepuis are those mountains ending with huge flat vertical walls.) That tepuy born Angel Falls, with its 979 meters of free fall, the highest in the world.

Sarisariñama green holes - Venezuela

Giant green plateau interrupted cavities and isolated on solid-Sarisariñama Jaua, at 2300 meters high. They are the mysterious depths of Sarisariñama, one of the last regions of the world still almost unexplored: giant green holes of 350 meters in diameter and 300 meters deep, which is only accessible to researchers and scientists preserve a unique ecosystem and still wrapped in unsolved mysteries:

he tepui of Sarisariñama has a distinctive feature that makes it special: its giant green Simas or holes are still undiscovered territory for scientific researchers. The isolation of the depths could be an ark of life, protected for thousands of years by vertical walls hundreds of meters capable of preserving a unique ecosystem, with animal and plant species not found anywhere else in the world . About the origin, is believed to the depths emerged following the collapse of the sandstone strata underground river erosion.

ericoacoara: Dawn Dune - Brazil

Jericoacaora is a small village frozen in time in the state of Ceará, Brazil. Jericoacoara, also known simply as Jeri, is one of the most remote villages of beach, reachable in a 4x4 trip to complete the 6 hour trip from Fortaleza, northeast Brazil. Its not known the asphalt streets, and electricity has reached a few years ago. Jericoacoara is wrapped in a magical and wondrous nature: it is an oasis of greenery and palm trees with white sandy beaches with dunes walled giants:

One of the main attractions in Jericoacoara is to enjoy the sunrise from the dunes. The dune sunrise, just a few meters from the village, is a center of pilgrimage for tourists excited to experience one of the most beautiful ways to see the sunrise in the world:

The only desert that floods - Brazil

It is perhaps one of the most stunning natural wonders of Brazil. In the Brazilian state of Maranhao there is a giant white dunes desert known as Lençois Maranhenses. What makes this place amazing to happen between June and September, when the rains begin to collect water from the slopes of the dunes forming giant teal water ponds.

I lakes, attractive for tourism, are an ideal place to take a dip, and advise visit smeared sunscreen. A place to say, is one that must be known before dying.

The plain of the Pantanal - Brazil

At the conclusion of the rainy season (October to March), the largest dam in the world covered by the temporary overflow of rivers innundan thousands of square miles of the plain of the Pantanal, slowly begins to drain water. The decline produces a cyclical phenomenon which extends from May to July: millions of multicolored fish they enjoyed endless expanses of water, begin to notice the drop of water, and desperately need to revert the beds of many rivers. The phenomenon is known as lufada, and for predators Pantanal, a veritable feast. Alligators, otters, reptiles and hundreds of other bird expecies prepare for one of the biggest food festivals easy nature.