Trip · Brazil, Argentina, Chile

Falls, peaks and stars

A cable car to Sugarloaf, the roar of Iguazú and the telescopes of the Atacama under the clearest skies on Earth.

6 days · best Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov

Fly Rio to Foz do Iguaçu, then via São Paulo or Santiago to Antofagasta for Paranal. Book the observatory visit months ahead.

1. Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Moonraker (1979)
2. Iguazú Falls, Brazil / Argentina, Brazil: Moonraker (1979)
3. Cerro Paranal, Atacama, Chile: Quantum of Solace (2008)