More Treasures of South America

1. Chile Land of contrasts Helga design

2. San Alfonso del Mar, with the largest pool in the world

3. Parinacota, Lauca National Park, Andes Mountains

4. It just doesn't cut it to call Chile a land of contrasts - this is a land of extremes. It's a preposterously skinny tendril of a country creeping 4300km around the foot of South America: while Arica basks in tropical heat at its tip, Punta Arenas shivers at its icy tail just short of Antarctica. Nowhere else can you stand in the world's driest desert (near San Pedro de Atacama),

5. Brasil Chile Total Area 756,950 km2 (38th) 292,183 sq mi

7. Isla de Pascua

8. Llanquihue Lake and Osorno Volcano, Frutillar

9. Atacama Desert - Región de Antofagasta

10. Conguillío National Park, Región de la Araucanía

11. Cordillera de Sal = Salt`s Mountain Range

12. Queulat Hanging Glacier, Aysen Region

13. Valle de la Luna -Atacama desert

14. Puerto Williams, Region de Magallanes, the southernmost town in the world

15. Chilean Plateau

16. Glacier and Lagoon San Rafael, (Chilean Patagonia)

17. Antillanca - Región de Los Lagos

18. Little Island in Chiloé, Región de Los Lagos

19. Maipo Valley- Chilean red wine coming from there

20. La Portada, Antofagasta