South America is a gorgeous continental landmass, which is enriched by extremities and spell bound fascinations. The landmass extends from Gulf of Darién located in the Northwest region to group of massive islands known to the travellers as Tierra del Fuego that are located to the South. The landscape diversity of South America is comparable from the fact that on any trip the travellers have the opportunity to catch wonderful contrasts – The Atacama Desert – which is the driest zone on Earth and The Amazon – which is the world’s largest river. Cheap South America flights from the UK and elsewhere will land you into this exquisite continental extremities. Catching a holistic and wider view of skyscrapers and the dense forest cover establishes a contrast, nothing less than celestial and nature’s own exemplification. If you do not want to miss the esteemed celestial aura of South American continent, then you should not miss cheap flights to South America from the UK or any other region of the world.

South American continent consists of landscapes, ideally befitting your idea of adventure. But beyond a certain point, cultural realism and blending are excessively dominating. South America has an amazingly huge diversity besides seemingly eventful options for global tourists. With 15 nations closely connected by rugged terrains interspersed by streams of flowing water and gargantuan gorges, your expectations from the continent is an enchantment altogether. Travellers have sightings of gaining breathtaking experiences seeped inside the living scenic wonders of the world. There are direct flights to South America from the UK and other nations of the world, giving close connectivity to flamboyant diversity. Regular South American flights are available in the cities like Chile, Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Andes is the principal cascading mountainous zone, and indeed ranked amongst the longest in the world covering almost 5,500 Miles. High plateaus are the distinctive feature of the Andes, and Altiplano of Peru and Bolivia have quite a noticeable elevation touching the12, 300 feet. On the contrary, the Patagonia area located in Argentina and Chile comprises lower-elevation plateaus and craggy yet beautiful glaciers. And the world’s well preserved and diversified biodiversity shows up at Galapagos Islands, which are settled close to the Pacific Ocean. Travellers who book a seat for themselves and avail cheap South America flights originating from the UK definitely have the fascination beyond surprises. The moment your flight touches the tarmac on any of the South American countries, the sight of colossal volcanic archipelagos will become real, and this momentary realism impinges a refreshing feel to the travellers.

There is absolutely no dearth of tourism destination spots in the South American countries. Besides travel, enjoying local foods like Ceviche and Pisco Sour from Peru; Arepas in Venezuela; Empanadas and Yerba Maté from Argentina; Pastel and Brigadeiros from Brazil, while Dulce de Leche from Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil will make your taste buds exasperate to lascivity, and nothing less. A brief hold at Bolivia in the early fresh morning is going to be a good place to try for appetising breakfast pastries replete with chicken or beef.

Watching the wildlife attraction whole day can give a refreshing feel, but landscapes that sets apart a dramatic feel all of a sudden is enough to become the reason of mirthful trance. Rafting on white waters and Class V Rivers and costal surfing will bring two extremes of the adventure together. The diversity of South America does not consummate with landscape diversification, in fact it extends beyond and reaches the cultural balance, created out of the independent existence of primitive cultures and the parallelism emerging from the new age intermingling and the resulting grouping. Food diversity is still something that is going to captivate the heart and imagination of exotic travellers. Exploration of river basins like Amazon, Orinoco, and Paraguay/Paraná is still an amazing binge, which is memorable and much more striking. All excitements come to life with the South America flights, because the travellers will have the opportunity to book discounted tickets and avail attractive offers.

Reasons to Visit South America

Tourists flowing to South America from Europe, or Asia, or Africa or Americas have the reasons to belief that the continental shelf carries with splendid cultural mixing and historical incidents taken place over the eons. In the last few years South America has opened tourism that goes explicitly far and wide, and often these moments have also become the choices to boost the inspiration of travellers. It is the continent where the travellers will recognise the myriad civilisations joining together and fixed as a travel logic of the new age travellers.

1. Monumental Masterpieces Reflecting the Primitivism

Exploration is the right word that fits in contest of South America idealistically. Tiwanaku culture reflecting the Bolivian origin complements the Inca Empire. Moving a further back in time and space travellers are attracted by the epic of Machu Picchu, which is the amazement and a decent subterfuge. A usual stroll into the rain forests will bring you close to the Lost City (Ciudad Perdida), an indelible architectural superiority. The 900 Moai figures erected on the Easter Island is a structure that seems structure for a moment, but then shapes are created deep in the imagination of a versatile traveller.

2. Tread the Glacial Formations and awesomely superb landscape

Visit the Perito Moreno and get eternally inspired by the glacial constructions and geological exuberance. This is the place where you come across the lower temperance of the Ice Age or the beginning of the glaciated output. El Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is among the biggest salt flat and an eye-muddling white salt area that renders a majestic foray. Iguazu Falls, lying between the frontiers of Argentina and Brazil, creates a super wonder of waterfall system that otherwise calls for a great virtue.

3. Progressively Evolving and Continual Ecological Divergence

South American lands have been inhabited by primitive flora and fauna that have continued to evolve and adapt with their environments. Traversing from Venezuela, Peru and reaching the Brazilian hinterland there are the signs of tropical conservatism along with phylogenetic conservatism that is the instigator of speciation and development of favourable environments for flora and the fauna. The diversification happens on a larger scale in the Amazon Rain Forests.

4. Ethnic Fusion in the Cuisines - Perfect South American Blending

South American’s cuisine and its taste descends from unique kind of blending emerging from the ethnic mix of European, Native American, Italian and even Portuguese cuisines. Tasting various pasteles constituting the casseroles or savory tarts and chicha, which is a primeval though quite a popular beverage. Potatoes are processed either by mashing, or baking or freezing died to amazingly delectable dishes. Almost every South American household cooks Queso Fresco. The dish has light salt and has raw cow milk cheese to which the salads are crumbled delicately.

Best time for flights to South America

If you are searching for cheap flights to South America then think of booking the ticket between January and March. Peru in particular is quite rainy and therefore should be avoided. South America is the destination open for travellers on all occasions and times. There are direct flights to South America from London during the summer season, which is between November and February. Winters too are ideal for the trips.

Facts about South America

South America is a fascinating continent, a stretch of interconnected plateaued mass distinctively separated by finely chiselled waterbodies, which seems to give a paucity of spectacular turquoise, demarcated on the coastal lines with the widespread growth of phytoplankton. South America intrigues the imagination of the average traveller by an enriching variety in addition to the novelty. It is the place where the travellers come to notice a perfect semblance of adventure and excitement rolling in between the spaces and the places. In this part of the world, we gain discovering ourselves and the whole world begins to appear magnificent.

Elements	Facts	Insights
Countries in South America	12	There are 12 sovereign countries and 3 territories, which are governed by the independent European Nations. The 12 countries include Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The 3 dependent territories, which are the Falkland Islands (UK), French Guiana (France) South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) respectively. Read more »
Population in South America	Approx. 429 Million	South America population corresponds to 5.53% of the global population. According to the census of 2016, South America has 422.5 Million. The population in South America is estimated to be 433,487,823 people in the year 2021. This is an upsurge of 1.05 % (4,501,924 people) with respect to a population of 428,985,899 in the year 2020. Read more »
Largest country in South America	Brazil	Brazil is the largest country in South America with a land area of 8,358,140 square kilometres.
Smallest country in South America	Suriname	Suriname is the smallest country in the South American landmass comprising 163,820 square kilometres of land. On the contrary, the Falkland Islands, a UK overseas is otherwise known as the smallest territory with a land area of 12,173 square kilometres.
Currencies in South America	Peso and Dollar	The currencies used in South America comprises the Argentine peso, the Bolivian boliviano, the Brazilian real, the Chilean peso, the Colombian peso, the Guyanese dollar, the Paraguayan Gurani, the Peruvian nuevo sol, the Surinamese dollar, the Uruguay peso and the US dollar in Ecuador. The Brazilian real is the strongest currency in South America. Read more »
Languages in South America	Spanish	Spanish is the widely spoken language of South America, while Portuguese is second in the league. Other languages spoken include Guaraní, English, French, Dutch, Quechua, Aymara and Mapudungun respectively.
Geographical area of South America	Approx. 7 Million square miles	South America covers a total land area of around 6,878,000 square miles (equivalent to 17,814,000 square km), which is calculable to almost one-eighth of the land surface of Earth.
Religion in South America	Roman Catholics	Christianity is the primary religion, and people generally adhere to the Roman Catholics. There are also quite a few minorities comprising non-religious communities. Statistics of 2014 point that 69% of the Latin American population is Catholic whereas 19% follows the Protestant culture.
Cheapest country in South America	Venezuela	Venezuela is the cheapest of South American nations with the average daily cost for budget travel in that respective country US$ 15.
Most expensive country in South America	Guyana	Guyana is expensive of South American nations with the average daily cost for budget travel in that respective country US$ 144.

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Reasons to Visit South America

1. Monumental Masterpieces Reflecting the Primitivism

2. Tread the Glacial Formations and awesomely superb landscape

3. Progressively Evolving and Continual Ecological Divergence

4. Ethnic Fusion in the Cuisines - Perfect South American Blending

Best time for flights to South America

Facts about South America

Best places to visit in South America

Busiest airports in South America

São Paulo-Guarulhos Intl. Airport (GRU)

El Dorado International Airport (BOG)

Arturo Merino Benítez Intl. Airport (SCL)

Brasília International Airport (BSB)

Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE)

Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)

Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)

Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS)

Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP)

Airlines operating flights to South America

Turkish Airlines

SWISS

TAP Air Portugal

Iberia

Air Europa

Aerolineas Argentinas

British Airways

Air France

Lufthansa

KLM

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