South America for one week with teens?
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We're in the very early stages of a spring break trip to somewhere in South America for Spring 2025.
Any suggestions for best places to visit? Thinking one city for ~3 days and one more nature/active place for ~3 days. Kids are very good travelers, so it doesn't need to be totally easy/touristy, but we also don't need to be off-the-beaten-path just to say we were. |
Anonymous
| OP again - seems like it might be important to mention based on the Bogata thread, that none of us speak any Spanish beyond what we learned on Dora the Explorer. |
Anonymous
| No advice on locations but wanted to note that you have lots of time to learn some Spanish before Spring 2025! |
Anonymous
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South America is a big continent. It might be helpful if you could narrow it to a country.
And if you narrow it to Brazil, any Spanish you learn will be of very limited utility. |
Anonymous
| Argentina would be great. Buenos Aires for a few days and then head to Iguaza Falls. |
Anonymous
| Go big- it’s with it! Go to Punta Arenas and visit Parque Torres del Paine. Beautiful!! There are also tours where they take you to see penguins in their natural habitat. So awesome! |
Anonymous
Not nearly enough time. OP, I love Rio. You could do that plus Iguazu Falls. Haven't been to Buenos Aires but that would probably work as well. |
Anonymous
+1. You aren't going to be able to do "South America" in a week. What exactly are you interested in. Ancient cultures. Cities/Museums/architecture/shopping. Wildlife/Nature. Beaches. Then people can give suggestions. |
Anonymous
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She said in the OP:
- A destination that would include 3 days in a city, 3 days of nature/ruins. - travel time of 1 day to get there, 1 day back - somewhere in South America - has teens who are good travelers ( wont sleep one whole day like my elementary kids  )
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Anonymous
OP, I have done Buenos Aires and Iguazu. We also drove across to Montevideo, but that might be too much with the amount of time you have. It was a really wonderful trip. Iguazu is unbelievably beautiful. |
Anonymous
This is OP - this itinerary is what my initial googling/research came up with, so I'm glad to hear multiple people mention it! We're definitely thinking something along those lines - just was wondering if there's something obvious I was missing 
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Anonymous
| If you do Brazil, you can do Rio then either fly down to Iguaçu, go to Ilha Grande/Paraty or any of a number of other places. checks all the boxes. |
Anonymous
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With just one week, I might stay farther north to minimize the travel time. Cartagena+beach would be fun.
Or, you could do valle sagrado and jungle in Perú (though that is swapping archaeological sites for city) |
Anonymous
| Bogota and Medellin. 2 days in Bogota, 5 in Medellin with a day trip to Antioquia. |
Anonymous
| Lima for 3 days and Cusco….. |