Sports

Features about Carnaval, holidays, festivals, locales, resorts, skiing, sports, and things people do for fun while visiting South America.

Sports and recreation in South America include soccer/futbol, skiing, diving, fishing, racing, canoeing, rafting, hiking, trekking, parasailing, sky-diving, horseback riding, motorcycles, bicyles - whatever familiar or extreme sports enthusiasts enjoy. Here are some photos of those activities.

South America has mountains, hills, jungles, altiplano and beaches in a wide variety of terrains to challenge any sports enthusiast. You can read about some of them with this book selection.

Called the world's most dangerous road, the route between La Paz and the small village of Coroico in the Yungas is a narrow, dirt track that has claimed thousands of lives since it was first built. A modern highway to replace the road has recently been completed, but the old road is a favorite with thrill seeking bicyclists. Enjoy this bike ride with them.

To the end of the road, in search of the famed brightly plumed Cock-of-the-Rock bird, leaves guest author Ariana Svenson and her companion bicycling up and over Andes passes, through Amazon rainforest, fording rivers, and through a number of small villages.

As spring and summer sun melts the snow in the Northern Hemisphere, savvy skiers pack up and travel south to the great ski centers in South America where the ski season begins in mid-June and runs to October. You'll find the best conditions in July and August. The skiing in the southern Andes of Argentina and Chile is world famous.

The best surfing spots in South America

The best places for extreme sports travel in South America.