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9 Backpacking South America Tips and Route Ideas for First-Timers

Backpacking South America mixes wild nature, noisy cities, and long overnight buses into one long blur. You get jungles, glaciers, beaches, ruins, mega‑cities, and high desert in a single trip. Go slow, stay flexible, and your route will start to shape itself. Why backpack South America? South America rewards curiosity. You can hop from hiking…