Peak South America in Six Epic Stops

Twenty-five ocean-front villas on a private peninsula on the Costa Esmeralda. Snorkeling, surfing, paddleboarding, and hiking fill the days — or don’t, as you like. Private dinners on secluded islands and oyster tastings are also on the menu.

Eleven rooms in a renovated Palermo townhouse, each named for an Argentine icon — Evita, Borges, the Gaucho. A private city tour, a rooftop Jacuzzi, and a dinner cooked by locals in a private home. And, of course, the dance of love – the tango.

Fourteen stilted villas threaded through jungle on the banks of the Iguazú River. The falls – one of the world’s largest systems, with 275 cascades – are twenty minutes away. Awasi gets you there by kayak, on horseback, or on foot through the national park, a UNESCO World Heritage Center.

Fourteen rooms with private plunge pools and rooftop terraces with Andes views. Private wine tours through the Uco and Luján de Cuyo valleys, cellar dinners, horseback riding through vineyards and even into the mountains.

AWA is the gateway to Patagonia, and awesome in its own right. Designed by its architect owners on the shores of Llanquihue Lake with the Osorno Volcano filling every window view, it has 16 rooms, a spa, and food from the garden and local growers. Private guides facilitate hiking, biking, kayaking, and rafting, as well as heli or seaplane tours.

Fourteen villas in a lenga forest on a private reserve above Lake Sarmiento, in the shadow of the Paine towers. Puma tracking, the Base Torres hike, glacier lookouts, horseback riding at a working estancia. A Relais & Châteaux kitchen running on Patagonian lamb and South Pacific king crab.