Andes to Amazon

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Andes to America: A Guide to Wild South America is the first book to journey through the main ecosystems of this relatively unknown continent. With an astonishing variety of wildlife and spectacular landscapes, South America has the planet's greatest river system, its longest mountain chain and its driest desert. Author Michael Bright's tour of this land of extremes takes us from the glacial peaks of the massive Andes to the vast Amazonian Basin, south across the endangered cerrado grasslands of Brazil to the windswept Patagonian steppe and finally around the wild west of Chile. Among the wildlife specialities are fish that leap out of the water to breed, antelope-sized rodents that wallow in mud, tiny marsupials that live in bamboo thickets and cactus-nesting penguins. South America has recently become one of the fastest-growing tourist destinations in the world. A comprehensive gazetteer offers a selection of key wildlife locations, with suggestions of where to stay, how to get there and when to go. With stunning pictures by some of the word's best wildlife photographers and unique aerial shots take by aviator cameraman Bob Fulton, Andes to Amazon provides inspiration for both the armchair traveller and the would-be explorer.