South America: Planning Tools

Make sure you are adequately protected against illness with this chart covering every country.

Very nice map in PDF form which allows you to zoom in on any area for greater detail.

With plenty of sunscreen and a cold beer swaddled in his sleeping bag, writer and botanist Jim Malusa bicycled alone to the lowest point on each of six continents, a six-year series of “anti-expeditions” to the “anti-summits.” His journeys took him to Lake Eyre in the arid heart of Australia, along Moses’ route to the Dead Sea, and from Moscow to the Caspian Sea. He pedaled across the Andes to Patagonia, around tiny Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, and from Tucson to Death Valley. With a scientist’s eye, he vividly observes local landscapes and creatures.

Delicious, lethal, hallucinogenic and medicinal, fruits have led nations to war, fueled dictatorships and lured people into new worlds. An expedition through the fascinating world of fruit, The Fruit Hunters is the engrossing story of some of Earth's most desired foods.

If you want the best way to determine the weather you are likely to encounter when traveling in any country in South America, this is definitely the source to consult. Perhaps the best planning resource of its kind. Contains complete data for more than 16,000 locations, including for each month: average temperature, average high and low temperatures, highest and lowest recorded temperatures, average precipitation, average number of days above 90F (32C) and below freezing.