South America

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Guayaquil, Ecuador

Goal Fever: Guayaquil, Ecuador

Guayaquil, Ecuador, is surprisingly well-served by international flights for tourists travelling to the famous Galapagos Islands
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Pico do Gaviao, Brazil. Photo: Otavio Barreira

Goal Fever: Pico do Gavião

Brazil's Pico Do Gavião draws weekend pilots from nearby São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
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Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Nader Couri

City slickers: Rio de Janeiro

Justifiably famous, the ramp at Pedra Bonita, Rio de Janeiro sees 200 tandem hang glider launches a day in high season
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Miraflores, Lima, Peru. Photo: Thomas Schwarzer

City Slickers: Lima

In a pleasant grassy city cliff-top park in the Miraflores suburb of Lima, is a paraglider launch. This is true urban flying!
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Medellin, Colombia. Photo: Ruben Montoya

City Slickers: Medellin

The take-off above Medellin is smooth and easy, sculpted by bulldozers and carpeted with lush grass
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Hike and fly Angel Falls, Venezuela. Photo: Paul Guschlbauer

Hike-and-fly with Paul G: Angel Falls

It took Paul Guschlbauer and Igor Elorza five days to get to the top of Angel Falls in 2015 for an unforgettable fly down
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Condor in flight at Cuchi Corral

Flying with Condors in Argentina

Explore Cuchi Corral and fly with the condors, masters of free-flight, in northern Argentina. Go out-and-return or complete 60-100km triangles.
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Flying near Villa de Merlo, about halfway down the 200km long cordillera. Photo: Felix Wölk

Guide to Traslasierra, Argentina

Fly Argentina’s magical valley with a condor at your wingtip. This is where Argentina brings its family to relax – from wine tours to horse riding to kayaking to gorge walking, it’s all here.
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Flying the Sierra Madre, with the road to take-off on the far ridge. Photo: Ed Ewing

Guide to Zaachila, Mexico

Come to Zaachila in the Sierra Madre for reliable high-altitude flying, with a wealth of culture to explore when you're not in the air
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Looking back along the Christ Run to launch near Pedra Bonita, the flat-topped mountain. Photo: Nader Couri

Guide to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Come to Rio for spectacular, year-round flying in one of the world's great cities
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