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Hola Amigos! So you’re thinking of visiting South America! This colourful continent offers up a feast of great adventures, so if you’re looking for bucket list experiences, you’re not short of options.

From hiking to Machu Picchu in Peru, or witnessing the lively buzz of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, there are so many awesome travel experiences in South America you can have if you know what they are and when they happen.

To help you out, we’ve put together this list of bucket list experiences in South America so you can plan some epic adventures for your next trip.

The Ultimate South America Bucket List

Here is a list of some great South American experiences I’ve personally come across in my travels.

1. Watch a soccer game in Buenos Aires, Argentina

If you want to see the definition of ‘passion’, then a soccer game in Argentina is the first one that comes into my head! An experience I will never forget.

If you thought your local derby in whatever sport you follow can be a bit tense at times, then if you’re ever in Buenos Aires, try and catch a soccer (football) game there and see how insane the fans are there.

I had to be searched by two sets of riot police before entering a game between Boca Juniors and Estudiantes – while an overhead helicopter kept an eye out for hooligans.

Before the game had even commenced, dedicated fans risked almost certain death by scaling tall black steel barriers and barbed-wire to place their feverishly hand-painted banners – not that the police were watching anyway.

I then spent the next couple of hours suffering industrial deafness from the roar of the Boca Juniors fans, in combination with the band in the crowd that consisted of dozens of bass drums and an entire horn section.

Singing was prevalent throughout the entire match, even at half time when there was no action on the field. The stands were shaking from the fans jumping up and down in anticipation of a goal.

As another example, I talked to an Italian backpacker who witnessed the superclasico between Boca Juniors and River Plate at the River Plate Stadium the week before.

He was in the home team area (River Plate) when they scored a goal. Everyone rushed to the front to let out their emotions, and he lost his footing.

He had to grab onto something – someone’s T-Shirt, and…