UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America

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Created by Martin Tiedemann • Updated On: March 30, 2019
Museo del Sitio de Tiwanaku is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

1. Museo del Sitio de Tiwanaku

7.5
History Museum · 1 tip
Basílica do Senhor Bom Jesus - Congonhas Minas Gerais is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

2. Basílica do Senhor Bom Jesus - Congonhas Minas Gerais

Congonhas, MG
Spiritual Center · 3 tips and reviews
Parque Nacional Huascarán is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

3. Parque Nacional Huascarán

7.7
Áncash
Mountain · 3 tips and reviews
Los Glaciares National Park is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

4. Los Glaciares National Park

9.5
(Parque Nacional Los Glaciares)
Ruta Provincial N° 11, El Calafate, Santa Cruz
National Park · 72 tips and reviews

5. Río Abiseo National Park

San Martín
National Park · No tips or reviews
Barrio Historico is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

6. Barrio Historico

9.0
Colonia del Sacramento, Colonia
Neighborhood · 51 tips and reviews
Parque Provincial Ischigualasto (Valle de la Luna) is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

7. Parque Provincial Ischigualasto (Valle de la Luna)

7.7
Ruta 510 S/N, Valle Fértil, San Juan
National Park · 8 tips and reviews
Iguazú Falls is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

8. Iguazú Falls

9.5
(Cataratas del Iguazú)
Parque Nacional Iguazú, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones
Waterfall · 314 tips and reviews
Oficina Salitrera Santa Laura is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

9. Oficina Salitrera Santa Laura

7.9
Km. 48 Ruta 16 (Ruta 5), Alto Hospicio, Tarapacá
Monument · 11 tips and reviews
Isla Malpelo is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

10. Isla Malpelo

Island · 2 tips and reviews
Ouro Preto is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

11. Ouro Preto

9.3
Minas Gerais
City · 171 tips and reviews
Machu Picchu is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

12. Machu Picchu

9.3
Machu Picchu, Machu Picchu, Cusco
Historic and Protected Site · 506 tips and reviews
Los Alerces National Park is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

13. Los Alerces National Park

7.7
(Parque Nacional Los Alerces)
Chubut
National Park · 5 tips and reviews
Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nueatra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria la Mayor is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

14. Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nueatra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria la Mayor

Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nueatra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria la Mayor (Ar, Posadas, Misiones
Historic and Protected Site · No tips or reviews
Misión Jesuítica Guaraní San Ignacio Miní is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

15. Misión Jesuítica Guaraní San Ignacio Miní

8.0
San Ignacio (Rivadavia), San Ignacio, Misiones
Historic and Protected Site · 20 tips and reviews
Área Natural Protegida Península Valdés is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

16. Área Natural Protegida Península Valdés

8.2
Puerto Pirámides, Chubut
Nature Preserve · 5 tips and reviews

17. Parque Nacional Del Manu

Mountain · No tips or reviews

18. Los Katíos National Park

Turbo, Antioquia
National Park · No tips or reviews
Manzana Jesuítica is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

19. Manzana Jesuítica

8.8
Obispo Trejo 294, Ciudad de Córdoba, Córdoba
History Museum · Centro · 10 tips and reviews
Ruinas Jesuíticas de Santísima Trinidad is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

20. Ruinas Jesuíticas de Santísima Trinidad

8.8
Ruta VI, Trinidad, Itapúa
Historic and Protected Site · 12 tips and reviews
Cais do Valongo (Cais da Imperatriz) is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

21. Cais do Valongo (Cais da Imperatriz)

7.7
R. Bar. de Tefé (R. Sacadura Cabral), Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Historic and Protected Site · Gamboa · 4 tips and reviews
Caral-Supe is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

22. Caral-Supe

Caral, Lima
Historic and Protected Site · No tips or reviews
Rio de Janeiro is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

23. Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro
City · 538 tips and reviews
Praça São Francisco is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

24. Praça São Francisco

8.1
São Cristóvão, SE
Plaza · 10 tips and reviews
Parque Nacional Talampaya is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

25. Parque Nacional Talampaya

8.0
RN 76, La Rioja, La Rioja
National Park · 8 tips and reviews
Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

26. Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado

BOLIVIA
Mountain · No tips or reviews

27. Ruinas De Santa María La Mayor

La Corita, Misiones
History Museum · No tips or reviews
Ruinas Jesuíticas Jesús de Tavarangüé is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

28. Ruinas Jesuíticas Jesús de Tavarangüé

9.4
Luis Terwindt, Jesús, Itapúa
Historic and Protected Site · San Miguel · 12 tips and reviews
Humberstone is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

29. Humberstone

Tarapacá
City · No tips or reviews
Parque Nacional Sangay is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

30. Parque Nacional Sangay

Baños de Agua Santa, Tungurahua Province
Landmarks and Outdoors · No tips or reviews
Misiones Jesuíticas Guaraníes Jesus de Tavarangue is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

31. Misiones Jesuíticas Guaraníes Jesus de Tavarangue

Sculpture Garden · No tips or reviews
Parque Nacional da Serra da Capivara is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

32. Parque Nacional da Serra da Capivara

7.8
(João Costa, Brejo do Piauí e Coronel José Dias), São Raimundo Nonato, PI
National Park · 7 tips and reviews
Quebrada de Humahuaca (Patrimonio) is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

33. Quebrada de Humahuaca (Patrimonio)

8.4
Humahuaca, Jujuy
Mountain · 3 tips and reviews
Pampulha is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

34. Pampulha

Belo Horizonte, MG
Neighborhood · 73 tips and reviews
Puerto de Cartagena is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

35. Puerto de Cartagena

Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar
Pier · 3 tips and reviews
El Encanto de Caral - Supe Pueblo is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

36. El Encanto de Caral - Supe Pueblo

Restaurant · Puente Piedra · No tips or reviews
Parque Arqueologico de Tierradentro is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

37. Parque Arqueologico de Tierradentro

6.6
Historic and Protected Site · 4 tips and reviews
Qhapaq Nan is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

38. Qhapaq Nan

5.5
Chivay, Arequipa
Peruvian Restaurant · 4 tips and reviews
Iguazú National Park is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

39. Iguazú National Park

9.3
(Parque Nacional Iguazú (Argentina))
Ruta 101 Km 136, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones
Nature Preserve · 456 tips and reviews
Lineas De Nazca is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

40. Lineas De Nazca

7.8
Historic and Protected Site · 9 tips and reviews
Fray Bentos is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

41. Fray Bentos

Río Negro
City · 1 tip
Zona Colonial de Coro is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

42. Zona Colonial de Coro

8.1
Calle Zamora, Coro, Coro
Historic and Protected Site · 4 tips and reviews
Centro Histórico de Diamantina is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

43. Centro Histórico de Diamantina

9.0
Centro Histórico, Diamantina, MG
Historic and Protected Site · 6 tips and reviews
Centro Histórico de Salvador is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

44. Centro Histórico de Salvador

8.5
Pelourinho, Salvador, BA
Historic and Protected Site · Centro Histórico · 226 tips and reviews

45. Cuevas de las Manos

Cave · No tips or reviews
Arequipa is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

46. Arequipa

Arequipa
City · 33 tips and reviews
Galápagos National Park is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

47. Galápagos National Park

7.5
(Parque Nacional Galápagos)
Av. Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora, Archipiélago de Galápagos
National Park · 3 tips and reviews
Centro Histórico de São Luís is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

48. Centro Histórico de São Luís

8.6
Patrimônio da Humanidade, São Luís, MA
Historic and Protected Site · Centro Histórico · 174 tips and reviews
Centro Historico is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

49. Centro Historico

9.3
Cuenca, Provincia del Azuay
Historic and Protected Site · 22 tips and reviews
Mompox is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

50. Mompox

Town · 4 tips and reviews
Sítio Histórico de Olinda is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

51. Sítio Histórico de Olinda

9.2
Centro Histórico (Epitácio Pessoa Sobrinho, 101), Olinda, PE
Historic and Protected Site · Umuarama · 148 tips and reviews
El Fuerte Samaipata is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

52. El Fuerte Samaipata

7.6
Scenic Lookout · 5 tips and reviews
Quito is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

53. Quito

Pichincha
City · 42 tips and reviews
Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

54. Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros

8.9
Rod. GO-241 (GO-118 e GO-239), Alto Paraíso de Goiás, GO
National Park · 51 tips and reviews
Chan Chan Archaeological Site is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

55. Chan Chan Archaeological Site

8.0
La Libertad
Historic and Protected Site · 4 tips and reviews
Museo Nacional Chavin is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

56. Museo Nacional Chavin

7.5
History Museum · 5 tips and reviews
Parque Nacional Das Emas is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

57. Parque Nacional Das Emas

National Park · No tips or reviews
Parque Nacional Canaima is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

58. Parque Nacional Canaima

Estado Bolívar
National Park · 1 tip
Potosi is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

59. Potosi

Potosí
City · 8 tips and reviews
Serra dos Orgãos is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

60. Serra dos Orgãos

8.9
Rodovia Santos Dumont, Guapimirim, RJ
National Park · 6 tips and reviews
Serra do Mar is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

61. Serra do Mar

8.9
Rod. Café Gov. Ney Braga, Morretes, PR
Mountain · 11 tips and reviews
Brasília is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

62. Brasília

Distrito Federal
City · 197 tips and reviews
Fernando de Noronha is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

63. Fernando de Noronha

Pernambuco
City · 150 tips and reviews