Refer to the Americas as Abya Yalamore than a tribute, it is a recognition of the various organized groups of indigenous peoples who have adopted this name of Kuna origin – a power located in Panama and Colombia – that dates from before the conquest. Abya Yala is Latin America, it is hot skin and blood, green seas and fields of fire, it is strength from love.
This selection is a celebration to that nature in resistance, to the secret territories that rise as witnesses of the wealth that will never be taken from Latin Americabecause their peoples will always be to defend it. These are hidden paradises in broad light, sites out of the tourist that bet on new ways of thinking about the world and inhabiting it.
Declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, this place protects the steps of various peoples and is a key point to understand the history of the pre -colonial territory.Getty images
THE HUMAHUACA QUEBRADA
Jujuy, Argentina.
In the global south, in a deep groove, a cultural heritage of humanity lies through UNESCO, which protects the steps of various peoples between a loud climate covered with postal landscapes, because today is a key point to understand the history of the pre -colonial territory. It's about An Andean valley traveled through the Río Grande, Temporal and settlement for different ancestral cultures of 10 thousand years oldamong them the Omaguacas, where his name comes. Currently, he is mostly inhabited by the Quechua ethnic group, however, it was also a crossroads for the Incas. Although the ravine is wide and enriching, visiting the Pucará de Tilcara «A pre -Hispanic settlement with self -guided trails,» is an unmissable.
This place has endemic vegetation, as well as interesting archaeological elements dating from the Jurassic period.Getty images
Viñales Valley
Pinar del Río, Cuba.
It is located 178 kilometers from Havana, in the Sierra de los Organs —Cidident of the Guaniguanico mountain range – that is, instead of walls, this natural kingdom has giants of land and stone (Mogotes). It also has the cataloging of World Heritage thanks to the conjunction between biodiversity and history of the sitebecause it presumes lush endemic vegetation, as well as interesting archaeological elements, since a wide range of amonite fossils, fish, terrestrial and reptile dinosaurs that date from the Jurassic period have been discovered. Much Eye: If you go, we challenge you to find the Palma cork, species that was declared National Natural Monumentfor having survived that period. Do not forget to visit the mural of prehistory, a piece in limestone that exposes the evolution of life in the area as a tribute to the site and as a wink to cave paintings.