Travel Tip: 5 Up and Coming Adventure Destinations - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. There are so many adventure travel destinations around the world, it can be hard to choose; but I think that South America is really the leader in destinations for adventurous travelers. For example, the Colca Canyon in Peru is a great place to hike, great place to have a budget weekend, and it’s much less expensive than Machu Picchu. Also, in Brazil, the Pantanal is filled with wildlife, it’s basically a humungous marsh, and it’s a less expensive alternative to the Amazon. In Equador, you have the Andes and the Amazon, so it’s a really a way to combine mountains, coast and that kind of swampy wildlife. And finally, in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, you have amazing sandboarding, and that’s totally low-cost, you just rent a sandboard, wax it up, and go on your own, so I would recommend all of those destinations to you.