Abra Huayraccasa, at an elevation of 5.059m (16.597') above the sea level, is, supposedly the highest driveable pass in South America.
Aguas Calientes is the colloquial name for "Hot Springs", a town in Peru on the Urubamba (Vilcanota) River.
Abra de Chorrillos Pass is a high mountain pass located in Salta Province, Argentina, at an elevation of 4.560m above the sea level.
Apartaderos is a small Andean town in Mérida State, Venezuela, located at an altitude of 3,505 metres (11,502 feet) above the sea level.
Ruta 5 in Chile runs from the Peruvian border, connecting with Ruta 1 19km north of Arica, down to Puerto Montt where it connects via ferry to Chiloé island. This major road is a bypass of the country’s capital, Santiago.
La Autopista del Sol is the name of the Chilean highway of toll, which covers the regions of Valparaiso and Santiago Metropolitan, in the Central Valley of Chile, from Santiago to San Antonio.
Cuernavaca-Acapulco Highway or Highway 95D, better known as Autopista del Sol (“Highway of the sun”), is a toll road, along the Mexico-Cuernavaca highway, connecting the city of Mexico to the port of Acapulco, Guerrero, heading north-south.
B1 Road, from Kingston to Buff Bay (Jamaica), is a road with a total length of 38,2km, going through the Blue Mountains.
BR-116 Highway links Fortaleza, in the Ceará State and Jaguarão, in Rio Grande do Sul State, near the border of Uruguay. The road has been renamed by locals as ‘Rodovia da Morte’ (Highway of Death); and with the common fatalities and injuries along the cliff side road, it’s an apt name.
The Pan American Highways are also known as being extremely dangerous. These roads run for nearly thirty thousand miles from Alaska to South America. The Guiness Book of World Records has named this road as the longest motorable road in the world as well.
The Sairécabur volcanic group is a volcanic chain directly south of the Putana Volcano, on the border between Bolivia and Chile.
Uturuncu, or Uturunku, the highest summit in southwestern Bolivia, is a stratovolcano. It displays young well-preserved lava flows at its summit which were erupted during the Pleistocene period. The volcano also shows fumarolic activity.
The CH21 road, in the region of Antofagasta, links the cities of Calama and Ollagüe, in the border between Chile and Bolivia. Once in Bolivia, the road is called Ruta BO-5.
Chacaltaya is a mountain in the Cordillera Real, one of the mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental, itself a range of the Bolivian Andes.
The road between Chacas and Huaraz is a short trip, but the dangerousity of the road makes that the trip takes longer than 4 hours.
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The road between Chiclayo and Kuelap is located in the Central Andes in Peru. Its major portions are dirt or gravel, and its navigable only from June-October.
The road from Chivay to Arequipa has its peak apparently at 4,910 meters / 16,110 ft.
Chulumani Road (or South Yungas Road) is a road that connects La Paz to Chulumani, 64 kilometres (40 mi) east of La Paz, and is considered to be dangerous as the North Yungas Road.
Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru. It is located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Arequipa.
Ecuador is well known for having some of the worst roads on Earth, and with good reason. But the uniquely terrifying Cotopaxi Volcan Road is in a league of it’s own. A 25-mile Cotopaxi Volcan road leads to the Cotopaxi National Park entrance by crossing a swift quickly-moving steam.
To access the salt pans “Salinas Grandes” from the town of Purmamarca you must go up hill, along the slope of Abra de Potrerillo Lipan, in Argentina.
The Darien Gap is the one break in the Pan-American Highway, meaning that overland travel across Central America is pretty much impossible. This 60 mile gap without roads has been successfully crossed a handful of times - usually by expeditions equipped with off-road vehicles and staffed by special forces types. Attempts to bridge the gap with a road have stalled, because of environmental protest or concern that an overland route may expose North America to foot and mouth disease from South American cattle.
The North Yungas Road is by far the most dangerous on the planet, so dangerous that it has earned the epithet of ‘Death Road’. The road covers a 70km stretch between La Paz and Coroico over a decent of 3,600m with ridiculously tight hairpins and narrow passages to navigate, all whilst trying to avoid a sheer 800m drop.
SC-439 is the road that crosses the Serra do Corvo Blanco (Road of the White Crow Mountains). This road climbs 1,470 m in 5 kilometers long, of hairpin turns, steep descents and breathtaking cliffs, and with an unforgettable panoramic view.
The historic Graciosa Road (PR-410) crosses the most preserved stretch of the Atlantic Forest of Brazil and is widely used by people who enjoy the leisure facilities located in six spots distributed along its path.
Guachucal is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia, at an elevation of 3.285m (10.777ft) above the sea level.
Irazu Volcano, still active, last made international headlines when it erupted in 1963 on the day that former US President John F. Kennedy visited the country. The eruption decimated crops in the area but left the soil enriched for decades to come.
An unpaved road from Quebrada to Humahuaca to Iruya is the start of the discovery of awesome mountain settings, isolated villages and spectacular off-road trails.
Narrow gravel road hugging side of mountains between Kuelap and Cajamarca (Peru).
Curving road between La Oroya and Huancayo, in Peru, situated in the Llocllapampa disctrit.
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