8 Mysterious Places in South America Worth Visiting
4. Caño Cristales — Colombia
This river, situated in the Colombian province of Meta, is known as the “Liquid Rainbow” due to the red, yellow, blue, black, and green colors that run through the water as the result of plants, minerals and light reflections. It’s an especially popular destination among photographers looking to capture the perfect nature picture. The best time to visit is from late July to November as the colors are far less prevalent at other points of the year.
5. Easter Island — Chile
This, of course, is home to those famous and mysterious moai statues. While their heads are what come to mind when most people think about them, all of the structures actually contain full torsos buried under ground and some even have legs. Built from 1100 to around 1680 AD, nobody knows exactly what purpose they serve or how they were moved when the technology of the time would have made it extremely difficult to do so. Only around 25% of the statues ever made it to their destination, the rest (along with the tools used to make them) were just abruptly left where they were.
