1. Venezuela to French Guiana

Simon Reeve travels through the remote and little-visited north east of South America, from Venezuela to French Guiana.

2. Brazil

Simon travels through Brazil, from the heart of the Amazon rainforest to the coast and the glamorous-but-troubled city of Rio de Janeiro.

3. Peru to Bolivia

Simon travels from the ancient city of Machu Pichu in Peru to La Paz in Bolivia, the highest capital city on Earth, visiting cocaine farms and gold mines along the way.

4. Bolivia to Paraguay

Simon travels from the vast white salt flats of Bolivia, through the world’s greatest wetlands of Brazil’s Pantanal, and on to the forested heart of Paraguay.