What is the best/cheapest way to travel around South America from Buenos Aires? What about Air Passes?

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I am studying abroad in Buenos Aires and would like to do some traveling to Lima, Peru, anywhere in Chile and Brazil and anywhere else. My program ends on December 10, 2011 and I have a free month after that where my mom might come join me. Otherwise I’ll have mostly free weekends.

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Answer by Norbert G
Hi there,

the cheapest way to travel in South America is by buses. The long distant buses are usually well equipped and maintained, and you see a lot from the country.

I travelled over 6,000 miles by bus last year in South America.

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  1. SouthAmericanPostcard says:
    February 1, 2012 at 12:15 am

    Buses, buses and buses, if you want to fly cheaply then fly only domestically, as soon as a plane crosses a border to a different country the price gets high, for example flying within Colombia is cheap, same for Bolivia, otherwise use buses.