Rock Climbing in Central and South America
The map shows some of the best places to go rock climbing, sport climbing and bouldering in Central and South America, including the Caribbean.
Patagonia is one of the iconic mountain ranges in the World, in particular the dramatic Chalten Massif and the peaks of Cerro Fitz Roy. Find out more about climbing in Argentina.
The Patagonia Vertical mountaineering guidebook is the definitive guidebook covering the climbing and mountaineering around El Chalten including the iconic peaks of Cerro Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre.
Mexico offers a great diversity of climbing from sport climbing, and traditional climbing, to big wall routes, long multi-pitch routes and bouldering all over the country. The largest climbing area is at El Potrero Chico, where there are hundreds of limestone sport routes and multi-pitch routes up to 800m long.
Close to Mexico City there are numerous climbing areas including good sport climbing at Jilotepec and bouldering at Catavina, Chico National. However the best bouldering area in Mexico is at Penoles where a desert plateau is filled with hundreds of huge granite blocks. Find out more about climbing in Mexico.
Map of the best rock climbing and bouldering areas in Central and South America, including the Caribbean
Cuba is the best place in the Caribbean to go rock climb and sport climbing. The rock climbing in Cuba is based around the Valle de Vinales in the western side of the island. Here there are around 250 sport climbing routes in the F6a to F7c grade range, on good quality limestone rock. Find out more about rock climbing in Cuba.
Virgin Gorda, in the Virgin Islands, is the best place to go bouldering in the Caribbean. The bouldering in Virgin Gorda is located in the southern part of the island, with all the best bouldering is either on the beach or in forests just behind the beach. Many of the problems are over sandy beach landings and therefore do not require a bouldering mat. There are hundreds of problems to climb on excellent granite rock, with more than half the problems in the V0 to V3 grade range. Find out more about bouldering on Virgin Gorda.