Best way to travel SA in winter

[Travel4]

Hi

My husband and I are leaving for South America tmrw for 5 months. I already have a great itinerary planned out but now I'm starting to get worried as it is based on friend's travels during summer. ie going south to patagonia first and then working our way up the argentinian west coast and crossing to iguazu falls, working up the brazilian coast to Rio and then across to the pantanal, crossing over into bolivia, doing salt pans, then rurrenabaque and inca trail.
My question is should we rather forget about patagonia and go north into brazil and cross the continent and explore venezuela, columbia etc..? Our one fixed point is that we have booked the inca trail for 13 September.
Any advice would be great!

[mdlance]

Depends how far south you are. Its bloody cold in patagonia at that time of year.Think winter sport weather it can be below freezing.My best experiences have been at Addo Elephant Par, mush more intimate.But if you have the time to drive tthere Kruger will not disappoint.Most tourist activity along the coast will have been wound down so if there is anything in particular you want to do then you had better let them know you are coming.