As a vast and diverse continent, featuring varied terrain and impressive natural wonders, South America lends itself to many unique trekking opportunities. With geographical variations in Colombia in the north to Patagonia in the south; the Andes in the west…
Go back to read: Treks of South America – Part 1: Peru Continuing from Treks of South America – Part 1, below are treks found in the Patagonia region of South America. CHILE & ARGENTINA Torres del Paine National Park…
Go back to read:Treks of South America – Part 1: PeruTreks of South America – Part 2: The Patagonias (Chile and Argentina) Continuing from Treks of South America – Part 2, below are treks found in Colombia, The Galapagos Islands…
Christopher Columbus is known for “discovering” the New World, but it’s not widely known that he never actually stepped foot on the main land of Central or South America! It was in fact Vasco Núñez de Balboa who was the…
Easter Island. It is one of the most isolated points in the world, in the South Pacific far off the coast of Chile in South America. When you are there you are the furthest removed from any populated place on…
A pilot flying over the Nazca desert after a recent sandstorm spotted geoglyphs that have never been seen before! What are the Nazca Lines? First discovered in 1935 in southern Peru, the Nazca lines are near the town of Nazca,…
Iceland is famous for its volcanoes and the country continues to see hot volcano action with an ongoing fissure eruption at the Holuhraun lava-field, north of Vatnajökull Glacier. Icelanders, however, have learned to harness the power of their fiery friends.…
A common question for visitors to South America is related to the feasibility of land travel. Is getting around via car or bus a good option to connect to multiple destinations? While of course possible, often this would involve travel…
Easter Island one of the most isolated locales in the world – when there, you are the furthest removed from any populated place on the entire planet! It’s increasingly common to hear it referred to by it’s Polynesian name, Rapa…
Did you know that Antarctica is technically a desert? Antarctica is not only the coldest, driest (in terms of humidity and rainfall), and windiest continent, it’s home to the worlds largest desert! Deserts conjure images and ideas of remote, barren…
Throughout most of South America, the chances of a traveler seeing anything more terrifying than a few ants or large stick bug is remote… But in the Amazon, creepy crawlies tend to be larger than life. The world’s largest rainforest…
Llamas can be cute, Alpacas definitely are, Guanacos – part of the same family – well, sort of… but what about their other cousins, the Vicuñas? Most Definitely! It’s common to find woven goods in South America made from these camelids…
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