Breath-taking landmarks in Costa Rica: 16 ideas for your travel bucketlist
Love it or hate it, there’s one thing you can’t deny about Costa Rica – it’s packed to the brim with stuff to see. It’s not the kind of place you could ever get bored, and there are activities, hikes…
Hiking Colombia’s most epic trails: Grab your walking boots for these 11 hikes
It’s difficult to get by without hiking Colombia at some point – mass tourism is still a fairly new phenomenon so beautiful vistas and landmarks have yet to be ruined by car parks full of tour buses. Therefore, if you…
León, Nicaragua: Where you can board down a volcano and hit a beach party all in the same day
León was my first stop in Nicaragua, and a great introduction to this corner of Central America. As a student city, León is vibrant and bustling, with the climate providing sticky heat at every turn. This guide will go through…
Lake Yojoa & Peña Blanca; small town life around Honduras’ largest lake
We thought Lake Yojoa (Lago de Yojoa), the largest lake in Honduras – which is very close to Pulhapanzak Waterfall, the largest waterfall in Honduras – was going to be more of a tourist attraction than it is. … Continue…
El Valle, Bahia Solano: where the Colombian jungle meets the Pacific Ocean
Though not yet on the international radar as such, Bahia Solano and El Valle whale tours have made the area famous around Colombia. For 5 months of the year, humpback whales come to the area to breed and rear their…
What to expect on the Rainbow Mountain trail: the Cusco day-trip that will leave you breathless
Breath-taking not just in the sense of its beauty – the 5200m altitude of the Rainbow Mountain trail will quite literally have you gasping for oxygen. Don’t worry though, it’s totally worth all the effort to get there. You’ll need…
How to book a Death Road tour from La Paz
The Death Road cycling tour is one of the most popular things to do in La Paz. As with many activities in Bolivia, it can be hard at first to navigate just how to book a Death Road tour ……
San Gil, Colombia’s hilly adrenaline capital
San Gil, Colombia’s adrenaline capital and a great place to see Colombian life outside the big cities. We’ve now been twice to San Gil, one on a weekend break from Bogotá and the other incorporating San Gil into Santander exploration…
Lençóis Maranhenses: sand dunes ‘n’ lagoons in Brazil
Whoa, whoa, whoa MAJOR HIGHLIGHT of Brazil right here! Lençóis Maranhenses was our last adventure of 3 months in Brazil, and it was the perfect way to end our trip on a high. The sight of the sand dunes ……
Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso’s waterfall capital
Chapada dos Guimarães, a town nestled in a national park of the same name, is not yet popular with international tourists – or even with tourists from other Brazilian states – and instead is mostly a weekend retreat for people…
Puerto Misahuallí: An accessible slice of the Ecuadorian Amazon
Puerto Misahuallí, Ecuador, is a small town perched on the point that Río Misahuallí meets Río Napo. It really buzzes with local life, and while there aren’t many international tourists, on the weekends seems a popular destination for people from…
Choachí & Cascada La Chorrera, Colombia’s tallest waterfall just outside Bogotá
Despite only being an hour and a half from Bogotá, Choachí and the hike to the nearby Cascada La Chorrera are rarely mentioned by tourists. However, it’s easily made our list of best day-trips from Bogotá. At a … Continue…
Quebrada Las Gachas, Guadalupe: Colombia’s natural plunge pools
Honestly, when we first got to Guadalupe, Santander and the nearby natural plunge pools phenomenon of Quebrada Las Gachas in Colombia, we were in two minds as to whether to even mention it anywhere online. Then we remembered how low…
Cocora Valley: How to not hike the wrong mountain!
It’s still very hard for us to talk about the Cocora Valley Hike. It was… painful. There are several routes to hike the valley, all incredibly vague, so we took screenshots of a blog that seemed to know it all,…
Paracas & El Chaco: Home to Peru’s incredible red-sanded beach
Being so close to Lima (only 3-4 hours by bus), the town of El Chaco, on the edge of the Paracas National Reserve is a great stop to break up your travels between cities. It has a little bit of…
Huacachina: Peru’s mind-blowing desert oasis
The Huacahina sand dunes and the oasis they surround are becoming more and more insta-famous. You may be disappointed to find that the Peru’s desert oasis only looks quite so remote if you angle your photos to not include the…
The 6 ways to get to Machu Picchu from Cusco – 2020-21 update
Planning how to get to Machu Picchu from Cusco was one of the most confusing things we’ve had to do in our whole trip. There are so many conflicting sources and routes that no one talks about. We’re therefore going…
Baños, Ecuador: Land of the countless waterfalls
How to pronounce Baños: BAN-yoss For most people visiting Ecuador, their favourite place is a toss-up between Montañita or Baños. For us, Baños had so much more to do and see. A town built up primarily by tourism (historically domestic…
Torotoro National Park, Bolivia’s epic jurassic adventure hub
Each year, over a million tourists get to the tiny town of Torotoro, Bolivia, nestled in a national park of the same name. Although very, very busy during the high season, during the low season the streets are mainly for…
Chile to Bolivia: San Pedro de Atacama to Uyuni via the Bolivian Salt Flats
San Pedro, the gateway to Bolivia! There are few that would doubt that the small town of San Pedro de Atacama essentially exists for tourism. Although it’s a really interesting little place, in the middle of the desert there is…
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