Travel articles about the exciting continent of South America.
A Patagonian Multi-Sport Adventure by Lauryn Axelrod Ever since I was a child, Patagonia held an allure… a faraway place of gauchos and glaciers, wild, open spaces and mountains that seemed to hang from the clouds. Like Bruce Chatwin’s land of dinosaurs, it beckoned me through its mythologies. But unlike…
By Jenny Gilbert A group shot in the Sacred Valley of the Incas – photos by Jenny Hartshorne Since I’ve been back from my seven-day vacation in Peru, friends ask me, “Hey what have you been up to this summer?” I love saying I went to Peru… There’s a bit…
By Max Hartshorne GoNOMAD Editor At GoNOMAD, there are some destinations that we consider “Armchair Travel” because we don’t really expect our readers to consider going there. Still, we believe that many people enjoy reading about exotic places that they may never go, as much as they enjoy reading the…
A visit to Colombia’s Choco province, including the small villages of Nuqui, El Valle, and Bahia Salono on the Pacific Coast for jungle trekking and whale watching.
By Rita Cook Forget about Machu Picchu on your next trip (or even your first trip to Peru). Indeed, spend some time in the capital of Lima instead. While most people just spend a day or two in Lima on their way to another destination in the country, there is…
Lost City of Colombia: Hiking the long and dangerous path through the mountains of Colombia to the Lost City of Teyuan, with his guide Edwin.
Massive Lake Titicaca and the Incredible Story of the Steamship By David Rich The excitement reaches a fever pitch in the remote reaches of Peru where it shares the world’s highest navigable lake, magnificent Lake Titicaca, with Bolivia. Here the locals argue which country hosts the caca-part of the lake….
By Dale Fehringer If you could, would you be 28 years old again? That question, among others, occupied our time while we cycled through Chile’s Lake District in November, 2007. We were on a seven-day guided bicycle tour of southern Chile’s lakes and volcanoes, enjoying a spring-time glimpse of one…
As an alternative to the usual college spring break, Jon Brandt helps build a house for a family in Uruguay. Read about his experience here!
Six Days, Two Worlds: The Pantanal and the Chapada dos Guimarães By Jorge Jameson With less than a week in hand and not much in my pockets I was lucky to pick a place in Brazil’s far west to visit, the Mato Grosso state, home of two entirely different ecosystems,…
Matthew Kadey takes an agro eco-tour of a fair-trade coffee plantation in Nicaragua. He also meets fascinating people along the way.
Join Jess Tuerk on a thrilling rafting trip through the world’s deepest canyon. Experience the wonders of Cotahuasi, Peru’s hidden gem.
