Our love affair with South America started way back in 2006 on the epic Inca Trail in Peru. More than a decade on, Latin America continues to seduce us with its spectacularly diverse nature, exceptional wildlife experiences, fascinating histories and cultures, and divine food and wine.
Our travels through this captivating continent have taken us from the steamy Caribbean shores of Colombia in the north, through Ecuador and the Galapagos, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world.
Between those two points, we’ve experienced otherworldly high-altitude deserts, mesmerising snow-capped mountains, expansive rainforests, wild and remote islands, thundering waterfalls, vibrant cities, quaint historic villages, extraordinary ancient sites, and so much more. Visit just once and you’ll be hooked, too.
Posts from South America
A Classico Football Match: River Plate v San Lorenzo
His game: It’s a football fan’s dream to watch a local derby in Buenos Aires, and while this one wasn’t the ‘Super Classico’ between River and Boca, it was the next best thing – a ‘Classico’ with River (or “Los Millonarios’ as they are known locally, in stark contrast to Boca’s …
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Buenos Aires: City of passions
We have it on good authority that a quintessential visit to Buenos Aires in Argentina isn’t a fait accompli unless you’ve become properly acquainted with the city’s legendary mainstays – tango, football, wine and steak. Having four left feet and an entirely unsexy travel wardrobe between us, we made the difficult decision …
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Un po-Quito: Getting to know Ecuador’s capital city
Quito, city in the clouds. During our month in Ecuador, we’d flown in and out of its precarious, mountain-framed airport no less than six times. So we figured it just wouldn’t be right to carry on without some small ode to this, the world’s highest official capital and our Ecuadorian basecamp.
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Visiting Ecuador’s Amazon Jungle: A Photo Gallery
Visiting Ecuador’s Amazon Jungle is one of life’s great adventures. This vital yet fragile environment is among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth, home to thousands of species of plants, trees, insects, reptiles, fish, birds and mammals. The best way to truly immerse in this extraordinary landscape is to …
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Incomparable Galapagos: Photo Gallery
They say a picture speaks a thousand words, and as adjectives and whimsy won’t ever paint a vivid enough picture of this enchanted archipelago, we’re letting our photos do the talking. After nearly three weeks in the Galapagos Islands, we depart not only with several thousand images (worth millions of words!), but the privilege of having visited …
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