Exploring Central & South America

Peru has some of the liveliest and most colorful festivals in South America with many events taking place all year round. With a rich tradition of folkloric music and dance and spectacular costumes, it is well worth planning your vacation in Peru around one of the country’s festivals. Here is a brief run-down of the […]

Never thought you’d take your kids to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil? Well, now is the time to think again. Rio is shaking off its old image of danger, and is actually an extremely welcoming and friendly place to take your family. Unlike in many other countries, where kids are often met with impatience and parents […]

The Google Street View team has begun a project to include a part of the Brazilian Amazon on their world Street View maps. With 360 degree images of life on the Amazon River and the surrounding rainforest, users will be able to cruise the Amazon River and see what life is like for the communities […]

Late September, for those in the Northern Hemisphere, marks the first hints of autumn, and conversely for Southern Hemisphere dwellers September heralds the much anticipated springtime. If you were out and around in Buenos Aires yesterday you would have noticed many people walking around holding a single cut flower. September 21st is not, as you […]

South America is chock-full of amazing places with incredible views, and of course our top five is just a matter of opinion and entirely contestable. However, there’s no denying that each of these places is 100% guaranteed to impress. All of them have that star quality, that certain something, that will render even the most […]

The Regional Director of Culture for the Cusco area, Julio Dueñas, recently confirmed that the number of visitors allowed into the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, Peru, is to remain unchanged at 2500 per day. During recent days many tourists have been turned away at the gates of Machu Picchu as the daily limit on […]