Travel Blogs South America

My journey in Peru was an intense experience, something impressive like a mother looking into the eyes of her first born child, realizing was life is all about.

If you want to see Machu Picchu I would recommend getting up early to take the 5.30 am train that will take you up there. You should try the local coca leaves tea if you want a good wake up call:) Getting up this early is...

Salvador on Brazil's east coast is famous for its excilirating carnaval, beautiful beaches and friendly locals. Lots of reasons for a bunch of backpackers like ourselves to jump on the first night bus!

One of my friends had a cousin living in Salvador who had invited the four of us to stay in his appartment for the weekend so we had no trouble with finding accomodation! Later we...

From Quito my wife and I decided to take a jungle tour into the rainforest on the eastern parts of Ecuador. Some tour operators offer trips into the Amazone rainforest and arrange an overnight stay at one of the local villages.

We always wanted to do something like that and experience something different than the usual tourist tour. We certainly didn't regret booking the tour and...

Ubajara might be the home to one of Brazil's smaller national parks but the nature in this area in the state of Ceara is really beautiful.

The Ubajara National Park is known for the freshwater falls and amazing limestone rock formations which arise high above the rainforest.

The most popular formation is called the Ubajara Grotto which can be accessed only by...

Puerto Lopez is a small fishing town in Ecuador and popular with tourists for its whale watching tours in season. The playful humpback whale immigrates down south along the coast of Ecuador between June and October and this is also the best period for whale spotting.

Whale watching tours are an important financial resource for the locals but their main activity is fishing. Fishermen...