Travel Blogs South America

This spring I made an Iles du Salut Islands cruise around all the volcanic little islands just north off the French Guiana coast.

Me and my wife had been in French Guiana for work and at the end of our stay all the collegues had organized this boat trip with highlight of the tour, the view of Devil's Island.

Devil's Island was pretty much as how it sounds and everything...

Bocas del Toro is the capital city of Isla Colon and gateway to the Bocas del Toro Archipelago which consists in a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea.

Isla Colon is located in northwest Panama and popular with tourists coming from Costa Rica or people who have been travelling through Panama.

To get to Isla Colon and the district of Bocas del Toro you can travel by water taxi, ferry or a private boat.

Besides the main island of Isla Colon we visited Isla Bastimentos where we witnessed the first carnival preparations for Bocas del Toro. With a group of 6 people...

During my stay in Paramaribo I made a bus trip to Guyana to check out the capital, Georgetown.

Besides the city itself there was one thing in particular that had drawn me to Georgetown and I knew I would find it at the Georgetown's Botanical Gardens.

Here, in the Georgetown's Botanical Gardens, you'll be able to observe, meet and even feed real sea cows, also known...

Before heading to Porto Seguro we visited Sao Paulo where we spend three days after landing on Sao Paulo airport.

Sao Paulo is the largest city of Brazil and the main international airport where tourists arrive in the country and from where they travel up north up the coast, inland in direction of the Amazon, or southwards to visit other parts of South America.

Sao...

We stayed in Porto Seguro for three weeks and had booked a room at the Pousada Villa Do Sol in Arraial d'Ajuda, near Porto Seguro.

We had an amazing time relaxing on the beach and partying at Parracho Beach or chilling out at night.

Parracho Beach was amazing, beautifully decorated, nice music and we met a lot of nice people in the clubs on the beach.

The...