To the end of the Amazon in Brazil: ‘there are forms of life here that I never knew existed’
Into the Peruvian Amazon: ‘I’m going to show you good things. Let’s start with an anaconda’
June 2024
The lost temples of Lake Titicaca: exploring the less developed Bolivian shore
The alternative Machu Picchu: a hike to find the ‘real’ lost world of the Incas
December 2023
A Christmas that changed me
A Christmas that changed me: my life was an adventure holiday – and I just wanted to settle down
It was fun to climb mountains, visit glaciers and slide down volcanoes, until the thought of a house and kids began to seem more exciting
February 2023
My bad trip
My bad trip – my Spanish was improving, but my refusal to be taken for a ride got me kicked off the bus
As it sped off, I was euphoric. I had fashioned a complex sentence and hit a nerve with my pointed words. Or had I?
January 2023
My bad trip
My bad trip – I wanted a romantic jaunt. I got a kidnapping and a breakup
I was naive and underprepared when I agreed to go backpacking around South America with my boyfriend
December 2022
My bad trip
My bad trip: the ‘oasis’ was a fetid puddle and our tyre popped in the desert
A man wearing budgie smugglers finally got the tyre loose, made an offensive remark we couldn’t understand and drove off
April 2022
Experience
Experience: a cactus saved my life
‘This is it,’ I thought as I started to roll down the canyon, rapidly picking up speed
October 2021
Hopes for surge in holiday bookings as England’s ‘red list’ cut to seven countries
Tour operators welcome lifting of Covid restrictions on 47 countries and urge government to simplify testing protocols – and resist U-turns
March 2021
Tour of tangopolis: a dance through the rhythms of Buenos Aires
This week marks the centenary of Astor Piazzolla, tango’s revolutionary – and the city is filled with the sights and sounds of his music if you know where to look
February 2021
Virtual travel guides
Samba and caipirinhas: how to celebrate Rio’s cancelled carnival online
The world’s biggest party should have started today. Enjoy the virtual version through livestream shows, music and online tours of Rio’s spectacular sights
January 2021
I’m painting the amazing Galápagos wildlife – from my sitting room
Can a virtual four-day art class come anywhere close to visiting the famous archipelago? Maybe not, but for our writer it turns out to offer something far more valuable
Virtual travel guides
A virtual tour of Peru through films, food, books and music
We may not be able to travel at the moment, but our new series of virtual guides brings the world to you – starting with a cultural tour of Peru
Recall of the wild: South America's new era of nature-led tourism
Macaws, anteaters, jaguars, tapirs and woolly monkeys are just a few of the critically endangered species being reintroduced as part of Latin America’s pioneering rewilding drive
June 2020
Weird world
What are those glowing orbs that dart across the sky the world over?
10 of the best Latin American novels – that will take you there
May 2020
'I wanted to be a part of Buenos Aires – and Borges was my guide'
During the decade our writer lived in BA, he got to grips with its streets through the verse of Jorge Luis Borges – and is now revisiting the city via his poetry
April 2020
City guide playlists
Feel the heat: Gilles Peterson's Brazilian playlist
From samba to jazz and house, the DJ and founder of radio station Worldwide FM picks 10 tracks to transport you to Brazil
March 2020
The rich gastronomic experiences that Peru has to offer
Letter: Peruvian ambassador Juan Carlos Gamarra responds to an article which included the Peruvian national cocktail, the pisco sour, among a list of Chilean specialities
