Read: Exploring the Atacama desert with Grado 10, part 1/4: the Moon Valley If you enjoy beautiful landscapes, you are sure to enjoy this tour, that consists in visiting a couple of Altiplanic Lagoons in the Atacama region, complemented with other mountain scenery and villages that you come across on … more »
Grado 10 is, hands down, the coolest tour company in town! Entertaining tours run by a fun team going around in a truck-bus hybrid, are guarantee of a time well spent around San Pedro de Atacama! We joined the guys at Grado 10 for 4 of the most popular tours … more »
Two weeks ago, my roommate, Mary, her dog, Finnegan, and I packed ourselves into her car. Mary and I occupied the front seats. Finn occupied the backseat and the cargo space, along with our backpacks and the numerous add-ons one has to carry when traveling with a dog. The three … more »
Whether you are the type of tourist who normally likes taking guided tours or you are more of an independent kind of traveler, Easter Island is one of those places where it is very worth it to spend at least a day on an organized tour. Coming to the island … more »
She lives in a village in the middle of the Amazonian jungle, in Peru. Her hometown has 94 people and it’s strangely called “Centro America”. The people of Centro America live with a sense of community rare in the world now-a-days: Centro-americans have their own plantations, but everybody helps their … more »
Huacachina, next to Ica (Peru) is the only oasis in South America. Nestled in immense golden sand dunes that can take up to one hour to climb by foot, you find a lagoon that completes the picture-perfect oasis, just like those one sees in the movies… plus the touristic oriented … more »
Most hotels and hostels in Hanga Roa, Easter Island, tend to concentrate downtown, around the main road. Some others, like Cabanas Rapa Nui Orito, offer an alternative way to spend your time on the island, by staying in the in-lands, the “countryside”. Less than 10 minutes car ride from … more »
(Read History and fun in Easter Island, part 1/2) Exploitation: the island as a case-study for the world! It is believed that, when the Rapa Nui originally came to the island about 700 years ago, it was a place covered in greenery and trees. If the land was fertile … more »
I must confess Easter Island was never on my travel plans. Not because it didn’t seem like an interesting destination on my mind (quite the opposite!) but because, somehow, it always felt like “too far, too hard to reach”. Before visiting Chile, I actually didn’t even know Easter Island is … more »
A few months ago, we had the time of our lives exploring the Galapagos Islands and being treated like royals at the Red Mangrove Aventura Lodge. Remember we had breakfast with sea lions napping by our table in the terrace of the lodge itself? Well, we would love for you … more »