Colombia’s Lost City trek needs to be on your bucket list
After a jungle trek left me with two missing toenails and an intestinal infection that landed me in a Guatemalan hospital, I had sworn off jungle treks. I’d stick to mountains, away from mud,...
Beyond the burrito: Top 5 foodie adventures in Mexico
“You had me at ‘Mexico City taco crawl,’” I thought to myself as I scanned the itinerary for Intrepid Travel’s Real Food Adventure in Mexico. But it wasn’t just the tacos. I wanted to...
Bogota’s graffiti beguiles tourists
Christian Petersen first visited Colombia in 2001, “when it was a completely different country to what it is today.” The Aussie returned in 2009, married a Colombian woman he met on a bus back...
Colombia’s changing face of tourism
I’m holding coca leaves in each hand, between my thumb and first two fingers. As instructed, I give thanks to Mother Earth and attempt to toss the leaves into the sacred lake (though they...
Volunteer adventures: Building the pillars of education in Ecuador
It’s a winding eight-hour bus ride across the Andes, where you feel the effects of the altitude and bone-chilling cold. After a motion-sickness-inducing descent into the Amazon Basin, you then catch a motorized canoe...
Discover lost Mayan cities in Guatemala’s Mirador Basin
People have searched for Atlantis and Shangri-La, to no avail. But if it’s lost cities you seek, look no further than the Mirador Basin in northern Guatemala. The area is home to some of...
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6 things to dig into in Durban, South Africa
Durban is designed for adventure, with miles of sandy beaches along its rugged coastline and mountains just a few hours’ drive away. To the...
