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Kaieteur Falls drops 226 metres in a single unbroken plunge — five times the height of Niagara, with a fraction of one percent o...
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La Paz is one of the world's most extraordinary cities — a metropolis of 2 million people clinging to an Andean canyon at 3,640 ...
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Angel Falls Venezuela guide: Plan your 4-5 day adventure to the world's tallest waterfall. Includes flight options, river routes, ...
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The Nazca Lines are one of archaeology's great mysteries. Here is how to visit — and which viewing method is actually worth the ...
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Baños sits at the foot of an active volcano and offers the greatest concentration of adventure activities of any small town in So...
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Mindo is 80km from Quito and holds more bird species than the entire United States. Here is the complete day trip and overnight gu...
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Salento is Colombia's most beautiful small town — a UNESCO coffee landscape village of coloured wooden houses, world-class coffe...
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Both sides of Iguazu Falls are extraordinary — but they offer genuinely different experiences. Here is the definitive comparison...
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Potosí was once the largest city in the Americas — a colonial silver mining city at 4,090m whose mines funded the Spanish Empir...
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Paraguay receives fewer tourists than any other country in South America. Here is what you are missing — and why it deserves a p...
Hidden Gems & Off the Beaten Path
Cuenca is Ecuador's most beautiful city — a UNESCO colonial gem at 2,550m that has become one of the world's most popular expat ...
Hidden Gems & Off the Beaten Path
The Islas del Rosario — a coral archipelago 45 minutes from Cartagena — offer the Caribbean beach escape the city itself can't...
Hidden Gems & Off the Beaten Path
Ushuaia sits at 55°S — the southernmost city on earth. Here is what to do in the world's most dramatically positioned city.