Tagged South America

The city of Choquequirao is located at 2,987 meters (9,800 feet) above sea level in a remote corner of the Peruvian Andes. A visit to these ancient of ruins means that you are in for a real adventure. Unlike it... Read More...

Soaring glacier peaks scrape the sky to the left. A valley plummets to the right. Front and center is a mound of earth striped with intense turquoise, rust red and golden yellow. The colors flow like a wave so ... Read More...

We had spent the last 2 months in Huaraz cycling and hiking the Cordillera Blanca. It seemed that we couldn't get enough of these mountains. After completing the taxing Huascaran Circuit on a bicycle and hiking... Read More...

Peru's Cordillera Blanca is one of the most concentrated collections of big peaks in the Western Hemisphere, with 33 summits topping 5,400 meters (18,000 feet). The most popular way to experience this mountain ... Read More...

It's been raining for 2 weeks straight on El Altar Trek. It's probably very muddy but we don't care. We are going anyway. That was the plan. I had been hiking in the mud before. I knew it would be ok. Some m... Read More...

In the rolling green foothills of the Colombian Andes there is a valley that is known for being one of the only places in the world to see wax palms in their natural habitat. These slender poles shoot up 60 met... Read More...

The trek to Ciudad Perdida, the Lost City has been our most memorable hike in Latin America to date. These ancient ruins are located deep in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, a mysterious region of Northern Col... Read More...

Located deep in the jungle in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, the Lost City of the Tayrona has been lost for centuries. It wasn't until 1972 that it was rediscovered by a group of guaqueros (tomb robbers) and... Read More...