Great adventure travel news this week, which marks a historic occasion with Chile creating 10 million acres of national parks in the form of five new national parks coupled with the expansion of three others. A conservation victory, this is also said to be a record breaking land transfer from a private entity to a government. Photo by: Pixies […]
The Adventure Travel Trade Association’s contest has awarded The Man at the End of the World first place in its “Adventure in Motion” film contest. Created in partnership with Turismo Chile, it helps to show why Tierra del Fuego is one of the great adventure travel destinations out there. Photo by: Rodoluca The vote was determined by 850 travel trade […]
South America is huge, and you won’t be able to see too much of it in just a few weeks of backpacking in South America, BUT set aside 6 to 8 months – or even a full Gap Year – and now you’re talking! Travel in South America needs to be done slow for two reasons. […]
The Andes are at once the longest and – outside of Asia – the highest mountain range in the world. Located in South America nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Amazon Rainforest, the Andes offers everything from desert scenes to gigantic snowcapped peaks. Add some volcanos into the mix and some tropical jungles, and you have […]
Chile’s Atacama Desert is normally a dry landscape, but it’s currently transformed into a sea of flowers. Dormant seeds underground – in what’s one of the driest places on Earth – have come to life after massive rainfall in the region earlier this year. Rare rainfall near the Atacama Desert in Chile’s north, an area […]
Many would hesitate to visit a town at the foot of one of South America’s most active volcanos with frequent eruptions. And yet tourism is flourishing in Pucón in the Cautín Province. The small town next to a glacier lake and a volcano, is one of Chile’s centers for adventure travel and tourism. The most tempting attraction […]
Our Earth is an amazing place, and one we often take for granted. While globalization has placed a McDonalds on each street corner and it feels like tarmac has eaten away all the bad roads we crave for our motoring adventures, nature is still an amazing place and you can still find places where adventure […]
In adventure travel news, n innovative new natural desert reserve spanning 10 percent of the total area of Dubai has been launched in the UAE. The Marmoon Desert Reserve Project is set to be the site of several ecotourism projects and conservation efforts contributing to the protection and nurturing of the environment,…
In adventure travel news, n innovative new natural desert reserve spanning 10 percent of the total area of Dubai has been launched in the UAE. The Marmoon Desert Reserve Project is…
