Many years ago, an active volcano threatened the citizens of a small Colombian town in Santa Catalina just outside of Cartagena. As legend has it, a local priest came to bless the volcano with holy...

One of our staff members recently spent a week in the Galapagos. Enjoy these snippets from her trip journal about this once in a lifetime opportunity to get up close and personal with nature to hea...

Known as the Land of Fire and Ice, Chile is a fabulous and unique vacation destination. Did you know that Chile's topography includes the world's driest desert (Atacama), a prospering wine region, ...

Chile is often referred to as the land of fire and ice, and the title is well-deserved. After all, the country boasts the bone-dry - and flaming hot - Atacama Desert in the north, and the chilly, f...

  Cuzco Walk centuries old cobble-stone streets to the back alleys and shop in the charming stores of this city in the Andes. Nazca Lines Only seen from the air, this plateau coverin...

Known for inspiring the famous works of Pablo Neruda and Isabel Allende, Chile is a country of beautiful scenery and spectacular sights. It's long, ribbon-like shape, occupies a long and narrow coa...

Quito is a great city and the cultural heart of Ecuador. Officially the highest capital city in the world, the altitude can be quite difficult to adapt to, so much so that tour groups have been kno...