Twelve days in Panama’s capital: ships in the Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal, colonial Casco Viejo and coffee at Café Coca-Cola, raccoons on the Cinta Costera promenade, sloths and…
Eight days in Panama’s mountains: the El Pianista and The Pipeline trails, the Boquete Tree Trek hanging bridges, the climb up Barú volcano (3475 m) – Panama’s highest peak –…
San José, the Santa Elena cloud forests, sloth hunting in La Fortuna and the wildlife of Cahuita National Park — a guide to the most expensive country in Central America.
León and its white cathedral, sandboarding down the Cerro Negro volcano, colonial Granada, Laguna de Apoyo and Ometepe, the island of two volcanoes – plus safety and prices in Nicaragua.
Two weeks on the Caribbean island of Utila: getting from Copán Ruinas to La Ceiba and the ferry, the Open Water diving course at Paradise Divers, the reef, Pumpkin Hill…
The Maya ruins of Copán: the Hieroglyphic Stairway, stelae, the ball court and scarlet macaws, plus the town of Copán Ruinas, ticket prices, getting there by bus from El Salvador…
Two weeks in El Salvador: Santa Ana and the volcano with a turquoise crater lake, the 7 waterfalls trail, Ruta de las Flores, surfing in El Tunco, a night on…
Two volcanoes from Quetzaltenango (Xela) without a guide: Santa María with a view of Santiaguito’s eruptions and ten other volcanoes, and Tajumulco (4220 m) – the highest peak in Central…
Ten days in Quetzaltenango, or Xela: by chicken bus from Lake Atitlán, prayers and flowers on the sacred Maya hill of Cerro Quemado, Laguna Chicabal in a volcanic crater and…
Ten days at Lake Atitlán based in San Pedro La Laguna: Indian Nose without an organised tour, colourful San Juan with its murals, a 12-metre jump into the lake in…
Two volcanoes from Antigua: Pacaya with marshmallows roasted over warm lava and a two-day trip to Acatenango with a night facing an erupting Fuego – the route, January 2024 prices…
Six volcanoes of Guatemala in a nutshell: Pacaya, Acatenango with a view of Fuego’s eruptions, San Pedro and Atitlán above the lake, Tajumulco – the highest peak in Central America…