Ten days in the Galápagos without a cruise: Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal and Isabela, sea lions on every beach, giant tortoises, penguins and sharks – with 2024 prices for flights,…
Our last days on the Colombian Caribbean: Rodadero in Santa Marta, the fishing village of Taganga, mountain Minca and Tayrona National Park – the trail to Cabo San Juan, wildlife,…
Cartagena, our first stop in Colombia: flying in from Panama, the walls and the San Felipe fort, palenqueras, sloths and tití monkeys in Centenario Park and the murals of Getsemaní…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Tikal in one day: a 4:30 transfer from the island of Flores, the Temple of the Jaguar and the Great Plaza, the acropolises, views of the Petén jungle from the…
The islands of Ambergris Caye and Caye Caulker, snorkelling with nurse sharks on the second-largest reef in the world and feeding stingrays by the shore.
Tulum in a few days: Mayan ruins on a cliff above the Caribbean Sea, Santa Fe and Paraíso beaches, free cenotes in Chemuyil and our doubts about Akumal beach and…
Three days on Cozumel: snorkelling on the coral reef with rays, starfish and a turtle, colourful San Miguel and a scooter ride along the wild east coast – with prices…
A few days in a tent at the Palula Beach campsite in San Crisanto on the Gulf of Mexico: an empty beach in the off-season, flamingos in the reserve, snakes…