A week at my sister’s over the turn of 2025 and 2026: walks around Torrevieja and its beaches, a rainbow over the pink lake, Almansa Castle, the Santa María Magdalena…
Two days on buses from Cuenca in Ecuador via Trujillo to Huaraz, then a day trip to Laguna 69 (4604 m) in Huascarán National Park – our new altitude record…
Three days on foot through the Ecuadorian Andes: from the lagoon in the crater of the Quilotoa volcano via Chugchilán and Isinliví to Sigchos – almost 40 km, mostly downhill,…
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,…
San Gil, Colombia’s adventure sports capital: paragliding over the Chicamocha Canyon, rafting on the Río Fonce and a 1100 m zip line, plus peaceful Barichara and the trail to Guane…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Five weeks in Antigua Guatemala: a Spanish course with one-to-one or pair lessons, a homestay with a Guatemalan family, a Mayan wedding in a culture class, colonial churches and ruins,…