Things To Do Before Going Backpacking In South America
Backpacking through South America can be a great adventure, but a little planning beforehand can really pay off in terms of making your travels go smoothly…
7 Tips for Backpacking in South America
Sharing some top tips for backpacking in South America. Packed with useful info to help you plan and prepare for your next big adventure!
7 Awesome Ideas for South America Backpacking Routes
We share 7 fantastic South America backpacking routes to help you get started with planning your travel itinerary…
Hostel Review: Loki (Mancora, Peru)
Travel blogger Sarah shares her review of Loki Mancora, one of South America’s most popular party hostel chains.
Hostel Review: Park Life (Popayan, Colombia)
Travel blogger Sarah shares her review of Park Life Popayan, a friendly hostel in one of Colombia’s beautiful small towns.
Destination Guide – Bogotá For Every Budget
Colombia has been getting a lot of attention lately in the travel sphere, popping up on numerous must visit lists for next year and even being named as one of Afar magazine’s most provocative destinations for 2015. With it’s incredible people, ridiculously impressive scenery and stunning coastline, Colombia makes a fantastic destination …
South America Packing List: Walking Shoes
If there’s one thing I couldn’t have lived without in South America, it’s my hiking shoes. They were definitely the most useful item I packed. If I’m honest, I wasn’t really planning on doing much hiking, so I really only took the shoes for the Inca Jungle Trek to Machu Picchu. But, as …
Hostel Review: Lima Backpackers
Your home away from home: Lima Backpackers (Lima, Peru) Lima, the amazing capital of Peru can be an exhausting city. With its 12 million people, constant traffic jams and cars’ horns and its bustling activity, it can easily get overwhelming. There are plenty of hostels one may stay at in town, and most backpackers pick the area of …
Review – Biking Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina’s beautiful capital city, is a fabulously metropolitan with such varied districts and so much history that you could explore it for days and still not see everything. With loads of incredible architecture, awesome street art, markets and plenty of green space, one of the best ways to …
Inca Jungle Trek Packing List
For those of us that maybe aren’t quite fit enough to take on the most popular of the treks to Machu Picchu, the Inca Trail, or who simply didn’t book it early enough (the trek is now so popular that you need to book at least five months in advance), …
Hostel Review: Mama Waldy
Mama Waldy, Getsemani, Cartagena (Colombia) First the good news: the hostel is conveniently located in the heart of Getsemani, a cool area of Cartagena that is undergoing constant restoration, where you can meet many locals and other fellow travellers. This is about the only positive thing I can think of …
Hostel Review – Hi Patagonia
Hi Patagonia – Puerto Madryn, Argentina – By Claudia Tavani I can easily say this is the place that changed my life, for the best. I had read good things about this hostel before arriving, but nothing prepared me for such a fantastic time. I arrived after a long day of travelling, …