How to travel overland from Guyana to Suriname
While flying between Guyana and Suriname is expensive, traveling overland is cheaper, more interesting, and fun. Here I tell you how to cross from Guyana to Suriname overland or vice versa. Even though this is one of the easiest and safest borders I’ve crossed outside the European Union, there are only a few articles about […]
Uncovering the Wonders of the Amazon: An Adventure Guide to Guyana
From the vast savannas to the deep rainforest, few countries on earth offer adventure and natural experiences as raw as those found in Guyana. From the first moment I stepped off the plane, I felt I was at the gateway to the Amazon. The temperature was hot and humid, soaking my shirt with sweat. At […]
Best things to do in Georgetown Guyana
Georgetown is a city full of surprises, a melting pot of cultures and cuisines that’s as diverse as it is exciting. Stepping off the plane in Georgetown, I was immediately hit by a wave of heat as intense as the city’s vibrant atmosphere. As a Colombian visiting the “Caribbean of South America,” I was curious […]
Preserving Guyana’s Pristine Landscapes: A never-ending challenge
Guyana is a good example of how wildlife protection should be done, but deforestation and mining make this task difficult. Visiting Kaieteur Falls in Guyana for the first time was an unforgettable experience. The sight of water plummeting nearly 500 meters creating a misty spray and echoing for kilometres, was breathtaking. Despite witnessing raw power, […]
Colombia’s hippo dilemma – a global issue with no clear solution
Colombia is the only country in South America where wild hippos roam freely – something unnatural despite its large biodiversity. Whether it’s good or bad depends on who you ask. When drug kingpin and mass murderer Pablo Escobar died in 1993, not many people thought about the environmental footprint his extravagances would generate decades later: […]
Quebrada Las Gachas – Colombia’s bizarre natural pools are under threat
Often compared to the colorful Cano Cristales river, Las Gachas stream is a hidden gem in Colombia that is in danger due to increasing tourism. Located behind the bushes a reddish stone riverbed dotted with more than 250 natural wells from all sizes attracts thousands of visitors each month. It is one of the most […]
Rappelling Colombia’s secret waterfalls
Hidden deep into the dense tropical forest of Melgar – Colombia, I found more than a dozen waterfalls completely unexplored. “How many waterfalls are there in total?”, that was the first question I asked a local guide while securing the anchors before rappelling a single drop 80 meter tall waterfall in my home country, Colombia. […]
How to plan a tour to Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
Here are all the tips and tricks on how to plan the perfect tour to Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia Multicolored lagoons, bubbling sulfur pools at almost 5000 meters and a salt flat as vast as the eye can see. I did a tour to Salar de Uyuni in 2019 for a photo assignment at […]
How to plan the perfect trip to the Iguacu Falls?
Are you visiting Iguazu from the Brazil side or Argentina? I visited both so you can know what to expect and where to go With 275 different cataracts over a total width of 2,7 kilometers, the Iguacu Falls amazes the most experienced travelers – no surprise why this is one of the seven wonders of […]
How to plan the perfect trip in the Atacama Desert in Chile
From the famous moon valley to the hidden lagoons of Baltinache. This is the best way to plan a trip to Atacama The driest desert in the world is not only known for its aridity – here in the Atacama Desert, volcanos, geysers, salt flats and blue lagoons coexist in one of the strangest landscapes […]