Tag: South America

It's hard to beat the exhilaration of reaching a mountain peak. After a challenging climb the breathtaking views are the sweet reward. Here are a few spectacular hikes worth adding to your bucket list. Peru Trek above and beyond the Inca Trail. This epic seven-day lodge-to-lodge trekking...

Experience adventure, culture, sanctuary, and pura vida. Olas Verdes, a Costa Rican boutique hotel in Playa Guiones, Nosara is thrilled to announce its opening as the world’s first LEED-certified surf hotel. Nestled away from the coastline alongside a jungle forever preserved, Olas Verdes provides immediate access...

H+I Adventures launches new bike tour to Chile and Patagonia. Sweep down active volcanoes, crest high Andean passes and scale the granite in Torres del Paine. Award-winning mountain biking experts H+I Adventures have launched a new two-wheel odyssey along the trail of southern giants in Chile...

75th anniversary of the Gaucho Games Argentine Cowboys strut the streets for a  week-long festival and celebration of their culture Once a year in the historical town of San Antonio de Areco in Argentina, gauchos (a.k.a. cowboys) from all over the country gather to show off...

Coca leaf liquor’s unique “green glow” is fun in Halloween cocktails—or any time of year. By Hope S. Philbrick AGWA de Bolivia, billed as the world’s premiere coca leaf liquor, is "grown in Bolivia, made in Amsterdam." I'd never heard of the green stuff previously, so...

By Hope S. Philbrick Master Distiller Johnny Schuler owes his current position as one of world’s foremost pisco authorities and advocates to a coincidence. In 1977 he was asked to step in as a judge at a pisco competition after the other judges became too inebriated...