Guided tours

Rainbow Mountain

The Best Way to Visit Rainbow Mountain

You’ve probably seen all the amazing shots of Rainbow Mountain plastered over Instagram right? Clearly, looking like the people in the shot have the mountains all to themselves.  Also, the caption doesn’t mention anything about how they actually got there. Although to be fair, they were probably too tired to mention it. Due to that strenuous hike… “Wait… what… strenuous hike?” We hear you ask. The Hike to Rainbow Mountain Firstly, none of the tours […]

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uyuni salt flats

The Largest Salt Flats in the World – Salar de Uyuni

Firstly, the Salt Flats in Uyuni, Bolivia is something we have seen photos of, sporadically throughout our lives. Consequently, these photos have always caught our eye. Indeed, how could the image of a 4×4 seeming to drive along the sky not be eye-catching? We had to pinch ourselves to believe that we were finally really doing it.  Also, to prove that it wasn’t just the high altitude getting to our heads! However, what we didn’t

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Our Experience of Lake Titicaca

Firstly, we arrived in Puno a day later than scheduled.  As a result, we realised that if we wanted to stay overnight on a tour of Lake Titicaca, we needed to find a tour company ASAP.  We needed one who could take us the next day! Why we wanted to visit Lake Titicaca… Lake Titicaca is one of the destinations we’d been looking forward to since before we’d even left the UK.  Namely, for 2

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Cloud Walks in a hammock

The Hidden Paradise of Jericoacoara

When tourists visit Brazil, they tend to stick to the southern parts of the country.  However, after doing some research, we discovered a place called Jericoacoara. Just from the pictures alone, we decided that Northern Brazil needed a visit! Jeri is otherwise known as the Brazilian Maldives and it is for good reason. One of the most exciting parts about visiting Jeri is the hour-long journey to get there! This journey takes you through mixed

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A picture of Rio favelas

Is Rio really that dangerous?

Safety in Rio – The Pre-Travel Worries Before we ventured off and mentioned to people that we were going to be travelling around South America for 6 months, most people’s initial reaction would be to tell us to be careful.  Or ask if we were scared because of the dangers that come with South America. Especially in Brazil and particularly the safety in Rio. Even whilst travelling around Brazil, we were warned by locals to

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