Category: Latin America

People in red, black, and green attire drumming on black and white drums in a Carnaval parade.

Celebrating Afro-Argentine Heritage at Carnaval

Argentina is rich with African cultural heritage, and this is celebrated during Carnaval each year.

Costa Rica Packing List: What to Bring

Packing is an art! Here is a list of all the essentials you will need on your Costa Rica travel adventure.

Enjoy a beach-side New Year's Eve celebration in Chile. Photo from Davidlohr Bueso/ Wikimedia Commons

New Year’s Eve Destinations in South America

South America offers travelers warm weather and an electric party scene to celebrate New Year’s Eve.

Take a step back in time with these dinosaur tracks that scale a vertical wall. Photo from yatlik.com

Cretaceous Park: The mysterious vertical dinosaur tracks in Bolivia

Learn why the world’s largest site for dinosaur tracks in Bolivia exist on a steep vertical wall.

A Caiman sunbathing in Pantanal. Photo by Ana Castañeda

Top Brazilian Amazon Destinations

Brazil’s jungle is a naturalist’s dreamscape, as it is home to the most known species of plants, fresh water fish, and mammals.

Cruise to Antarctica

Following in the Path of Darwin

Anabel, LAFL travel expert, shares a 200 year-old tale from one of history’s most intrepid travelers, Charles Darwin, as recorded in his book The Voyage of the Beagle.

underground museum in Buenos Aires

El Zanjon: A peek beneath Buenos Aires

One of the city’s most fascinating places is actually hidden deep underground in Buenos Aires’ colonial San Telmo district, and it is below the foundation of a 178-year-old mansion that you’ll find a very unusual museum.

At the crater of the Poás Volcano, sulfuric furmaroles burst upwards, ruffling the calm surface of the ethereal lake. Photo by Sandra Cohen-Rose & Colin Rose/Flickr

Costa Rica’s Volcanoes: A Burning Ring of Fire

Indulge your impulse for adventure with a Costa Rica volcano tour, providing an exciting look at the earth’s fiery inner workings.

Atacama desert - Chile

Chile: An adventure through Atacama, the world’s driest desert

Adventurist and travel advisor, Kelly Hurst, explores the stunning scenery and natural wonders of the world’s driest desert in northern Chile.