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Best Time to Visit Peru | Destinations, Climate, and Seasons
PERU

Best Time to Visit Peru | Destinations, Climate, and Seasons

If you're considering traveling to Peru, the best time to visit Peru is during the dry season (May through September) for sunny skies and clear views while hiking the Andean highlands to Machu Picchu.

W Trek Patagonia – Everything You Need to Know
SOUTH AMERICA

W Trek Patagonia – Everything You Need to Know

Calling Torres del Paine National Park a dramatic landscape is an understatement. It’s a hiker's paradise with vertical granite peaks reaching for the sky, glacier-carved valleys with cascading waterf

Podcast: Kit Parks Interviews Dave and Tina About their Galapagos Land and Sea Adventure
GALAPAGOS

Podcast: Kit Parks Interviews Dave and Tina About their Galapagos Land and Sea Adventure

Kit Parks from Active Travel Adventures, Dave and Tina discuss their recent Galapagos Adventure . It's their third trip with Active Adventures, and they discuss their love of active travel and the out

Adventure Travel to Costa Rica: Everything You Need to Know
SOUTH AMERICA

Adventure Travel to Costa Rica: Everything You Need to Know

Photo by Kamchatka/Getty Images With coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and lush jungle and stunning mountains in between, it's no wonder adventure travel to Costa Rica tops m

Northern Patagonia vs Southern Patagonia - How to Choose
SOUTH AMERICA

Northern Patagonia vs Southern Patagonia - How to Choose

Planning a visit to Patagonia but asking yourself, Northern Patagonia vs Southern Patagonia? You're not alone! To help, we've compared the best of both!

Hike Peru's Lares Trek to Machu Picchu
SOUTH AMERICA

Hike Peru's Lares Trek to Machu Picchu

Constructed by the Incas over 500 years ago, the Lares Trek is the second most famous stretch of Inca road system – consisting of 40,000 kilometres (25,000 miles) of trail spanning north to south thro

Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu: Your Ultimate Guide
SOUTH AMERICA

Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu: Your Ultimate Guide

One of the most popular hikes in South America, Peru’s Inca Trail is definitely an experience of a lifetime. Constructed by the Incas over 500 years ago, the Classic Inca Trail is the most famous stre

Best Time to Visit Machu Picchu
SOUTH AMERICA

Best Time to Visit Machu Picchu

Considering a bucket list trip to Machu Picchu but unsure of when to go? You're not alone. With Peru's location in the Southern Hemisphere, high altitude and abundance of mountains, the country has an

How to Get to Machu Picchu: Everything You Need to Know
SOUTH AMERICA

How to Get to Machu Picchu: Everything You Need to Know

So, the once-in-a-lifetime trip to Machu Picchu is beckoning your call? But not sure whether you should hike the Inca trail, take the lessor known Lares Inca trail or opt for the scenic train ride? Di

Discover Machu Picchu, The Most Famous Inca Ruins in Peru
SOUTH AMERICA

Discover Machu Picchu, The Most Famous Inca Ruins in Peru

Peru has so many ancient ruins, villages imbued with an infusion of ancient and modern Incan tradition, mixed with a melting pot of colonial and pre-Spanish Peruvian culture. Of all the Peru landmarks

Discover the Most Famous Inca Ruins — and the Top 8 Lesser Known
SOUTH AMERICA

Discover the Most Famous Inca Ruins — and the Top 8 Lesser Known

Over 500 years ago, the Inca Empire built a road system that consisted of 40,000 kilometers (25,000 miles) of trail spanning north to south through Chile, Ecuador and Peru.

Discover the Best Things to Do in Lima, Peru
SOUTH AMERICA

Discover the Best Things to Do in Lima, Peru

The once-called City of Kings, founded in 1535, is the gateway to Peru's main attractions. Lima is a large, sprawling and somewhat confusing amalgamation of distinct neighborhoods. Downtown Lima has b