Venezuela
Roraima & the Angel Falls – 12 days walking in Venezuela
Walks Worldwide has introduced a new small group trip to Venezuela for 2011 entitled Roraima & the Angel Falls. Mysterious Roraima towers above Venezuela's Gran Sabana, a vast region of wild savannah and tropical forests and said to be the inspiration for Conan Doyle's novel, ‘The Lost World’; a land where the dinosaurs still roam.
Overland adventure takes in Brazil and Venezuela
Adventure travel specialist Kumuka Worldwide has devised a unique, one-off overland adventure offering those with time on their hands – 49 days of it – the chance to explore Brazil and Venezuela.
The top 10 national parks worldwide
National parks offer breathtaking landscapes in remote places where travellers can view unspoiled nature in protected areas.
Sweet travel ideas for chocoholics
Chocoholics rejoice! To celebrate Chocolate Week (12-18 October 2009) specialist tour operator Journey Latin America offers some sweet travel ideas linked to the real home of chocolate.
Discover Latin America
Cox & Kings has launched its new Latin America brochure for 2009, featuring a comprehensive programme of escorted group tours, private journeys and tailor-made holidays throughout Central and South America, and Antarctica.
Safari lovers should look out of Africa
Reef and Rainforest Tours, the operator specialising in upmarket wildlife viewing holidays, suggests that travellers in search of premier safari experiences should look beyond Africa.
Giant rats and dinosaurs in Latin America
Uruguayan paleontologists are celebrating their own “Year of the Rat” in style, having recently unearthed the fossilized skull of a pre-historic giant rat. This fearsome beast, the latest amazing dino-discovery in Latin America, is thought to have grown to the size of a bull and weighed in at a mind-boggling 1000kg.