Venezuela is a country of great contrast. The Gran Sabana region in the southeast home to the world’s tallest waterfall, gushing over a drop of 3,212 ft, dubbed the “lost world” by the 19th century...

Tucked away on the east coast of South America, Uruguay is a small country of only 3.3 million inhabitants. Although it has some of the finest beaches in the region, a collection of Latin America’s...

In a continent filled with such famous names as Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Chile, Suriname – the third smallest country in South America – is often overlooked. This is quite unfortunate as th...

Peru is known as the “Land of the Incas” since it was home to the once thriving pre-Columbian civilization that dominated the region for several hundred years. It was the jewel of the Spanish Empir...

One of two landlocked countries in the entire continent of South America, Paraguay has earned itself the moniker the “Heart of South America.” Not only for its literal geographic centrality in the ...

The nature lover, the eco-tourist and the adventure-seeker will all feel right at home in Guyana. Its own tourism board describes the country as "raw," referring to the unspoiled and untamed wild t...

Ever since Charles Darwin first reported back to the civilized world of a strange cluster of barren Pacific islets, the Galapagos Islands have been sparking fires of adventure in travelers. Most sc...

Hidden in the Amazonia region between Suriname and Brazil, French Guiana is the only territory in mainland South America still overseen by a foreign government. Thanks to French support, it is the ...

Although the Falkland Islands have been shrouded in controversy for centuries, the archipelago remained an almost forgotten part of the once mighty British Empire until 1982, when the forces of Arg...

“We are a country full of colors,” proclaimed Freddy Ehlers, Ecuador’s Minister of Tourism, as he unveiled the new pre-Columbian logo and slogan in 2011. “Ecuador ama la vida,” which translates to ...