Andrew Skurka was demoralized, and it was a new feeling. Since 2002, logging more than 25,000 miles on foot, the 29-year-old adventurer had become one of the best traveled and fastest hikers on the planet. ...

  On June 26, 2009, Italy's Dolomite mountains have been declared a United Nations World Heritage Site. The nine Dolomite mountain groups, spanning 142.000 hectares and given 85 hectares of border areas for a total of 231.000 hectares, are spread over five provinces: Trento, Bolzano, Belluno, Pordenone and Udine. The Dolomites have joined the world's other cultural and natural wonders on the World Heri ...

Mt. Fuya Fuya is above the scenic Lagunas de Mojanda outside Otavalo, Ecuador. We did the hike with our friends Stacey and John from Alaska. Stacey did a wonderfully over the top "Globe Trekker Presenter" impression, let us know what you think. ...

We had already conquered Huayna Potosi (6088m) five days previously but we were still craving something a little more challenging and Mount Illimani (6490m) was going to be the one: its six peaks loom over La Paz dominating the landscape. Organising the climb was a major undertaking, as we didn't book through an agency. We hired a guide privately and organized all our food, equipment and transport ourselves ...

Many travelers sail through Otavalo, only making time to see the Saturday market which of course is a must see. The surrounding area also has numerous other activities and things to do. Both Otavalo and Cotacachi sit in the spectacular Iburra Valley with views of volcanoes in almost every direction you look. Cotacachi seems to be slightly off the tourist radar; it’s famous for manufacturing leather goods: y ...

  Ciudad Perdida is an ancient city built by the Tairona people in 700AD in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta jungle, Colombia.  Only officially found in 1975, it is still relatively undiscovered by mass tourism: just 40 people visit the Ciudad Perdida per day compared to the 500 of Machu Picchu in Peru. For this reason and for its isolated location, only accessible by walking 20km into the jungle for 3 ...

Day 2 of our adventures in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy After staying the night at Cabanas del Pulpito, we were keen to do the trek to Laguna Grande. However we were just debating whether our tired legs could carry us there, the 8 hours of walking the previous day had tired us out.  In the end our host Marline suggested the perfect solution, she offered us a couple of ponies to ride to Laguna Grande. The sma ...

Visiting Sierra Nevada del Cocuy was not part of our original travel plans due to its remote location. It’s a national park situated in the Eastern Cordillera mountain range north east of Bogota .  We took the ten-hour night bus from Tunja to Cocuy town. The bus ride is not something I would want to repeat in the near future: fifty percent of the road is loose gravel and the hairpin bends seemed never endin ...