Category: Activities
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Birding in Mindo, Ecuador: Beginner’s Guide to the Cloud Forest
Birding in Mindo may be one of the best birding experiences you can have in South America. Have you heard that I identify as a birder now? Let’s not get that extreme but I have found a new appreciation for our feathered friends. It’s one of those things that hits you as soon as you…
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The Budget Breakdown: How much 3 weeks overlanding in Namibia cost?
Namibia had been high on our bucket list for years and during our Southern Africa overlanding trip, we finally spent 20 days road tripping across the country. This is our complete Namibia budget breakdown including accommodation, fuel, camping, food, activities and overlanding costs. The main thing we struggled with was knowing if Namibia was expensive…
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Visit Lofoten’s Lesser Known Cousin: Senja, Northern Norway
Planning a trip to Senja, Norway? This complete Senja travel guide covers everything you need to know: how to get there, where to stay, when to visit. If you’re looking for a quieter, less crowded alternative to Lofoten, this is it!!! Senja – Norway’s second largest island (after Spitsbergen, Svalbard if you count the whole…
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What is it like on the Amazon River Ferry: Manaus to Macapá
Taking a slow ferry down the Amazon River is what feels like one of the few last “raw” travel experiences left in the world. When I say raw, what I mean is = uncurated, polished or adjusted with tourists in mind. In the age of when people are chasing packaged travel for convenience, others are…
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Dig into Uzbekistan Cuisine: A Foodie’s Guide
Uzbekistan is not subtle when it comes to food. Big plates. Rice heavy dishes. Smoky skewers. Fresh bread. Deliciousness all on one plate. If you’re visiting this beautiful Central Asian country, let me tell you – one of the must do things is to eat. I am a self proclaimed foodie and if there’s one…
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Things I Wish I Knew Before My Uyuni Salt Flats Tour (2026 Guide)
Let me guess – you’re planning to visit Salar de Uyuni but you want to be prepared… You’ve done your research: read the blogs, compared the tour companies, checked the weather maybe even booked flights to Bolivia or South America? Honestly, sounds like you’ve got it all sorted out. Really! That’s a lot more than…
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Affordable Birdwatching Spots in South America
Fully transparency here… I recently got into birding, hence this post. It started because I wanted to practice using my new telezoom lens and well, here we are. Birdwatching in South America. Never really thought I would be a birder but let’s be honest, birdwatching really does just sneak up on you. Over the last…
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Discovering Bolivia: A Guide to the Salar de Uyuni
I first came across the Salar de Uyuni back in 2017 during my first trip to South America. At the time, I had no idea just how extraordinary this continent was or that it was home to the world’s largest salt flat. Unfortunately, after my backpack was stolen in Puno (Peru), I never got the…