Chile Travel Tale: A Journey Through the Landscapes of Chile

Posted on April 20, 2012 - Category Chile, Travel Tales | 1 Comment

South America offers some of the greatest cities, natural wonders, cultural capitals, and beautiful beaches found in the world. Our expert travel advisor Staci Steele helps travelers plan their dream vacations to many of these great South America destinations on a daily basis. What helps to make Staci such an expert is her extensive travel [...]

Chile Travel Highlight: Santiago, Valparaiso & Viña del Mar

Posted on April 17, 2012 - Category Chile, Destination Highlight | Leave a Comment

Wine tours, ski resorts, fine restaurants, a vibrant nightlife, and some of the best museums in Latin America – all this, and more, is possible on a Chile vacation to Santiago. The capital city of Santiago de Chile, hosting one-third of the nation’s 17 million citizens, is the country’s bustling center of economic and cultural [...]

Exploring the Mystery and History of Easter Island on your Trip to Chile

Posted on April 10, 2012 - Category Chile, Destination Highlight, Easter Island | 2 Comments

South America provides a wide variety of natural and historical wonders, providing the perfect destination for any traveler. Take a trip to Chile, and visit the sights of Santiago before setting off on a flight to one of the most mysteriously beautiful places in the World, Easter Island. Travel to Easter Island, originally named Rapu [...]

Patagonia Travel Tale: Following in the Path of Darwin

Posted on March 2, 2012 - Category Argentina, Chile, Travel Tales | Leave a Comment

Anabel, LAFL travel expert, shares a 200 year-old tale from one of history’s most intrepid travelers, Charles Darwin, as recorded in his book The Voyage of the Beagle. From 1832 to 1834, the HMS Beagle embarked on a hydrographic survey of South America’s southern coasts. Captain Robert Fitz Roy was in charge of the expedition, [...]

Audrey Scott of Uncornered Market Shares Her Top South American Highlights

Posted on January 20, 2012 - Category Amazon, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Interview, Peru | Leave a Comment

Uncornered Market is one of the Internet’s most popular travel blogs. Ambitious world travelers Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott have been on the road for the last 4 years, going through more than 65 countries, including some truly off the beaten path destinations such as Iran. Most recently in 2011, the pair traveled through much [...]

South America events: The 4th Annual Dakar Rally 2012

Posted on January 6, 2012 - Category Argentina, Chile, Peru, Travel News | 1 Comment

It was in 1978 that one of the most dangerous human challenges was made into an annual affair: The Dakar Rally. This year, for the fourth year in a row, Dakar has taken over South America and will pass through some of your favorite Argentina, Chile, and Peru travel destinations. The idea for the event [...]

Chile Travel Tale: The View from Santiago’s Hills

Posted on December 23, 2011 - Category Chile, Travel Tales | 3 Comments

If you’re like me, a holiday abroad is no excuse to put fitness on hold. Especially enamored of trail running, one of the first things I do upon arriving to a new destination is to seek out runnable terrain: parks, hills, etc; the bigger the better. So, when I arrived in Santiago, Chile – after [...]

Top 4 South American Destinations to Spend Your Holiday Season

Posted on December 6, 2011 - Category Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Destination Highlight, Peru | Leave a Comment

If visiting South America has been on your to-do list for as long as you can remember but you just never seem to be able to turn the whimsical daydreams into an actual trip, then December is the best time to finally get going. Celebrate the holiday season in an exotic location with a mixture [...]