Latin America is one of the fastest-growing beer markets globally - there's a lot of impetus getting put into that market by the big brewers.

A forward-thinking forest lodge is giving visitors the opportunity to get up close to this South American nation’s extraordinary wildlife, says Harriet O’Brien.

Charlotte Holmes and partner motorcycle through Chilean Patagonia.

An encounter with ancient creatures of the Galapagos.

Simon Kane indulges in luxury at the end of the world.

On a Peruvian lake, Anna Leask finds people living on man-made islands.

Walking in the footsteps of the ancient Incas among the ruins at Machu Picchu was a surreal experience for Anna Leask.

After years of steady economic growth in Brazil, Juliana Barbassa goes in search of an on-the-cheap exotic holiday in Rio.

Gaucho are the original cowboys who roamed southern Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina after the Spanish introduced cattle to South America, then largely abandoned them. Today, the gaucho philosophy remains on farms throughout South America, with riders expected to wear cowboy boots, baggy pants and wide-brimmed hats... and to ride the gaucho way - one-handed.

In the Uruguayan countryside, Geoff Cumming embraces the philosophy of South America's original cowboys.

Buenos Aires, the Paris of South America, is a city full of art, food, glamour and joie de vivre, writes Pamela Wade.

Che Guevara's daughter, Aleida Guevara, says 'sometimes people know what he stands for, sometimes not'.

Charlotte Holmes heads deep into the mines of Potosi - once the richest city in all of Latin America.