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.

Abi Jackson rounds up some elevated accommodation options and finds treehouse living has come a long way.

A close encounter with glacier calving in Argentine Patagonia is a thrilling event, finds Paul Rush.

Two waka crews have set off on a massive ocean journey to Easter Island today.

After a false start, the South Americans are making sauvignons that could rival our own.

Tourists can now wander freely around the former mansion of infamous cocaine trafficker Pablo Escobar, writes Amy Rosenfeld.

This town of 11,000 people, about two hours' drive from Medellín, is home to a huge hydro-electric dam and was the former holiday playground of infamous Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar, whose crumbling mansion in the area is now a drawcard for tourists.

Derek Cheng visits the home of the tango... and discovers he has a lot to unlearn.

As mining makes a political comeback Catherine Masters finds strong local opposition to the prospect of a Northland gold rush

New Zealand won’t win eight golds in London, but it doesn’t stop anybody dreaming of stepping on top of the dais.

Chris Leadbeater visits the city Argentina claims is the most southerly on the globe.

Socialite, former reality TV queen and aspiring DJ Paris Hilton is getting ready to assault the charts again.

The Lost City of the Incas, perched high in the Peruvian Andes, continues to inspire awe in visitors more than 500 years after it was deserted by those who created it.

Jill Worrall finds some solitude around the wildly-popular Incan ruins of Machu Picchu.