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.

London's Games are done, now all eyes are on Rio, writes Josie Dale.

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.

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.

Ushuaia's self-proclaimed status that it is the "end of the world" prompts a natural question: what lies beyond the port?

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.

Cusco, in the Peruvian Andes, was once the capital of the legendary Inca Empire.

This city in the Peruvian Andes is an important economic hub for the local indigenous people, the Quechua and a popular gathering point for travellers heading to the famed lost city of the Incas - Machu Picchu.