This geothermal field, 4300m up in the Andes, is home to about 80 active geysers of varying sizes and is one of the most spectacular excursions in the Atacama Desert.

Visiting the El Tatio geysers is best at first light - in the sub-zero chill, writes Anna Leask.

New concerns about "human safaris" are now being raised in Peru, where tour operators are profiting from the exploitation of indigenous tribes in the Amazon jungle.

Chile's national parks offer a wide range of walks, catering to everyone from experienced climbers to enthusiastic day-trippers, writes Andrea Loebbecke.

Charlotte Holmes and partner motorcycle through Chilean Patagonia.

It's the high life with a difference as Anna Leask visits the Atacama Desert in Chile.

With its eye fixed on the 2014 Fifa World Cup, this Brazilian city is finally undoing some of its worst urban planning.

Breathtaking scenery and muscle-numbing climbs greeted Deborah Telford on a tour through Peru.

Stunning views - and ice for a pisco sour - justify a long journey through an icy wilderness, writes Anna Leask.

At the start of this century, clean energy was all the rage. The revolution may still be happening, but it's taking its time, reports Peter Huck.