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.

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.

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.

The author of the hugely-popular 1,000 Places To See Before You Die reveals her absolute favourite travel destinations.