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A Traveller’s Guide to Brazil’s Maned Wolf Monastery
Contents Intro – How Santuario do Caraca began feeding maned wovles Santuario do Caraca is a 200-year-old monastery in the middle of a mountain range in central Brazil. A sin
Is Rio de Janeiro safe? Advice from someone who’s just visited
Rio has a bit of a double image. Despite being Brazil’s tourism capital and home to its most famous attractions, Rio also has a bit of a reputation for being unsafe, thanks to in
Rio’s Best (Free) Sugarloaf Mountain Alternative: Duque de Caxias Hill
Rio is known for many things, but its peaks have enchanted people ever since Portuguese explorers clapped eyes on this slab of land in 1502. The karst landscapes of Rio de Janeiro
Spotting Golden Lion Tamarins in Brazil
If primates were to hold a beauty contest, the golden lion tamarin would likely come out on top. It only inhabits certain tracts of forest in the eastern part of Rio de Janeiro sta
Spotting rainforest animals in Rio de Janeiro’s Botanical Gardens
I visited Brazil for a variety of reasons, but top of the list was its stunning nature. Given that I’d be landing in Rio de Janeiro, the botanical gardens made for the perfec
Paz de las Aves: Ecuador’s best bird site on a budget
I was initially going to write about Paz de las Aves reserve as part of the Mindo guide, but as I wrote everything you see down below, I quickly realised that would not do the plac
A nature-loving backpacker’s guide to Mindo
What’s all this then? Mindo is a small town a short distance to the west of Quito that could not feel more different. True to the general lay of Ecuador, considering how much