From the Desierto de Tatacoa (rattlesnake desert) and the humid valley of the Rio Magdalena, we cross a 3,500 meter high pass into the…
Category: Landscapes
From the north of Ecuador to the adventurous south of Colombia
Relaxed by the "holiday" on the Galapagos Islands, we are happy to meet new challenges with Shujaa. First, it's relaxed driving through the north…
The Galapagos – sailing through paradise
The Galapagos Islands were at the top of our priority list of detours from the South American mainland. Our expectations were correspondingly high, and…
Back in the highlands of Ecuador: Mindo and Quito
After our wonderful days in the Sacha Lodge in the Amazon jungle, we drive from the snorting volcano Reventador on over the highlands with…
The Oriente: Ecuador’s Amazon Jungle
From the volcanic highlands we drive down to Baños and along many large waterfalls into the Amazon lowland. Ecuador, together with Peru, has the…
Ecuador’s highlands: volcanoes, volcanoes, volcanoes …
After a relaxing holiday on the Caribbean-looking coast of Ecuador, it goes into the climatically much more pleasant highlands. As always, the landscape and…
“No somos banditos” – Ecuador, a “banana republic” with dreamlike beaches
After six days of vacation at the Swiss Wassi in northern Peru we drive across the border to Ecuador, again without any problems and…
Peruvian coastal deserts with breathtaking surf
The renewed border crossing from northern Chile (Arica) to southern Peru (Tacna), which we crossed in the other direction just over a week ago,…
Again over 4,500 vertical meters: The Chilean Altiplano with the Salar de Surire
We stayed for just one day on the Peruvian coast, so as not to lose our painful developed altitude acclimatization, because we will go…