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When you arrive in Torres del Paine National Park in the far south of Chile, chances are some of the first animals you’ll see are the guanacos that roam the plains and lower hills of this Patagonian wilderness.
A member of the camelidae family, guanacos are one of the two wild relatives of the [...]
There are few waterfalls as majestic as Iguazu – or Iguaçu, if you prefer the Portuguese spelling – Falls along the border of Argentina and Brazil. The falls are actually anywhere from 160 to 275 separate cascades (depending on the water level) with heights of roughly 263 feet (80 meters).
Sometimes also spelled Iguassu, the [...]
Off the west coast of Sweden, not far from the Norwegian border, lies Kosterhavet National Park, the country’s first marine national park, established in September 2009. A place of great beauty, Kosterhavet boasts the highest levels of biological diversity in Sweden, with 6,000 species underwater and an equal number – mostly birds, plants, insects, [...]
This summer I had the pleasure of visiting the beautiful Koster Islands off the west coast of Sweden. My article about my visit has just been published in Sierra Magazine:
Rain and wind lash at my Gore-Tex as I make my way up a trail on the island of Ursholmen toward Sweden’s westernmost lighthouse. On [...]
The Spanish word “torre” means “tower,” an apt name for the trio of soaring granite pinnacles that form the centerpiece of Torres del Paine National Park in remote southern Chile. In Torres del Paine, mountains rise from the windswept Patagonian plains, creating some of the most dramatic scenery on earth. Majestic peaks, including the jagged [...]
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