Backpacking doesn't always mean hiking. Get yourselves a motorcycle and explore amazing South America

For a more relaxed way to vacation, embark on a cruise in any of these amazing locations.

The Amazon Rainforest is the largest forest on Earth, and has the widest range of flora and fauna anywhere.

Perhaps in very few places on earth will the full majesty of nature's power and beauty be presented to your eyes in such an awesome and spectacular fashion as it is in the Iguazu Falls in South America.

Lonely Planet travels three days up into the mountains of Colombia to visit a cocaine factory. Leaving behind the protection of the military and police, they rely on the paramilitaries for safety.

Tim Leffel at Cheapest Destinations has a really informative article up about costs and other practicalities of traveling in South America