• By Gretchen Healey

The Amazon rainforest has some of the largest remaining jungle wilderness areas on the planet. In those wild places, one can find flocks of colorful parrots and macaws, exotic toucans that troop through the jungle canopy, tapirs hiding in the undergrowth, bizarre insects, and trees that tower high overhead. That said, most of those wild … Continued

• By Gretchen Healey

Situated high in the Andean mountains, at an altitude of over 3,500 meters above sea level, the El Angel Ecological Reserve is real wilderness. A must for the adventurous traveler, this park is a garden of hardy grasses, lagoons and rivers whose m most impressive feature are its areas dotted with the curious Espeletia plant … Continued