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Top 3 destinations for conservation volunteering in Latin America

Top 3 destinations for conservation volunteering in Latin America

If you're thinking about doing volunteer work abroad in order to help protect some of the world's most beautiful environments, why not consider taking a trip to Latin America?

The Galapagos are perfect for gap year trips

Our top picks for the Galapagos Islands

If you're a gap year traveller planning where to go on a round-the-world trip, you really should consider the many and varied attractions of Galapagos Island tour packages.

One of the Galapagos Isle's famed iguanas

Feature: Conservation projects in Ecuador

Nowhere else on earth can you find so much natural diversity in such a small place. With a landmass of 272,000 square kilometres, Ecuador is South America’s second smallest country but includes a baffling array of landscapes and creatures.

conservation volunteering is great fun

Feature: Giving something back with gap year conservation projects

When it comes to a gap year adventure, sometimes the best idea isn’t to plan too much. Whether you’re taking time out of work for a month, have just finished school or university, or are there for the long-haul, you’ll be overwhelmed by everything.

Visiting Machu Picchu is a once-in-a-lifetime experience

Three weeks in Peru for the holiday of a lifetime

Canadian tour specialist Goway tours is promising to deliver the holiday of a lifetime, when you book an extended career break to Peru. The 20-day itinerary has a maximum group size of 20 and the total price has been frozen for 2011.

See giant iguanas on the Galapagos Islands

Explore Latin America with Sunvil Traveller

Peruvian treks, Galapagos crossings and Chilean National Parks are just some of the attractions on offer in Sunvil Traveller's new Latin America brochure for 2011.

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Travel Tales: "I walked through a wet forest whilst covered in leeches"

India is full of surprises, as backpacker Sarah discovered

Backpacker Sarah Ward chats leeches, monsoon weather, chilli for breakfast and clubbing in Mumbai - and everything else than happened on her Indian gap year adventure!

Interview with a local: An insider’s guide to London

London guide local interview destination

We chat to Cat Hughes, the mystery traveller behind TravelBite.co.uk's Secret London blog, to get the best travel tips direct from a local Londoner. Discover things you never knew about the UK capital...