Volcan Santa Ana (or Santa Ana Volcano) is the highest elevation in El Salvador, with an altitude of 2,381 meters (7,812 feet). Found just outside the city, this volcano is in the department of the same name, Santa Ana, in northern El Salvador. Just 43 kilometers (26.7 miles) from the downtown area, this large stratovolcano […]
Camp & Hike Volcan Acatenango & Fuego There’s a spot in Guatemala where it is possible to hike two volcanoes in one day and then camp on the third tallest volcano (Acatenango) in Central America. All you need to do is travel the city of Antigua. Found in the highlands of Guatemala, the city is […]
The Acropolis de Quiriguá (or Acropolis of Quiriguá) is a National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in southeast Guatemala. The site is 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Guatemala City, 48 kilometers (30 miles) north of the archeological site of Copán in Honduras, and 15.7 kilometers (9.8 miles) northwest of the Honduras border. Quiriguá is […]
Rio Dulce is a small town and National Park off the beaten track in southeastern Guatemala. The National Park covers a total of 130 square kilometers (81 square miles) that includes both waterways and lush jungle. The name of the town is Fronteras, but generally referred to as Rio Dulce, meaning Sweet River in English. […]
Tikal is one of the worlds most expansive archeological sites and urban centers from the Pre-Colombian Mayan civilization. The site can be found in the Petén Basin in northwest Guatemala, roughly an hour from the small city of Flores. The archeological site covers a total of 57,600 hectares deep in the rainforest, surrounded by the […]
Voyageurs National Park is a water haven. Made from several waterways that once boomed from trade and travel in the early 1700’s. Voyageurs’ landscape is abundant with rocks and filled with dense woods. Woods that hug the outer edges of the northern boreal forest along with the Canadian Shield. The Canadian Shield is a massive […]
The Mayan ruins, located just outside of the small city of Palenque, are found in the southern state of Chiapas, Mexico. The site was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. The ruins are held within the Parque Nacional de Palenque (or Palenque National Park). A National Park that covers an area of 1,780 […]
Isla Chacahua is by far one of Mexico’s best kept secrets and you don’t need to go far to discover paradise. Other travelers would avidly tell that I needed to stop into this National Park. However, I couldn’t find a lot of information in English about the little village. There were around seven different travelers […]
Glacier National Park is the crown jewel of the National Park system! It’s actually the first ever International Peace Park, around the globe, sharing its borders with Waterton National Park. Half of the park is located across the northern US border, in Canada. Glacier National has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site and a […]
Longs Peak is a relentless class 3 fourteener climb. Featured in Rocky Mountain National Park, northwest of Boulder, Colorado. It is the perfect introduction to mountaineering. Longs Peak was the most tenacious mountain that I’ve summited. This mountain is relentless, and it keeps coming through the entire climb. Longs Peak soars over Rocky Mountain […]
Hey! I’m Nicholas, I was born in Anchorage, Alaska but raised in Denver, Colorado. I spent my career as a bartender, but when Covid hit I knew I’d had enough. I quit my job, sold everything I own, and decided to travel the world! Join me as I backpack around the globe, hitting up bucket list destinations while discovering the hidden gems found off the beaten track!
