April 20-28, 2023. Jujuy Province, Argentina After visiting Purmamarca and the Yungas forest near San Salvador de Jujuy, I caught a bus up to Ledesma (now known as Libertador General San Martin) which is the closest town to the lowland parts of Calilegua National Park. This is one of Argentina’s biggest parks, and it covers Read more

Apr 15-17, 2023 I had been in Argentina for nearly two months and I still hadn’t visited the most ecologically diverse region: the northwest.  The northwest of Argentina is so diverse because of its nearly-tropical latitude and massive elevational range. The lowest areas in the east represent the western limit of the immense, scrubby Chaco Read more

Apr 6-11, 2023 This story starts back in early February: while I was staying at Finca Ecologica San Luis in Costa Rica, I met a couple of birders from California: Kathe and John Hendrickson. They put me in touch with Fernando Pocho Cabral, the manager of Karadya Birding Lodge here in Misiones. Thank you both Read more

Iguazú falls is one of the largest waterfalls in the world. It lies on the Iguazu river which forms the border between Argentina and Brazil, so the falls are actually shared between the two countries. Just downstream, the Iguazu flows into the Paraná river, with Paraguay on the other side. Each country has a sizeable Read more

After heading back to Buenos Aires for a night (met a bunch of guys from Bahía Blanca who were in town to see a soccer game and we made pizza in the hostel kitchen) I loaded into the van with Pedro and Guille, the tour leaders for Huella Tours. We headed north towards Misiones. In Read more