The ancient Mayas of Central America believed that a giant Ceiba tree, Ya’axche (Maya) stood at the center of the earth, connecting the terrestrial world and the spirit-world with the long thick vines hanging from the canopy, thus providing...

  The Unexplored Cochamó Valley The Cochamó Valley is a unspoilt u-shaped valley in the Andes located in the Los Lagos region of Chile. The valley is strikingly similar to the Yosemite Valley in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, with its granite domes...

We’ve made this post into an interactive video quiz that plants real trees. Play the quiz and give back to Mother Earth in a fun way! I recently started travelling through the Yucatán Peninsula in México, in old colonial towns like...

Nature is Imagination   The world's oldest single living tree is a Bristlecone Pine Tree or Pinus Longaeva in California's Invo National Forest and was 4,843 years old in 2012. The exact location of the tree and many other magical trees like these are well hidden secrets...

This lesson plan is designed for kids ages 8 to 12 and aims to build awareness and enthusiasm of existing ecosystems from a tree or pond in their backyard to the most fascinating ecosystems that exist on our planet....

Nature is Imagination The cushion plant are usually found much higher in the mountains, but for some reason this mini ecosystem has survived on Isla Bridges for centuries outlasting even the original inhabitants. When you first step onto the island it...

Nature is Imagination   Mount Fitz Roy is one of the most difficult mountains to climb in the world, where more than 1,000 people reach the summit of Mount Everest in a year; only one reaches the summit of Mount Fitz...

The grandeur of the Perito Moreno Glacier Few words can describe the grandeur of the Perito Moreno Glacier near El Calafate, in fact I can't think of one grand enough. It simply is a spectacular part of the Los Glaciares...

One cannot pass through Patagonia and not stop at the magical forests of Arrayanes in the Los Arrayanes National Park. It is an experience you won’t find anywhere else in the world. Los Arrayanes National Park covers 17.53 square kilometres of lush forest on...

The Circuito Chico is a 60 km route winding through the Nahuel Huapi National Park and is surrounded by dramatic glacier carved mountains and lakes.  There are many viewpoints on route, but the most breath-taking can be found at Bahía López, Cerro Campanario,...

Nature is Imagination Península Valdés is located north east of Chubut Province in Argentina. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999 and covers over 800,000 acres about 40 metres below sea level making it one of the...

Nature is Imagination Activist writer and intellectual seventh president of Argentina, Domingo Sarmiento, had a famous saying “don’t be barbarians, plant trees”. Due to this green “ideal” many public parks and avenues are lined with different species of exotic trees making Buenos...

Nature is Imagination   The Tierra del Fuego National Park protects 63,000 hectares of the Southern tip of the Andes from North of Lake Kami to the coast of the Beagle Channel in Argentina. Its lush forests, waterfalls, lakes, mountains and glaciers make...