Ella or Elle is a small town in Sri Lanka’s hill country, surrounded by tea plantations. It’s a good spot for a few days of hiking, eating and drinking tea. Here are our top things to do while you are there.1. Take in the views from Little Adam’s PeakA walk up Little Adam’s Park is about an hour and a half’s round trip from the main street in Ella. The views of the surrounding mountains and across to Ella Rock…
Sunset in the Pantanal The highlight of our visit to the beautiful Pantanal in South-West Brazil was undoubtedly the jaguar sighting on our first day. However, we also enjoyed the rest of our stay at the Pousada Santa Clara – which is about 5 hours out of Campo Grande. The pool area at Santa Clara On the ride out to the lodge, we saw more caiman than we’d seen on our whole visit to the Bolivian jungle. And when we arrived at…
Drawing a rainbow in the sky In the weeks leading up to our visit to the Iguazú falls on the border between Argentina and Brazil, I was worried. There had been massive flooding in the area and the falls had been closed to visitors. When we mentioned our plan to go to the falls to an Argentinian I was speaking to a couple of weeks before we were on our way, he shook his head and said that it was…
Madidi Travel’s resident parrot A trip to the Amazon basin is on most travellers’ bucket list. But it doesn’t come cheap. Our research showed us that Bolivia was one of the more affordable entry points into the jungle. In Peru, we met people travelling north from Bolivia – all of whom recommended different trips and tour companies.We decided fairly quickly against a ‘pampas’ or wetland savannah trip, as although you have a higher chance of seeing animals, due to the…