America

Around 30,000 kuna live in San Blas, an approximately 200 km long coastal strip along the north-eastern Atlantic coast of Panama.

Less known is the prehistoric Mesoamerican La Venta culture of the Olmecs, which reached its peak as early as 1200 to around 400 BC.

We saw and photographed South American coatis (Nasua nasua) in Villahermosa. Their species belongs to the family of small bears.

The Andean or yellow-footed flamingos, the only species of flamingo with yellow-colored feet, are found in the high altitudes of the South American Andes.

The Salar de Atacama, thermal springs, geysers and volcanoes - the Atacama Desert is something very special.

If you cross the Strait of Magellan from Punta Arenas, you will reach Tierra del Fuego, which was so named by Captain Magellan in 1520.

From Buenos Aires you can easily reach Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay by boat and enter a city where time has stood still.

The Inca city of Machu Picchu was built in the 15th century at an altitude of 2430 meters between the peaks of Huayna Picchu and Machu Picchu.

Amphibians (Lissamphibia) such as frogs and toads belong to the order of the frogs (Anura) and are not easy to distinguish from one another.