The 158,000-acre Calipuy National Reserve is located in La Libertad Department in the northern highlands of Peru, northwest of Huascaran National Park between the cities of Chimbote and Trujillo. The reserve is adjacent to the 11,120-acre Calipuy National Sanctuary. The areas are used primarily for environmental research rather than attracting many visitors on Peru tours. Any travelers who do visit the areas of Peru where guanacos are found will be interested to know that April to June is guanaco birthing season in the more northerly areas of their range.

By the time the French took on this daunting yet irresistible project, the country's reputation for engineering prowess was at its zenith. Already known for the canals crisscrossing its own country, it also had under its belt the spectacular success of linking the Mediterranean and Red seas by building the Suez Canal.

The pampas begin where Buenos Aires leaves off. Here you may spend the day with the gauchos, riding the pampas or better still, stay the night in a historic estancia and enjoy a mouth-watering grilled steak, Argentine asado style. Converted ranches, or estancias, dot the landscape throughout many parts of Argentina including San Antonio de Areco, just two hours west of the capital. Comfortable authentic lodgings for visitors on Argentina tours, estancias offer a glimpse of Argentina's history when the country was just forming and a simple rugged lifestyle that has all but disappeared.

Many naturally-occurring varieties of cacao trees exist in addition to having been hybridized into many more. Most beans are of three types. Bulk beans come from disease-resistant trees that grow primarily on the west coast of Africa, a growing region that got its start from trees that originated in the Amazon. Latin America is known for its flavor bean varieties that generate a less predictable, lower-yield crop of beans that are disease-prone.