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The forests and scalable mountains of East Africa offer some of the world’s best one-day adventures. And they just might include a gorilla sighting or two.

In the Peruvian Andes, explorer Jeff Fuchs treks across high-altitude valleys and foothills, guided by a force that defines mountain life: reciprocity.

In the waters of Jardines del Rey, Cuba, a novice snorkeller learns that animals don’t care if you’re new to the sport.

We went to Wales in search of King Arthur but found so much more: friendship, childhood memories, and layers and layers of bygone eras.

While reading up on Peru and the Andean world, I remember my first view of the Quechua word “ayni.” In Peru, I learned its true meaning.

Tea has been Asia’s beverage of choice for more than a millennia. For Jeff Fuchs—a long-addicted tea fanatic—the journey to Yunna is a step into nirvana.

Just because you don’t like getting naked with strangers doesn’t mean you’re uptight—but doing it where it’s common is a chance for self-acceptance, as one traveller discovers.

To see the mountain every day instills the question: what does down here look like from way up there?

A mother heads to Lake Superior for some solo time with her son, and revisits memories of time there with her father.

That time when adventurer and Survivorman mega-star headed to the rainforest to explore life among the Waorani people.