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The airport is scheduled to open on March 30.

New $3.2 billion airport set to open. There’s just one glaring problem

Peru’s new airport for Lima is set to open in weeks, but there’s still no road, no bridge and no train for passengers to access it.

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Colourful homes dominate the barren landscape of the capital city of the windblown islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.

A mini Britain (but more interesting), this island’s a bucket-list spot

Stanley, one of the world’s most isolated settlements, is perfect for those drawn to odd and wonderfully obscure places.

  • Brian Johnston
A night view of the Armazones hill in the Atacama desert.

‘Never observed before’: Wedding cake structure surrounding ultra-hot planet

It is so ferociously hot that the “exoplanet” features iron in the form of a gas in one layer of its atmosphere, while a jet stream moves at 70,000 km/h in another.

  • Will Dunham
Lucy Barnard has encountered everything from freezing snowstorms to scorching sandstorms during her epic trip.

Brisbane-born adventurer embarks on next leg of epic 30,000km trek

A boring bus ride in Argentina got Lucy Barnard thinking “I could walk faster than this”. That set her off on a mission to become the first woman to trek the length of the Americas.

  • William Ton
The Southern Fuegian Railway, more aptly called the End of the World Train.

The cute little train at the end of the world with a brutal history

Tourists are curious creatures, ever ready to make an entertainment out of the most terrible tales of the past.

  • Brian Johnston
Valparaiso, Chile.

This ramshackle city has no urban planning but you’ll love it

The unconventional Chilean city Valparaiso has no big sights and no pretensions, but it does have what counts: plenty of character.

  • Brian Johnston
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It may be tired and sometimes crowded, but the airport does offer spectacular mountain and Beagle Channel views.

Inside the (shabby) airport at the end of the world

This a magnificently located airport, but any sense of wide-open space and adventure is abandoned at the entrance.

  • Brian Johnston
Getting to South America is easy from Sydney or Melbourne.

Back-to-work blues? These 10 tips will ignite your travel dreams

The exchange rate is brutal, there’s a cost-of-living crisis and overtourism is ruining popular spots, but here’s how you can still have a great holiday in 2025.

  • Ben Groundwater
The small central pool is an antidote to brutal humidity, and a chilled space to chat with staff from local villages.

You won’t sleep in this gloriously alive jungle, but you won’t care

There’s an exquisitely thin line between creatures and creature comforts in the Peruvian Amazon.

  • Steve Madgwick
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The rise and fall of strongmen, and justice for a woman unbowed

It was a year of wars, election surprises, royal health scares and the reign of new queens. Within this maelstrom, one woman’s quiet courage shone through.

  • Lisa Visentin, Zach Hope, Farrah Tomazin, Rob Harris, Matthew Knott, Matt Wade and Lia Timson

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