Viator Travel Blog

Something is happening in Colombia. Over the past few years the stigma surrounding the country is starting to fade. People are realizing that Colombia is not a dangerous drug haven anymore; it’s a beautiful, dynamic country.

Tourists are only starting to discover Colombia, a country that has everything from ancient ruins to beautiful beaches, huge cities and the Amazon. It’s so big and varied that it’s difficult to know where exactly you should plan to visit. Here is a primer to get you started.

They call it commencement for a reason. It’s the end of your college years, but the beginning of a different phase of your life. You will be setting out into the world, into the workforce, and your school days are now to be relegated as flashes in your fond memory banks.

But stepping right out of school and into the workforce doesn’t sound like the bag of fun we expect after all this trouble. Not by any means. We want to celebrate, take our first full-fledged steps out into freedom. So let’s take off! Be it partying or adventure travel, vacation looms large on the horizon. And if you’re just graduating, here a list of the top places to go after university.

May is upon us and we have lots of travel updates to share: our first Dream Travel Job team has made it to Europe, we just announced our second team, and with summer quickly approaching us in the northern hemisphere, there’s no better time to travel! Read on to learn more about Viator’s latest travel news, promotions, and what travelers are up to this month.

Austin, Texas is probably best known as “The Live Music Capital of the World” – a moniker it earns 365 days a year. The nightlife, though, is only part of the city’s charm. The Texas capital is also a wonderland for super fit foodies, offering a world of cuisine to satisfy any palate and outdoor activities enough to keep you moving around the clock.

Here are just few reasons to love Austin’s food, music and outdoors.

Rivers. The great ever-changing eternal highways of water on whose banks nearly all early civilizations were built. Nehir in Turkish, Rio in Spanish – the river’s signifier in almost every language is beautiful, conjuring images of life and death, of settlement and flight, of the unstoppable flowing movement and renewal of all things. Their names — Ganges, Nile, Congo, Amazon, Danube — evoke an entire world. It is rare to find a traveler who doesn’t prefer river travel to every other means of transportation. With this in mind, here is my list of the nine greatest river journeys in the world.

Travelers willing to take on the rugged, largely untouched landscapes of Mongolia will be rewarded with some of the most one-of-a-kind travel experiences in the world. Below are the top five experiences not to be missed.

All the national parks have earned a right to federal protection, but each has something distinct that makes it worthy of exploration and discovery–and some are better for certain types of travel than others. If you’re unsure where to start with planning your U.S. national parks trip, here are eight that stand out.

For those who are not amused by the gleaming mountain tops of China’s snowy Chogori Peak, the historic behemoth of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, or the increasingly spectacular skyline of Kuala Lumpur, there are other reasons to visit Asia than the everyday destinations that bring in millions upon millions of tourists every year.

Asia is also home to some of the strangest attractions the world has to offer, with a unique liberalism, culture and tastes for certain things that simply would not fly in the west. Here are our five favorites.

Whether you’re a health fanatic or just a curious traveler on the hunt for an adventure, biking is an ideal way to explore a city. There’s nothing quite like taking in the sights and sounds of a new destination as you whip past monuments, street vendors and public parks. Due to the increased popularity of urban biking, many cities have gone above and beyond the call of duty to make easily accessible bike lanes for travelers. So, the next time you find yourself in a bike-friendly city, skip the car rental and let your legs do the driving.

Here are 10 global cities that are best seen by bike.

Imagine exploring a place while soaring under a parachute, surfing the waves with dolphins or flying between gigantic trees. South Africa’s Garden Route not only boasts some of the country’s most striking scenery, it is also a premier adventure activity destination where you can do just that and more. Not an adrenalin junkie? South Africa has something for everyone regardless of the state of your nerves and you can find the best of it located along the Garden Route.