Castro on Chiloé Island is an archipelago jewel where colorful myths and weathered wooden churches meet stilt houses, heirloom potatoes and wild coastal forests.

Sunsets, sandboarding, lagoons and dune buggy rides. Huacachina is a tiny village and desert oasis west of Ica in southwestern Peru. Its center is filled with emerald green waters of the Huacachina Lagoon, thought to have therapeutic properties.