Central America category: 775 books

Blessed with a tropical climate, abundant wildlife and a varied landscape, it’s easy to understand the appeal of this beguiling region. Footprint’s Belize, Guatemala & Southern Mexico Handbook will guide you from monumental Mayan ruins, through hypnotic fiestas, to sparkling submarine adventures. •...

Guatemala is a feast for explorers looking for new experiences. El Petén is considered Guatemala's last wilderness frontier, an area famous for lost Maya cities and impenetrable forests. It is a vast region encompassing rainforests, savannas, wetlands and archeological ruins. Once inhabited by several...

Insight Guides: Inspiring your next adventure This new edition of Insight Guide Belize is a comprehensive, full-colour travel guide packed with inspiration and information. It includes engrossing features on everything from Buccaneers and Baymen and the Creole language to Birdwatching and Ecotourism. Inside...

Dr. Rod Bailey was sent on a once-in-a-lifetime mission trip to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as part of One Child Matters Program. With some reservations, he enters into a land where driving recklessly on crowded streets is normal, roosters crow from the rusty rooftops and the strong coffee gets no creamer....

  Our illustrated travel guide will take you to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.  

This is based on our full Adventure Guide to Costa Rica. It zeroes in on the Northwest and Nicoya Peninsula, including the Arenal area, Monteverde and its Cloud Forest, Liberia & Guanacaste, plus all the many beaches and national parks. It contains all the practical travel information you need: places...

We travel to grow our Adventure Guides show you how. Experience the places you visit more directly, freshly, intensely than you would otherwise sometimes best done on foot, in a canoe, or through cultural adventures like art courses, cooking classes, learning the language, meeting the people, joining...

Drawn from our much larger guide to Mexico's Pacific Coast, this guide focuses on the Manzanillo Region, Playa Azul, Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo. Places covered include Colima, Cuyutlan, Tecoman, and Patzcuaro as well. The extensive introduction covers all of the information you need about Mexico as a whole...

A detailed guide to every aspect of the destination: history, culture, foods, restaurants, hotels, sightseeing, things to do - written by an author who knows the place intimately. We travel to grow our Adventure Guides show you how. Experience the places you visit more directly, freshly, intensely than...

In October, 2000, the author and his wife moved from California to Costa Rica to begin a new life in a new country. Martin had a theory that retiring to a foreign country would present so many challenges as to make it impossible to fall into a rut, to become bored, and eventually depressed as happens...

A comprehensive guide with all the resources you need to explore, relax and soak in the rich experiences to be had in this storied land. Christopher P. Baker provides an exciting overview where other guidebooks natural and social history in a comprehensive new guide that also covers recreational...

This book is based on one special section of our much larger Adventure Guide to the Yucatan. Adventure Guides show you how to experience the places you visit more directly, freshly, intensely than you would otherwise – sometimes best done on foot, in a canoe, or through cultural adventures like...

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the entertainment capital of Orlando, Florida. Orlando sees 52 million tourists a year, and downtown Orlando is developing significantly under this tourist boom. When people think of Orlando, most think of theme parks and a vast urban sprawl. However,...

The Pacific coast of Mexico is a playground for active travelers. Warm waves and sunny skies attract the beach crowd with watersports, while volcanoes, mountains and jungles appeal to hikers, naturalists and the culturally curious. Visit a pearl farm in San Carlos, ride a train through Copper Canyon,...