Mark Johanson is a bilingual American journalist based in Santiago, Chile. His stories about travel, adventure, and the environment regularly appear in publications such as National Geographic, Travel + Leisure, Bloomberg, and the BBC, among others. He is also the co-author of nearly two-dozen Lonely Planet guidebooks to destinations across the Americas and Southeast Asia.
Mark’s work has taken him trekking in the Papua Highlands, ice climbing in the Canadian Rockies, and scuba diving in Maldivian, Caribbean, and Australian reefs. Mostly, though, he can be found exploring the wildest corners of South America. His 2024 travel memoir Mars on Earth: Wanderings in the World’s Driest Desert follows a 1,200-mile journey through the Atacama of Northern Chile.
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Tierra Atacama officially reopened in the driest place on Earth. Following a massive renovation, the lodge offers a high-design launchpad for exploring salt flats, high-altitude geysers, and the world’s clearest night skies.
At the southernmost tip of South America lies a 400,000-acre wilderness once considered too desolate to survive. Now, a massive new national park will finally invite the public to see the edge of the world.
A blizzard with fierce wind speeds equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane struck a popular hiking route sparking a frantic search and rescue operation
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