Eight- to 25-day train trips are now bookable in Peru, Argentina, and Ecuador. Courtesy of Railbookers Exploring South America by rail just got a whole lot easier. Independent train vacation company ...

Mexico's president wants to boost the economy on the Yucatán peninsula. Conservationists say more tourism will damage the ecosystems. CALAKMUL, Mexico—Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has ...

MÉRIDA, Mexico — As the sleek new train pulled out of the station in Cancun and sped into the dense Mexican jungle, Mario Meneses held his camera to the window, capturing it all on video. The ...

GUATEMALA CITY — The leaders of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize announced on Friday that they were creating a tri-national nature reserve to protect the Mayan rain forest following a meeting during which ...

I boarded the overnight jungle train with a first class private room, ready for a completely different kind of adventure. As we rolled through dense forest and remote villages, the rhythm of the ...

In presentations, the government has said the train could bring up to 8,200 tourists a day, many of them to visit the more than 1,500-year-old Maya city, whose majestic pyramids rise from the thick, ...