Beautiful Barbados!

Barbados is one of the most beautiful places in the Caribbean. Our newly updated map will help you find your way to these amazing places.

Sailing in Barbados

Harrison's Cave

Surfing Barbados

Horses at the beach

Dive Barbados!

Bridgetown Promenade

Harrison’s Cave

Bathsheba

Green Monkey Golf Course at Sandy Lane Resort

Inland Barbados

Green Monkies

Bridgetown

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Before You Go...

Pick up our Barbados map. This GPS map will give you turn by turn directions to your destination using a point of interest (POI), city point, and/or latitude and longitude, with the ability to preplan driving destinations before getting into your car.

The easy to follow instructions allow you to download and install the map into Garmin BaseCamp desktop software and transfer it to your Garmin GPS in minutes. This installable map is compatible with ALL Garmin GPS units .

It's like having your own personal travel guide with you on your trip!

Screen Capture from our Barbados GPS Map

Screen Capture from our Barbados GPS Map

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Amazing El Salvador

El Salvador is amazing! We have been to most of these places in our travels. Plan your next trip to El Salvador.

Los Tercios Waterfall

Montecristo cloud forest

Indian tower Decameron Hotel

Puerta del Diablo

Hotel Royal Decameron 

Salinitas - Los Cóbanos

El Zonte

La Ruta de las Flores

Los Tercios Waterfall

Amazing waterfall, dam, and
spillway. Crystal clear water.

Tazumal - Largest Mayan Ruins in El Salvador

Teatro Nacional

Abandoned mansion in Santa Ana

El Sunzal is a gorgeous beach

See more of our pictures here.

Before You Go...

Pick up our El Salvador map. This GPS map will give you turn by turn directions to your destination using a point of interest (POI), city point, and/or latitude and longitude, with the ability to preplan driving destinations before getting into your car.

The easy to follow instructions allow you to download and install the map into Garmin BaseCamp desktop software and transfer it to your Garmin GPS in minutes. This installable map is compatible with ALL Garmin GPS units .

It's like having your own personal travel guide with you on your trip!

A Screen Capture from Our El Salvador GPS Map

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Hiking Peru's Inca Trail

The 4-day Trek is the Experience of a Lifetime

We've been hitting the Caribbean pretty hard this week on our blog, so we thought we'd take a break and head inland to Peru.

Picture of Machu Picchu, by GPSTravelMaps

At 39 kilometers (~24 miles), the Inca Trail may not seem like much of a four day hike, but considering that it winds it's way through the Andes and up and over three passes of nearly 4,200 meters, it more than earns it's nickname, "The Inca Trial." It's not all grueling climbs though. Hikers cross and follow beautiful rivers, look down on cloud forests, and view amazing vistas. Oh, and don't forget visiting the several amazing ruins you'll see along the way, culminating with Machu Picchu.

The Incas were one of the most amazing pre-Columbian civilizations in the Americas. Machu Picchu is a testament to their power, ingenuity, and technology. The city is believed to have been built around 1450 AD and abandoned in 1572 AD. The Spanish conquistadors never found this site, and consequently it is considered to be one of the most intact Incan cultural sites. Yale professor Hiram Bingham was led to Machu Picchu by an 11 year old Quechua boy and Bingham spent several years excavating the site. He unfortunately also removed thousands of artifacts. But the beauty and majesty of Machu Picchu is still available for all to see.

Before You Go...

Pick up our Peru map. To our knowledge, this is the only map of the entire country of Peru with topographic detail of the Sacred Valley available for your GPS. The contours are spaced 100 meters apart for the region of Machu Picchu and Cusco, allowing you to view the terrain while exploring Cusco and Machu Picchu or while hiking the Inca Trail if it is on your itinerary.

In addition to the contours of this region, other geographic features are included in the map: park boundaries for the historic sanctuary of Machu Picchu, as well as the Sacsayhuaman ruins outside of Cusco; the Inca Trail is displayed within the map so you can chart your progress while hiking; national and local roads with road names and labels; rivers and streams; lakes; airports; campsites; and many more!

A screen capture from our Peru GPS Map.

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Vote on Your Favorite Caribbean Diving Spot

Get Ready for Diving, Snorkeling, and Other Underwater Sports!

Reef and sponges seen while diving Bonaire,
photo by Randy Harwood, linked from
www.uwphotographyguide.com

Early summer is the best time for Caribbean diving; the winds are calmer and visibility is outstanding. With this in mind, we started looking at recommendations for good Caribbean diving spots this year. After searching far and wide, these five are the most mentioned diving spots we found:

1. Grand Cayman

2. Bonaire

3. Turks and Caicos 

4. Roatan

5. St. Croix

A variety of factors goes into each guide's selection, but we want to keep it simple. We'd like to find out what your favorite Caribbean dive spot is. Vote below!

Before You Go...

Our Cayman Islands GPS map was updated just last month. For only
$19.95 you can make sure you always arrive where you want to go, and travel just like a local. 

We also have excellent maps for each of the other locations listed above, just click on the names above!

A screen capture from ourCayman Islands map.

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Best Caribbean Travel Destinations for Foodies

Where to Vacation for Great Food?

Some of the fine cuisine you'll find on Bonaire.
Photo from www.caribjournal.com

Caribbean Journal has published a list of "The Caribbean’s Best Destinations For Foodies – 2014." Most of the selections weren't surprising. Eat jerk in Jamaica, seafood in Barbados and Trinidad, and French cuisine in places like St. Martin, Martinique, and Guadeloupe. The really interesting selection though, was little Bonaire. We love Bonaire for it's great diving, windsurfing, and natural beauty, we just didn't realize what a culinary melting pot it is!

According to Caribbean Journal, "it’s also home to our number one restaurant in the Caribbean for 2013, At Sea, and a remarkable diversity of cuisines, tapping into its cultural variety. Side by side, you’ll find authentic Peruvian ceviche, classic Mediterranean bouillabaise, Dutch french fries and Stoba stew, to name just a few."

Where else in the world can you find such a great variety of cuisines AND great natural beauty AND outdoor activities. Well, we could come up with a few places, but right now Bonaire is at the top of the list!

Another screen capture from our Bonaire map.

Screen capture from our Bonaire map.

 

 Before You Go...

For only $19.95 you can make sure you always arrive where you want to go, and travel just like a local. 

We also have excellent maps for each of the other locations listed above, just click on the names above!

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Family-friendly Caribbean Spots

USA Today just published a list of "Top family-friendly attractions in the Caribbean." We think it's a great list, with excellent ideas for family vacations. Some of our favorite places (Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Curacao, St. Lucia, and Antigua) all made the list, and it should come as no surprise to you that we have excellent maps for each of these. While USA Today's list gives some excellent activity ideas, no doubt you'll want to head out on your own and explore a little. That's where we come in. Our job is to help you travel like a local with you GPS.

Our maps provide accurate turn by turn directions to your destination using a point of interest (POI), city point, and/or latitude and longitude, with the ability to preplan driving destinations before getting into your car. The maps contain all hotels, restaurants and other attractions including beaches to help you get the most out of your time. Each of these maps are regularly updated by our GPS experts who record the data in person.

Check out our maps below:

Jamaica

Grand Cayman

Curacao

St. Lucia

Antigua