The central region of America – tiny on a map – is filled with more diversity than any other similar-sized are you can find. Whether you spend months or days in Central America, daily adventures are there for the taking all colours, shapes and sizes – the kind you’ll think of fondly for the rest of your life.

The people you meet are by far the highlight of any trip to Central America. Whether you skip from the lazy backpacker towns and white-sand beaches to the dense jungle and Mayan pyramids, you’re sure to find the cheery townsfolk wherever you go. Kick back in a Garífuna village, the home of African-Carib culture. Brush up on your Spanish or spend a lazy day in a boat over chocolaty waters.

Central America – Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and other parts of southern Mexico are much more a mystery than its better-known and bigger neighbours such as Mexico and North America. It is this mystery that makes the trip so much more rewarding.