From studying for a second degree to modelling and getting married, Venezuelan Daniel Negron Stapel’s life is fulfilled: he says he’s like a fish in water living in Buenos Aires.

You’ll need a sense of adventure on Argentina’s unexplored wine route in Tucumán and Catamarca to combine paragliding or horse-riding with tastings.

While it might seem unconventional to tuck into furry critters better known as domesticated pets in the West, guinea pig has been a staple in Peru’s Andean diet for around 5,000 years.

In a bid to speed up protein intake, La Cabrera’s Gastón Riveira gives the classic steakhouse a new twist in Villa Crespo. And thankfully, there’s a lollipop tree…

Meghan Lewis and Buenos Aires have a lot of chemistry, which is why the former first-grade teacher left her life behind in California. She owns a yoga school, runs a vegetation closed-door restaurant and is growing a vegetable garden in Cardales.

Originally a luxury resort, Lima’s Barranco district is going through a renaissance.

After a year of long-distance dating an Argentine, Brazilian lawyer Lais Calil took the plunge and moved to Caballito, a neighbourhood with a rather different panorama from Rio’s Copacabana. Together the couple run a boutique car hire firm.

Wild boar chorizo, goat’s cheese provoleta and a tapa de ojo de bife are some of the treats on offer at new Hollywood parrilla Club El Don, led by La Brigada’s former grill expert Mauricio Ponce. (And I think the name comes from all the blood shed in The Godfather but I’m not sure…)

Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa’s former stomping ground, Lima’s upmarket Miraflores neighbourhood is home to dozens of highly acclaimed restaurants, swish lodgings and a curious mall built into a cliff.

Spanish actress Montse Ruano started out busking on Buenos Aires’ subway. Now she’s a regular on the flamenco circuit and is appearing in various theatre productions.