Mark Johanson

Travel, Food & Culture Writer

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Mark Johanson is an American journalist based in Santiago, Chile. His stories about travel, food, culture and sustainability have appeared in publications such as National Geographic, Travel + Leisure, Men's Journal, Condé Nast Traveler, AFAR, The Economist, Newsweek, Food & Wine, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Vox, CNN, BBC and a variety of global travel and in-flight magazines. He has also authored a dozen Lonely Planet guidebooks. Click through the photos below and the tabs above for samples of his work.

Why your old office may soon become a luxury apartment

Why travelers are paying money to dig in the dirt

The rise of Brazil’s forgotten forest

Chasing the Wind in Patagonia

Antarctica’s volatile ‘Deception Island’

The fight to save Chile’s white strawberry

The man making adventure travel wheelchair accessible

The rise of Asheville’s River Arts District

Can Unesco status save the world’s oldest mummies?

At This Appalachian Distillery, Moonshine Could Be Medicine

Into the forest primeval

The desert chefs who cook with the sun

The scientist’s apprentices

What’s driving the spike in ‘air rage’?

It’s Patagonian Negroni season

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About Mark


Mark is an American journalist based in Santiago, Chile. His articles on travel, culture, food, wine and the environment have appeared in magazines (GQ, Men’s Journal, Newsweek), newspapers (The Guardian, Chicago Tribune), digital publications (Punch, Narratively), and global news outlets (Bloomberg, CNN, BBC). He has also penned several Lonely Planet travel guides and hardcovers, worked as a presenter for Lonely Planet’s video channel, served as a travel expert for NPR and been featured as an authority on travel writing in books such as Travel Writing 2.0.

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Mountains + Water + Sunshine = my happy place. That’s why I’ve fallen deep for Kotor, a fortified town on Montenegro’s Adriatic coast.
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