When hotels ask me at which date I’ll arrive, I usually answer that I don’t know… but I’ll contact them again a few days before: if they can receive me, well, super great, and otherwise, no worries, for another time! It’s very difficult to give a date in advance. Why that? Paraguay was a good …
After a long one-month-break in Buenos Aires, I’m back on the road, direction to the north. I entered Argentina a bit more than two months ago through the “end of the world” of the American continent, Ushuaia. And I’m traveling through its extreme north : a piece of land taken in sandwich between Brazil and …
Day 570 : Esteros del Ibera and Iguazu, my two last stop-overs in Argentina Read More »
First of all, I want to wish you all a Happy New Year! After a long (but still short) stay of one month in Buenos Aires, Argentine’s capital, I am taking the road again tonight. This last month was punctuated by plenty of emotionally-rich events: working with the Hopineo team on a new version of …
[Chile] Thanks to Alejandra, ONG Regenera, I had the chance to meet the family of Lesther and Ingrid. After a night in the bus from Santiago, they were waiting for me in Pitrufquén to share a little of bit of their daily life in the countryside in the middle of the nature. Treehouse, restaurant-mill, or even …
Vive Nativa Ecolodge, in the countryside, up in the trees Read More »
[Chile] The Elqui valley is located right next to the chilean city of La Serena. Cradle of the pisco, we stayed between two muscadelle vineyards with the very friendly and family-style team of Casona Distante Ecolodge: stargazing, debriefing about the last earthquake, delicious meals (thank you Claudio!), walks in the village… We spent a last …
Casona Distante, family house refurbished into a lovely ecolodge Read More »
[Bolivia] We finish our tour of Bolivia with the must-see salt desert of Uyuni. Before to leave for the traditional 3days/2 nights through the desert, we stayed a night at the beautiful salt hotel Palacio de Sal. We organized there two workshops with the employees in order to share and point out the challenges of a sustainable …
[Bolivia] If you travel to Bolivia, I would strongly recommend you to pay a visit to the National Park of Torotoro: its canyon, its caves and dinosaurs footprints really worth it. We met in Cochabamba Sandro and Javier who work at the coordination of the national network of community-based tourism of Bolivia: Tusoco. In fact, we …
Tusoco, National Community-Based Tourism Network Read More »
[Bolivia] Half an hour from La Paz city center, we met Emma & Rolando. This anglo-bolivian couple developped during these last twenty years a great volunteering project in order to support seven different initiatives of social responsability and local development within their district (Jupapina and Mallasa): Up Close Bolivia. They also converted their lunar-scenery-garden into a …
Colibri Camping & Ecolodge, volunteering program next to La Paz Read More »
[Bolivia] We opened, with Elsa, our Bolivian HopTour starting with a short 2-nights-stay at 3800m high on the “sun island” of the Titicaca Lake. We met there Mateo and the Ecolodge La Estancia: bio-construction and paradox of the water as rare resources in the middle of a lake. Watch the video below! Videos – Hopineo.org HopHost : La …
La Estancia Ecolodge, on the bolivian side of Titicaca Lake Read More »
[Peru] I finish my HopTour of Peru with a very beautiful encounter staying with Walther and its family (Inti Wasi Lodge) on the Titicaca Lake’s edge. Walther is the President of a rural tourism network of community-based associations (ASTURS) and organized for a me an amazing program through Capachica peninsula, and the Amantani & Taquile islands. Discover below …
Inti Wasi Lodge & ASTURS, for a United and Rural Tourism Read More »
