Travel diaries: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil.
[Peru] Next to Cusco, we visited this time a hostel, but not whatever hostel… a hostel with a sweet project (Llama Pack) working on the rescue of llamas ancestral use in the Sacred Valley. Alejandra and Jorge are the young (and so friendly) peruvian couple who launched and managed the initiative. They explain you in …
Llama Pack Project & Backpacker, save the llamas! Read More »
[Peru] My french friend Justine joined me for two little weeks together… and not in “any kind” of hotel: when she arrived, I was indeed hosted at a “virtuoso” 5 star-hotel in Urubamba (in the sacred valley, next to Cusco). Sol y Luna is a luxury lodge, but also a sweet educational project: an intercultural primary …
Sol & Luna Lodge, a “virtuoso” luxury and committed hotel Read More »
I have been in Peru for already a month: – I spent 10 days in the north of the country with a beautiful experience in two small villages along the local tourism associations Presidents sides: see “Gocta & Yumbilla, waterfalls and ecological tracks” – And I am right now in the capital city, where Giada, an italian …
[Peru] After having spent about two weeks in Lima, I’m finaly back on the road starting my HopTour of South of Peru! I started my new journey with Wasipunko Ecolodge, where I met between two vineyards of pisco grapes, Olivia and her two son Edmundo and Alan. I took part to the preparation of the delicious and generous traditional …
Wasipunko Ecolodge, Pisco, Cactus and Nasca Lines Read More »
[Peru] After the publication of an article on Hotel Perú News blog presenting my HopTour of Peru, the team of Tuki Llajta Lodge invited me to visit them. The lodge is located “right next” to Lima… which means at one night of bus (a trip of 7h). I escaped then Lima for a two-days-stay at Huancayo in order to give an express …
Tuki Llajta Lodge, Lima getaway and local handcraft Read More »
[Peru] I started my Tour of Perou with what we could call the “waterfalls route”. Located in the surroundings of Chachapoyas, two sites claim to be the highest waterfall of the country (and 3rd worldwide?). I spent a week in-between these two villages. I stayed first at Cocachimba : the two falls of Gocta (771m); …
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Dear friends, it has been already 3 weeks since my last newsletter!! Time continues to fly so quickly!! But I can imagine that for you as well, even more since summer arrived in the north hemisphere (in fact a bit too much in Europe as I heard?). Time for barbecues and “rosé” wine is back …
[Ecuador] After the capital, the Amazon rainforest and the Andes mountains, I changed completely of scenery to spend 10 days on the pacific coast of the country, or more exactly, in the central part of it, in the Manabí region. I visited three hotels/lodges: Pacoche – natural reserve & lodge, RioMuchacho – organic farm & lodge, and …
Pacoche, Shanti, Rio Muchacho, three ecolodges on the Pacific Coast Read More »
[Ecuador] On my way from Amazon to the Pacific coast, I spent a week at 3200m of altitude in the Ecuadorian Andes mountain range. Hiking, cheese tasting and an ecolodge with exemplary ecoliving practices (for more than 20 years), I’m like a fish in water. It’s nice to be back to a cooler and drier …
Black Sheep Inn, eco-living experience in the Andes Read More »
[Ecuador] I met Bastienne during the eco-tourism conference ESTC15 in Quito. With her husband, Pablo, they developped a great responsible tourism project near Tena at the entrance of the Amazon. Huasquila Lodge was the first hotel to open in Cotundo village and take up a sweet challenge, which was to develop the destination tourism attraction and offer …
Huasquila Lodge, reforestation and accessible tourism Read More »
