From 2014 to 2016 I traveled through 16 countries of Latin America swapping my marketing skills in exchange for food and accomodation, and making videos to document good practices for a more responsible and sustainable tourism : a HopTour of Latin America. I stayed in touch with many of the tourism stakeholders I met on …
[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 »
[Peru] Skander and Émilie are a young french couple who engaged in a great adventure in the village of Yanque, in the middle of the beautiful Colca Valley, at the entrance of this famous Canyon well known for the observation of condors. Chakapata Ecolodge was built with the help of many volunteers (mainly through www.workaway.info website) and using …
Chakapata Ecolodge, “à la française” in Colca Valley Read More »
If I tell you Nasca, Cusco, Colca, Titicaca? Your answer would be… South of Peru of course! My friend Justine joined me for an incredible and magical part of the trip. I love Peru, its landscapes, its ruins, its llamas, its people, the quechua language! We had the chance to visit Machu Picchu together (such an …
Day 430 : If I tell you Nasca, Cusco, Colca, Titicaca? Read More »
[Peru] It’s thanks to my friend Antoine (Transhumancias-Voyages) that I meet Roger and its nephew Juan Carlos of Andean Lodges. We have the great chance, with my friend Justine, to be invited for a 5 days / 4 nights trekking aroung the Ausangate glacier in the middle of the peruvian Andes at about 100km east of Cusco …
Andean Lodges, Community-Based Trekking around Ausangate Glacier Read More »
[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 »
