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, en el campo, encima de los arboles 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, casa familial restaurada en un hermoso hotelito 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 …
[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, voluntariado al lado de 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, en la parte boliviana del Lago Titicaca 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, para un Turismo Rural Solidario 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» en el Vallee de la Colca Read More »
