See. Kollparay A small community in the Sacred Valley offering an immersive experience with local traditions before dining at Mil. Machu Picchu citadel The 15th-century Inca royal home, a must-see for its engineering feats and historical significance. Convento de Santa Rosa de Ocopa A historic Franciscan convent, now a museum with colonial art, natural history, and a 15th-century library. chaccu An annual pre-Inca tradition where communities herd and shear wild vicuñas for their valuable wool.
Eat. Mil An immersive fine-dining restaurant in the Sacred Valley with a new experience in local homes. Maido Chef Mitsuharu Tsumura's restaurant, celebrated for its Japanese-Peruvian nikkei cuisine.
Stay. Kahu Beach House A chic beach house in Los Órganos with an ocean-view pool, perfect for surf and sun. Los Órganos A quiet surf town on the northern coast, beloved by Limeños for its slower pace.
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In sun-soaked Los Órganos, a stay at Kahu Beach House means beach and surf by day, and leisurely alfresco dinners by night.
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In 1725 the Franciscans founded the Santa Rosa convent as a school for missionaries with a focus on converting the indigenous peoples of the Amazon. At the height of its influence around 1800 the convent served over 70 parishes and missions over a vast swath of South America, and practically every mission into the Peruvian Amazon started from the school. In 1824 Simon Bolivar took the school, c…
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Make your next holiday more meaningful with an itinerary that supports local welfare projects, empowers women and showcases traditional customs Eternal Landscapes offers individual and small-group trips to Mongolia, with a focus on supporting local communities. On the five-day Erdenedalai Explorer trip, guests stay with a herding family in the vast steppes of the “Middle Gobi”, an area often by…
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Each year in the first weeks of June, Indigenous communities in the Andes form a human chain to corral the camelids and shear their valuable wool
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