A tailor made journey to the Andes awaits you
The Question:
Which important Spanish festivity on the 6th of January is also widely celebrated in the Andes?
The Answer:
Closely related to Christmas, the popular Spanish festivity “Dia de los Reyes magos” on the 6th of January is also widely celebrated in towns across the Andes.
Today the Aracari team paid a visit to a new handicrafts store in the Barranco neighbourhood of Lima; Casa Allpa.
Featuring a wide range of high-quality handmade goods, such as ceramics, textiles and jewellery, Casa Allpa merges traditional handicraft techniques with sophisticated and innovative contemporary design. Natural materials are used in the wares, with baby Alpaca featuring prominently in the garments for sale.
The Question:
How did the Incas celebrate New Year?
The Answer:
Despite the distinct lack of fireworks, staying up til 12 Oclock and renditions of Auld Lang Syne, the Inca celebration of the new year – over the winter equinox in June – was a very important event in their calendar.
‘Tis the season for giving!
In line with our commitment to supporting communities in Peru, we are sponsoring a football (soccer) team from the community of Huayllabamba in the Cusco region.
Libio – the chef for our adventure, trekking and camping trips – hails from the community, along with some of our trekking porters, and so we decided to provide some snazzy new football strips for their local team.
By Simon & Carlos
The Question:
Which contemporary artist’s studio in Lima works only with recyclable materials?
The answer:
Taller Huaringa, the studio of Lima artist Maricruz Arribas, uses only recyclable materials to create a fantastic array of artwork.
The Question
Which UK- and Peru-registered charity has a café on the main plaza of Ollantaytambo?
The Answer
UK and Peru registered NGO Living Heart is associated with Heart’s Café on the main square of Ollantaytambo, a small town in the Sacred Valley.
The Question:
What makes the Inca Trail so unique?
The Answer:
Next week on CNN en Español, viewers from across the world will have the chance to see how Aracari operates the Inca Trail, one of the most popular trekking routes in the world.
Here are just a few reasons why this trekking experience is held in such high esteem:
Aracari is very pleased to reveal that
Has been included amongst 133 of
The World’s Top Travel Specialists
as published by Conde Nast Traveler magazine in December 2011.
Marisol has been listed as a Travel Specialist for
the third year in a row that she has featured on the list and the first year as a specialist for Bolivia.
The Question:
What Peruvian Art exhibitions have opened across the world in the last week?
The answer:
The inauguration of the contemporary Peruvian art exhibition in Barcelona “El placer es más importante que la victoria” that Aracari has been promoting is one of a flurry of exhibitions featuring Peruvian artists that have been opened recently across the world.
Tasneem, owner of Tasneem Gallery in Barcelona, could be forgiven for having been slightly nervous ahead of last night’s inauguration of the exhibition El placer es más importante que la victoria; from shipping delicate works of contemporary art across the Atlantic from Peru to Spain to coordinating the display of some 13 contemporary Peruvian artists, setting up an exhibition of this scale has been no easy task.