Welcome to the Aracari Travel Journal. A collection of stories, insights, and inspiration shaped by nearly three decades of exploring South America. Here, we share the perspectives of our experts, guides, and creative partners across the continent, offering a deeper look into the people, places, and ideas that define meaningful travel today.
From destination features and cultural essays to interviews, insider guides, and behind-the-scenes stories from the Aracari team, the Travel Journal is designed to inform, inspire, and connect you to the heart of South America.
Meaningful Journeys for Friends, Art Societies and Cultural Collectives How do you plan a meaningful group trip with friends? For us, women’s group travel to Peru is not a fleeting trend or style. It has been part of how we think about journeys since Marisol founded Aracari in 1996. When she built the business, she […]
Bolivia has been building one of the most compelling dining scenes in South America. La Paz, its dramatic, canyon-carved capital perched above 3,600 meters, is where that energy is most concentrated. Over the past decade, a generation of chefs has turned inward, toward Bolivia’s astonishing biodiversity, its ancient cooking traditions, and its deep relationships with […]
The places we go, the people we find, and what it says about who we are. Our version of luxury travel to South America has long been shaped by culture, conservation, access, and storytelling. Values that continue to define Aracari’s world in 2026. This May, we joined The Long Run, a decision that had been […]
Explore Six Boutique Hotels in Peru Available for Private Buyouts Travel has always been a connector. Increasingly, it is also one of the few opportunities to spend uninterrupted time with the people you choose to be with, whether that is family, close friends, or a wider group brought together for a specific moment. It is […]
Finding yourself in a landscape that belongs wholly to nature, and to those who live, or have lived, in harmony with it, has a way of recalibrating the senses. Nowhere is the power of such places felt more acutely than in Peru. […]
Where to go in South America in 2026: Aracari’s annual hotlist highlights the most considered destinations, new openings, and distinctive journeys across the continent, shaped by three decades of local expertise. […]