Luxury Travel in South America – Aracari Travel

Casa Gastón: an artist’s last vision on the Salar de Uyuni

Alice Farkas — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:14:04 +0000

Ten suites at the foot of the Tunupa volcano, Casa Gastón faces the largest salt flat on earth. Marisol Mosquera in conversation with Mariano Ugalde on the first hotel-museum in Bolivia, and the last work of the artist who imagined it. I met Gastón Ugalde nearly twenty years ago, in London, at an art fair [...]

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Women’s Group Travel to Peru

Alice Farkas — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:53:05 +0000

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 [...]

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The Best Restaurants in Bolivia

Marisol — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:28:04 +0000

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 [...]

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Six Boutique Hotels in Peru Available for Private Buyouts

Alice Farkas — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:20:04 +0000

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 [...]

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Paths Through Time: Immersive One-Day Treks in Peru

Alice Farkas — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:11:45 +0000

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. [...]

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Where to go in South America in 2026: The Aracari Hotlist

Alice Farkas — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:12:08 +0000

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. [...]

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Five South American Journeys Worth Planning a Year Ahead

Alice Farkas — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 06:43:30 +0000

From fleeting festivals to rare natural wonders, five Aracari trips are defined by timing. Some of the very best journeys ask for time — to plan, to imagine, and ultimately, to get right. These trips tend to be once-in-a-lifetime. Not because they’re out of reach, but because they hinge on something irreplaceable: timing. A fleeting [...]

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Brazil’s Best Beach Hotels: Five Stays with a True Sense of Place

Alice Farkas — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 08:25:10 +0000

Few places capture the feeling of escape quite like Brazil’s best beach hotels. With over 7,000 kilometers of coastline, the country’s beaches are wild, expansive, and cinematic in scale — shaped by Afro-Brazilian spirit, Portuguese colonial legacy, and the unruly beauty of the Atlantic. This isn’t the Brazil of carnival clichés; it’s barefoot, quieter, and [...]

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How to Cruise the Amazon: Unforgettable Luxury for Every Kind of Traveler

Alice Farkas — Mon, 19 May 2025 08:10:36 +0000

There are few experiences on earth that capture the imagination quite Peruvian Amazon cruises. In a realm of extraordinary biodiversity, pulsing with life and mystery, this vast green expanse is often thought of as a destination for the boldest adventurers. But with the right partners and the right vessel, the Amazon can be anything you [...]

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48 Hours in La Paz: Insider Access to a City Reimagined

Alice Farkas — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:12:42 +0000

There has always been something undeniably magnetic about La Paz. Perched high in the Bolivian Andes at 3,650 meters above sea level, it is a city that operates by its own logic, where the air is thin, the light is extraordinary, and the streets pulse with an energy that is entirely its own. The strangeness [...]

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