Aracari is excited to announce... Our founder & CEO, Marisol Mosquera, has been named on Wendy Perrin’s 2018 WOW List of Trusted Travel Experts for her expertise and connections in Peru and Bolivia! Aracari Founder Named to Wendy Perrin WOW List The list is an exclusive and selective roundup of the world’s top destination specialists with Wendy quoting Marisol and fellow WOW Listers as “the most well-connected travel fixers and custom itinerary designers in the world.” No matter where your next holiday might take you, we invite you to check out the list of rigorously vetted experts as a useful trip planning resource. What landed Marisol on the Wendy Perrin WOW List? At the forefront of experiential travel, Marisol Mosquera founded Aracari in 1996 with the vision of offering authentic and luxury journeys to discerning travelers while supporting the communities and environments in the regions they explored. Through connections cultivated by her, Aracari has fostered an unparalleled network of specialists in art, history, archaeology, gastronomy and culture, who provide our guests with their invaluable insight into the places they visit—information and access otherwise inaccessible to travelers. Marisol and the locally-based expert travel planning team in Lima offer trusted advice based on first-hand experience and arrange bespoke, multi-day trips to Peru on a private basis. Whether being guided by an art historian, explorer or anthropologist in Cusco, or enjoying behind-the-scenes museum visits in northern Peru, travelers can take advantage of privileged insider access to the destinations Aracari has been exploring for nearly two decades. Other Accolades of Marisol & Aracari Marisol has not only been featured on the Wendy Perrin WOW List, but has also been recognized as a Conde Nast Top Travel Specialist to Peru and Bolivia and selected as the Travel + Leisure A-List as a specialist for Peru and Bolivia. Aracari has also been awarded Positive’ Luxury’s
Aracari is excited to announce… Our founder & CEO, Marisol Mosquera, has been named on Wendy Perrin’s 2018 WOW List of Trusted Travel Experts for her expertise and connections in Peru and Bolivia! Aracari Founder Named to Wendy Perrin WOW List The list is an exclusive and selective roundup of the world’s…
As part of Aracari’s 20th anniversary celebrations, Danielle, one of our newest employees, caught up with Ninoska, who was the first person Marisol hired - so the very first Aracari travel planner! She shares some of her memories of Aracari and how she progressed from working for a start-up entrepreneur to city banking in Canada. Travel Planning at Aracari I met Marisol through a summer job while I was in my first year of university. I was studying tourism and she was just starting her company and so it was literally me and her in her apartment office! Tailormade Travel Planning to Peru As an Aracari travel planner I did a lot of research and planned travel itineraries for tailormade luxury trips to Peru. So much of what we were doing was completely new to Peru tourism. We were promoting destinations that tourists had never visited, so it really was exciting, uncharted territory. Marisol was fun to work with and I immediately established a good working relationship with her. After that summer I continued to work with Marisol on a part-time basis for a few years. The development of tourism in Peru Everyone was very happy with their trip to Peru and the unique experiences Aracari offered, especially in those days. Everyone wanted to go to Cusco and Machu Picchu, but around that time the ruins of Kuelap were discovered in Peru's Chachapoyas region and Marisol was quick to offer visits there as part of Aracari's services. It was very different, mystical and exciting! Unique Experiences Aracari offered tailormade itineraries that gave clients a unique Peruvian experience. Marisol had thought about all the details, even the smallest ones, like how to put together sustainable trips to Peru and little touches that would make every trip special. I love thinking back to my time at
As part of Aracari’s 20th anniversary celebrations, Danielle, one of our newest employees, caught up with Ninoska, who was the first person Marisol hired – so the very first Aracari travel planner! She shares some of her memories of Aracari and how she progressed from working for a start-up entrepreneur to…
