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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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Peru’s El Dorado: the memory of gold with Motché

Alice Farkas — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:31:26 +0000

A conversation with archaeometallurgist and jeweler Carole Fraresso, founder of Motché and curator of Inca. L’héritage sacré des Andes. The gold we wear holds memory. Most often the memory is ours, and it is recent. The piece that marked an occasion, the one that was a gift, the one that came down through a family. [...]

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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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From Our World: Integrity, Instinct and a Long Road to Recognition

Alice Farkas — Mon, 18 May 2026 17:53:49 +0000

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 [...]

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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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