Hola!! 🙂 We are currently finishing up our time in the Amazon. For the past three nights, we stayed at a beautiful ecological research center called Villa Carmen. Tomorrow we are heading back to higher elevation before beginning our trek to......Read More
It was the second to last night of our trek. The students were making some instant pudding on the soccer field in Chillca, our campsite for the night. I sat down with Miguel Inti and Francisco Condori to picchiar coca, a familiar evening moment of......Read More
In this beautiful world of contrasts, we have descended from these majestic high mountain passes of the Andes into the vibrant Amazon rainforest! We have just settled down comfortably in a beautiful biological research station called Villa Carmen,......Read More
Hello All! We have just returned from out first major trek on the mountain Ausangate. Hiking around Ausangate and the surrounding mountains has been a truly unforgetable experience as we treked to altitudes higher than I ever dreamed of going and......Read More
Hi everyone! We just finished our 5 days of trekking near Apu Ausangate.What a time it was! It was incredible to witness and experience the spiritual significance that the Apu´s have in Quechuan culture. The trip began with lots of anxiety......Read More
Hola amigxs y familia! We are back from our trek and it was amazing! We are now recharged with energy from the sun, the apus (mountains), the lagoons and the moon that were with us during these days. We will be updating our Yak board in the coming......Read More
In too short a time, our homestay in Paru Paru, Parque de la Papa has come to an end. In these brief four days, our students cooked and ate meals with their families, joined in as much as possible in daily work such as brick laying, harvesting oats,......Read More
Hi Everyone! Being in Peru and experiencing a home stay in Parque De La Papa was amazing. For starters, the different lifestyle, food, and environment were so interesting to experience first hand. My home stay family was Cesar(dad), Ilaria (Mom),......Read More
¡Hola! We just finished up an amazing home-stay experience in Parque de la Papa. Being there made me think a lot about the way I consume food at home. Usually, my food comes neat and clean and wrapped in plastic, arriving in my refrigerator......Read More
Hello everyone! We are currently in Ocangate prepping for our six day Ausangate trek. We left bright and early this morning at 7 am from Parque de la Papa, where we just completed our four day homestay. Parque de la Papa, or Paru Paru, is a little......Read More
Hi Everyone, After a wonderful orientation in Urubamba, we are heading out to Parque de la Papa! Today, students will be briefed for their homestay before meeting families and moving into their new home. For the next four days, they will spend......Read More
Hola familias! It’s only been 3 full days here in Peru, but it has felt much longer with all the amazing things we have learned and experienced. With these four days of “orientation” we have been getting to know each other, and learning about......Read More
Hello all, I am going to talk about some of the sights and sounds of peru as I have experienced them. First off, the flight from Lima to Cusco was incredible, as we got our first glimpse of the Peruvian Andes. The extreme geography was amazing to......Read More
Hello/Hola/Allillanchu!!! Our group has been spending the past few days at Ccatan, a beautiful eco-lodge in Urubamba, a city in the highlands of Peru. Here, the main two languages are Quechua and Spanish. Back in the time of the Incas, the fertile......Read More
Hi family and friends! The group arrived to Cusco and now we are going to our orientation site in Urubamba. We will spend the next days getting to know each other and preparing to explore Peru. The group is in good spirits and looking forward to a......Read More
