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Environment
Environmentally we will be aiming to source all our food locally for the treks and climbs, Also employing a very strict ‘pack in/pack out’ policy on all treks and climbs ensuring that we leave minimal trace of our activities.
We will be using water that we can source locally from streams and rivers while out on the treks and climbs. Because of the height of where we’ll be then this water should be fresh and about as clean as you can get (of course you can always purify if you want the extra security).
Community
On these expeditions we will be using all locally sourced guides and assistants. We have great personal links in the region having lived and worked there before. Thus the money that is paid for the trip will go straight to the people who live in the area that we will be seeing.
Going through the village and remote regions that we shall be in will be a great chance to see and understand further the very real challenges that those in the Andes have. As our guides are locally sourced and we have personal connections in the area then we have a very high chance of making some real unique and natural connections on the way.
This trip will be supporting two charities also. On a big scale all those who come will be given 1 year’s membership of Survival who campaign for the rights of indigenous cultures and tribes globally. Also a donation will be made to Puentes whose mission is to create and finance projects that contribute to the well-being of children living on the street and in already existing rehabilitation centres in Lima, Peru.
The area that we are going to in Peru is much less know than the typical ‘Gringo Trail’ of the south of Peru. Huaraz rarely receives as much tourism as the famous Macchu Pichu orientated highlights of the south of the country. This trip is a unique chance to visit, rub shoulders with and challenge yourself with the incredible people and landscape of the north of this fantastically varied and culturally rich country.
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