Colombia holiday, tailor made

Planet

This 27 day program, modules and all tailor made itineries are offered by Colombia’s best tailor made operators who deeply respect nature, guide themselves on special nature trips and take care in all aspects of Colombia’s natural reserves. When we visit National Parks or reserves a part of the income contributes to preserve wildlife and flora and gives income to local guides and families. Private reserves as Hato Aurora are exceptional in Colombia, with your visit we make an example that ecotourism can provide a way of living together with preservation of wildlife and stimulate more local particular initiatives to be taken off from the ground. All local guides on your excursions are well trained to take care of you and the natural surroundings, besides giving you all information. When staying in nature we use eco-friendly hacienda’s and local families that respect nature. Group trips will be guided by a Latin American expert on nature and culture with certification for Tourleaders on European level and University degree.

Where flights are included, they have been judged as necessary due to poor or non existent road conditions, or very long travel times. Travel over the road in the mountains is very slow due to the small winding roads with lots of slow heavy trucks, making it also dangerous to overtake other cars. There can also often be landslides blocking the roads after heavy rain.

People

All suppliers are small and local Colombian owners, meaning that the income remains within the country and creates a real economic contribution to its people and country that has started to make improvements in infrastructure and social reforms. We treat our suppliers fairly and with respect, they are an important key to a great holiday which is our success when we succeed. Working together with our Colombian partner is an ongoing relationship and our shared affection for this marvellous country benefits everyone involved. When local tribes are visited this all done with the highest respect for local traditions and the people in such way that all parties involved have a learning and inspirational experience. In this itinery we show two occasions in which you can learn about a social project with children at Medellin & Cartagena. If you are more interested this can be extended of course with more possibilities. In Cali for instance we organize on request a salsa show in the hotel with professional salsa dancers and children from poor neighborhoods who participate in salsa concours to try to create a better future (the money we pay for this salsa show is donated directly to these children and their families). Our Colombian partner offers also special programs for foreign parents who adopted children from Colombia (in former times) to bring the now grown up children in contact again with their Colombian roots and biological families if the children wish so. In some cases the families will have to be sought as all contact has been lost. At last but not at least we offer homestays / B&B throughout Colombia of Spanish speaking families, is an authentic Colombian experience in which you directly support these families. Traveling through Colombia will be an enriching experience and it won’t stay with only one travel.

This operator empowers a womens coffee cooperation and NGO in the Andes of Venezuela. Their vision is to provide solidarity to the entire coffee community in the area, striving to improve the quality of the life of children and families of the coffee communities. With this trip and all our tailor made travels in Latin America you will support families and children in the Andes of Venezuela as a part of our income goes to this cooperation and NGO. Through their different programs the cooperative aspire to offer training technique in administration, management, accounting, among others and offer scholarships to students and subsidies to primary schools in rural coffee communities, as well as inspire to new forms of community economic organization.