Southern Peru tailor made holiday, Alternative Inca Trail trek

Environment

The lodge in the Amazon has excellent environmental credentials, including a strong sustainability policy, community engagement programmes, and is carbon neutral. The company which owns the lodge has a variety of ecological / research programmes operating, including the establishment of permanent conservation areas and a rescue centre for Andean, or spectacled, bears.

Our alternative Inca Trail takes you to parts of the Sacred Valley seldom seen by other visitors. As well as introducing you to a greater variety of ecosystems, including the Chinchero plains and glacial lakes of the Urubamba Mountains, this also takes the burden off the heavily-trodden paths of the trail.

Community

By throughtfully engaging with local communities, we are able to ensure that your interactions here are mutually beneficial. For example, in the Sacred Valley we introduce you to Ema and her family, who invite you into their home, explain their way of life and cook local dishes for you. Far from a practiced tourist routine, this is a family who we have a personal connection to and offer this service only to our guests. They take immense pride in doing so and also have the opportunity to earn extra money and improve their English.