How Farming Fights Food Insecurity & Climate Change by Tom Shearman on 21st November, 2023 Students Study Food Insecurity & Climate Change in Peru University of Edinburgh students and teachers report back from Peru, where they learned how traditional farming techniques could help prevent climate change and reduce food insecurity. The team visited coastal Lima, the Cusco Highlands, and the cloud forest. For Andean Trails and our local team, it …
Chile and Easter Island Theories by Tom Shearman on 6th July, 2023 Debunking the Myths: Easter Island Theories Explained Rapa Nui’s giant and ancient moai statues have stumped academics and archaeologists for centuries, sparking myriad Easter Island theories. Aliens, rats, and human greed have all been credited with the dramatic collapse in Easter Island’s population and abandoned statues that scatter the land. This triangular island, 14 miles …
A Guide to the Best Festivals in Peru by Tom Shearman on 20th June, 2023 Peru festivals are some of the most colourful and spectacular celebrations in the world. Peru festivals include fiestas, parades, and processions throughout the country at various times of the year. Visitors are welcome on many of these special occasions. The main celebrations mark Inca history and the country’s independence whole newer festivals show Peru’s modern …
Bolivia – festivals, parties, fiestas and customs by Kat Dougal on 23rd June, 2016 Bolivia – festivals, parties, fiestas and customs Many festivals are celebrated throughout the year in Bolivia. From the traditional to the more westernised, Bolivia’s festivals are full of great music and colourful displays. The following is a list of some of the main events that each month takes place throughout the country; however at any …
Inti Raymi: Cusco Inca festival on a budget by Tom Shearman on 9th June, 2016 Inti Raymi: Cusco Inca festival on a budget Inti Raymi festival – enjoy the Inca parade on a budget Andean Trails’ Tom describes how to witness the incredible Inti Raymi festival in Cusco, Peru, without having to spend a fortune on tickets. He writes: June 24, 8am. We’d been out the night before, …
El Gran Poder – dancing in the streets of La Paz by Kat Dougal on 3rd June, 2016 Dancing in the streets of La Paz Every year around the end of May/ beginning of June the streets of La Paz are filled with life in honour of the Senor del Gran Poder (great power) Jesus Christ. Its origins go back to the 17th century but as our local La Paz representative Scarlet Herrera …
Chile’s Fiestas Patrias by Alan Lyall on 12th September, 2012 Celebrating Chile’s Fiestas Patrias “Around this time of the year I get nostalgic for one of my past lives..the one when I lived in Chile – for Fiestas Patrias,” explains Andean Trails’ Alan. “The 18th of September is Chilean independence and it is one of several days celebrating the Fiestas Patrias or National Holidays. It is …
