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Can AI Choose the Best Amazon Trip for Me?

12/1/2024

Today I read an article in which the author was talking about how she uses AI to help to make all of her travel decisions. I can see where that could be possible as far as commodities, such as flights, hotels and day tours. AI can help to choose the cheapest flights or ones with the best schedule. It can help to choose the best hotels for you, based on location, star ratings, etc. These are all facts that are fed into data streams.

But can it help to choose which Amazon jungle lodge will give you the best experience?

Archeological sites in South America

4/15/2024

Though Machu Picchu, found in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, is obviously a huge draw for tourists to Peru, there are numerous other archeological sites in Peru and other countries in South America that are also very impressive, but are not visited nearly as often. I will mention a few of the major ones and several recently discovered minor ones that come to mind.

New Tours in Peru and Colombia

2/26/2024

We have been busily updating our website for 2024, and in doing so have added quite a few new tour options in Peru and Colombia that we think are pretty exciting.

Tours in Venezuela

12/25/2023

We had stopped offering tours in Venezuela a few years ago when there were a lot of problems and tensions were high between the governments of Venezuela and the U.S. But we noticed that people were still looking at our Venezuela tour pages and one person who has been operating tours there for over 30 years told us that tourists were still coming.

Adventure Travel in Peru

12/12/2023

I attended the Adventure Travel Trade Association's event in Arequipa, Peru in early December. While one of the focuses was to promote travel to less visited and less well-known destinations, another focus was on how to use tourism to empower the local indigenous communities in positive ways, if they desire it.

Colombia Promotes Community-based Tourism

10/9/2023

I attended Colombia's 2023 Nature Mart Conference in September 2023 and participated in one of the 6 tour options that were offered prior to the conference in various regions of the country. Each of these focused on community-based initiatives geared to conserve the environment and to help the local people. This is keeping in line with the government's emphasis on Regenerative, instead of Sustainable tourism. The graphic below shows the difference.

Books About the Amazon - From Nature to Adventure

7/31/2023

Are you planning a trip to the Amazon and want to learn about the plants and animals that you might see? Or do you want to learn about the history of exploration in the Amazon - from the adventures of the explorers to the knowledge that they gained?

In the over 20 years that I have been involved in travel to the Amazon, here are some of the books that I have found to be fascinating reading sources.

Environmental Protection in the Western Amazon in Peru

6/19/2023

Matteo Preabianca recently interviewed our agent Jorge Rodriguez for an article published on June 19 in the Italian publication Agoravox. In the article, Jorge talks about his latest article "Environmental protection in the Amazonian communities of western Peru".

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Is it Safe to Fly to the Amazon?

5/31/2023

In recent days you may have read or heard about an airplane crash in the Colombian Amazon and the search for 4 missing children that were on that flight. That might lead you to worry about how safe it is to fly into the Amazon. Let me explain a few things to ease your fears.

Where to Travel

3/29/2023

You may be pondering where to go on your next vacation, since it's getting close to summertime in the northern hemisphere. Let's take a look at what your interests are and see what places you might consider.