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    • Best $25 Investment Ever

    • When visiting Otavalo,  the biggest market town in Ecuador you will find a huge variety of handicrafts. While they still continue to be colourful and the paterns are unique to Ecuador, much of what you will find is sadly factory made.  However, you will still find items made by true local craftsman who carry the tradition of weaving from generations past.  I bought a blanket from this man & I'm telling you I consider it THE BEST $25 investment I've ever made. Keeps me warm on cold Cuzco nights & I've never had a blanket that was warmer. 

    • Spirit of the Anaconda

    • Before our hike to the sacred waterfall, the whole group participates in a Face Painting Ceremony using the natural dye of the achote plant.  Tyler is painted with a drawing that symbolizes the Spirit of the Anaconda. 

    • Soup for the Soul

    • A little boy we met along the Lares Trek brought all 7 of us home with him. Altogether we ate yummy potato soup with guinea pigs running between our feet in a tiny dark kitchen in the house where he lived with his mother, grandmother & great grandmother. They were wonderful.

    • Making Friends

    • Over the Easter Weekend, the G.A.P Cusco staff took advantage of the long weekend and did the 3-day Lares Trek which many G.A.P travellers come to Peru to do.  In addition to the spectacular scenery, what made the trip so special was the friends we made along the way :)

    • Soccer School Visit - Ecuador

    • Streetkids Project in India

    • Boys from Salaam Baalak Trust sing me one of their favourite songs on the rooftop terrace of the shelter which they call home.

    • Amazon School Project - Arriving to the jungle

    • Hike to Jungle waterfalls - Amazon school project

    • Amazon lookout - Ecuador

    • Amazon homestay - cooking

    • Planeterra Amazon School - children singing

    • Working in the fields in Ccaccaccollo

    • Kids playing in Ccaccaccollo

    • Ccaccaccollo community

    • Cuzco Streetkids Project

    • Chocolatado Presents in Ccaccaccollo

    • Chocolatada in Ccaccaccollo

    • Baby Sea Turtles in Costa Rica

    • On the "Project Costa Rica" volunteer tour, G.A.P Adventures travellers spend 5 days working along side local and international volunteers to help protect endangered sea turtles. Volunteer activities include night patrols along the beach, data collection, beach clean-up and area maintenance, monitoring of the baby turtle hatchery, and if you happen to be there when the timing is right you'll get to count baby turtles and release them. This footage was taken as the baby turtles are being released into the ocean.

    • Street Children in Peru

    • This 6-min video highlights one of the projects supported through the Planeterra Foundation. Our goal is to raise funds to purchase a permanent home for street children in Cuzco, Peru.

    • Skydive for Charity 2008

    • Party at pre-school in Shalati, South Africa

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    • Morning Crew

    • In celebration of earth day we split into two groups morning & afternoon to plant trees & flowers in Cuzco. This is the morning crew :)

    • G.A.P on a GAP year

    • G.A.P Traveller currently on her GAP year helps us plant trees in Peru

    • Girlz Gone Green

    • G.A.P office interns Karina & Nancy greening Cuzco

    • Manuel our belle

    • Manuel, ex-G.A.P tour leader & owner of ROOTS reggae bar in Cuzco comes to help out for the day

    • Happy Planters

    • Tour leaders and travellers lend a helping hand

    • Power Planters

    • This couple of G.A.P Travellers win the prize for power planters...they just kept going & going & going....

    • Grass-ias

    • G.A.P Traveller takes a break from planting trees, puts down her shovel & decides to give the electric grass cutter a whirl.  The local workers from the municipality were quite impressed with her talent and despite the long blades there were luckily no missing toes :)

    • Volunteering with the Municipality

    • Workers from the Cusco municipality of Wanchaq were happy to have us join them planting trees & flowers for the day. 

    • Working Together

    • G.A.P Tour Leader David & G.A.P traveller work together to plant a tree

    • Grass Fight

    • G.A.P Tour Leader Fernando in a one-on-one fight with the grass,  determined to make a hole for his tree

    • G.A.P Travellers Working Hard

    • G.A.P travellers who came out to plant with us on Earth Day :)

    • Cuzco Boyz Get Dirty

    • G.A.P Cuzco intern Gilber & staff Edwin getting dirty for earth day

    • Planting Trees

    • G.A.P Cusco staff Rocio & our Belgian intern Annelise diggin' a hole to plant their tree.

    • Earth Day in Cusco!

    • In celebration of Earth Day, we planted 100 native trees and 100 flowers together with G.A.P Cusco staff, Tour Leaders, travellers, our local transport drivers and workers from the Wanchaq Municipality of Cusco.  It was a beautiful sunny day, we worked hard, got dirty, but had fun & enjoyed every minute.  Next time you are on the bus from Cusco to Puno or vice versa have a look out the window as you go down the Via Expressa and you can watch our trees grow. Happy Earth Day everyone :)

    • G.A.P Cuzco Staff Hike Lares

    • Getting Dirty

    • A G.A.P Adventures group participates in our worldwide "Getting Dirty for Earth Day" campaign by organizing a coastal clean-up.    

    • Water For Guatemala

    • By supporting our Water for Guatemala project, you can help bring water to people throughout rural Guatemala

    • $50 can change a life!

    • A donation of just $50 is enough to change one woman's life forever by providing her with a first time loan and the skills to start her own business. To help, check out our Women's Micro-Credit project in Honduras.

    • Give a child a future

    • Volunteer with or donate to one of our children's projects. Help us keep them off the streets & support our goal to provide them with scholoarships giving them the chance for a brighter future.    

    • What's your talent?

    • While skilled professionals are always welcome, you don't have to be an artist, a construction worker, a teacher or a doctor to participate on our volunteer tours. No experience is necessary, just the desire to help.

    • Volunteer!

    • Planeterra offers a variety of volunteer oportunities around the world.  Be more than a tourist and experience real life in the places that you travel, it may even change your life!    

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  • Some new Planeterra news on the way very soon!
    Planeterra_InTheField, 1 year ago| Flag
  • The Planeterra Facebook Group:

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    planeterra, 1 year ago| Flag
  • Hey Gang

    Just a quick note from me to say how incredible I think Planeterra is and what a wonderful way for us to give back to the communities that we travel to and the destinations that we see. While I haven't been to a project yet (and that's a big YET!) I've promoted them, I've donated to them, help raise funds and awareness to the projects and people I know who have been have loved the trips and the rewards they get from them.

    I also donated on behalf of my niece Ivy last year because as an 11 year old she has everything she needs, but when I donate in her name she takes the time to learn about the projects and the people and the areas they are from. It helps to keep her grounded as well, and she has become very interested in the world, geography and poverty because of this. I think not only is it a great gift to those who it helps, but also to the people who 'give' the gift as it's education and a sense of accomplishing something great!
    PurpleNed, 1 year ago| Flag
  • GAP is Tourism for Tomorrow finalist:

    http://www.pr-inside.com/g-a-p-adventures-named-finalist-for-r1069588.htm
    emmap, 1 year ago| Flag
  • A Vancouver Sun article featuring Planeterra! check it out here:

    http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/choose%20sustainable%20travel/804773/story.html
    emmap, 1 year ago| Flag

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