Southern Patagonia tour, in depth

Planet

CARBON REDUCTION
Our environmental impact in our offices is low, so we focus more on the value chain. Anyway, in the office, we do waste separation and always try to reduce and reuse whenever possible. Maximize daylight by arranging workspaces near windows and using light-coloured interior paint to reflect light.

Selection of our suppliers:
In order to ensure sustainability and consistency with our work philosophy, we always look for sustainable tourism providers that meet any of the following requirements:
- Be distinguished by quality and/or sustainability programs/seals
- Be recognized locally for their good environmental and social practices.
- We prioritize local ventures and, if possible, attended by their owners.
- In the case of accommodation, we work with hotels certified for their environmental management whenever we can.
- We also encourage our allies to improve and continue implementing environmentally responsible practices, especially those related to water, energy, and waste.
- In the more traditional destinations, we seek to offer a different travel experience, with small group excursions, certified local guides, and alternative proposals that complement the most tourist sites.

ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE

Responsible practices with the environment
- Walking and public transport tours
- Visit natural areas where we work on environmental awareness and the importance of biodiversity.
- We started calculating the carbon footprint of our trips, and we offer our clients options of carbon offset. As an example of this policy, we contribute monthly with the Argentine Wildlife Foundation (a member of WFF) for reforestation programs in Argentina.
- We deliver a recycled leather envelope to our customers to carry their documentation. The Vacavaliente company is a certified B company that buys the remains of leather from tanneries (preventing them from being waste) and transforms them into design products through reuse techniques.
- As part of our paperless policy, we stopped printing long-road books and changed them for digital brochures for our clients.

We always search for alternative activities to those usually chosen by large groups of tourists so that you can have more intimate and authentic experiences, without missing out on the most emblematic places in Argentina.

This tour includes small-group activities so that you can have a better experience.

The adventure continues in Los Antiguos, where you’ll visit natural monuments such as the Capillas de Mármol, and you’ll get to discover the Cuevas de las Manos, an incredibly valuable archaeological site of cave art, surrounded by an unforgettable colorful landscape. We look to avoid mass tourism and visit these nontouristic sites.

Travelers will learn about the work of Rewilding organization in Parque Patagonia

People

LOCAL ECONOMY

On this trip, we hire local certified guides who know their environments best. We include visits to local communities and estancias. These are off the road places, where the tourists do not frequently go, and so our support is crucial to them. We support them not only by hiring their services, but also by creating cultural exchange, having lunch for example, or buying them provisions.

We also recommend our travelers to visit social projects, for example, some of our partners have visited Camino Abierto, a soup-kitchen located in a rural area that also offers training to the children: organic farming, local food preparation, harvest, farm, etc.

Some accommodations are in family houses (private rooms), which allows a more meaningful cultural exchange, while we support the local development.

EMPLOYMENT, INCLUSIVITY, AND DIVERSITY

We collaborate with the local development of that region through tourism revenues. In addition, we raise awareness about the importance of cultural and natural heritage as different sites are visited, including some protected by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites (Cueva de las Manos + PN Los Glaciares)

We work with local guides.