Sumak Sustainable Travel

General information

By travelling with a local tour operator from our network, you will get an incredible tour bringing together otherwise hard-to-combine elements. They offer you many ways of getting to know this awe-inspiring continent. You can explore its epic landscapes by hiking, swimming, trekking, horse riding or relaxed sightseeing. You can learn about its rich cultural heritage by experiencing indigenous rituals, listening to traditional storytelling, eating delicious local food, and a lot else besides.

Right at the heart of these tours are unique visits to rural communities where you are hosted by local people and families. You will also visit the main cities and sights of each country, from the spectacular beaches of Brazil to the luxuriant jungles of Colombia, the urban sophistication of Buenos Aires, or the imposing isolation of the Atacama desert. And for those interested in social innovation and sustainable development, guided visits to a range of projects (microfinance, social inclusion, and fair-trade to name a few) can be included, where you’ll have the opportunity to talk with the founders or project leaders, see the positive impact, learn from their experience and be part of the solution.

We work alongside Sustainable Pangea (http://www.sustainable-pangea.org), a multilingual web platform that features community-based eco-tourism destinations, as well as best practices of social entrepreneurs in other areas. It also documents how local communities are innovating to promote sustainable change in Latin America.

Half of our profits are reinvested back into the social enterprise to increase the quality of our service and number of destinations. The remaining half is invested into community-led projects that are part of the Sustainable Pangea Network.