Category: Exceptional travel

For lovers of unspoilt nature, we have organized this trip to Brazil in October travelling up the Amazon River from Manaus to the Anavilhanas Archipelago, deep in the jungle.

 

On board a regional boat equipped for trips and expeditions in the Amazon, we will travel up its tributaries to meet indigenous communities, see pink dolphins and take canoe trips through the flooded forest.

Ships have all possible comforts for expeditions of this type and we are accompanied by a crew and, at times, local guides who will introduce us to life in the Amazon river communities. They usually have two decks, and cabins with toilets can be booked depending on the size of the group. Built from wood, they are simple and comfortable.

 

The Amazon River is Manaus’s main transport artery.

The Amazon is immense and unstoppable. Leaving its main channel behind, we find the jungle we were hoping for among the tributaries and waterways.

INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

Upriver, we stop at several Indigenous communities. Travellers can observe the difference between those where NGOs are present

During the trip, we anchor the boat in quiet stretches of the Apuau River, which will serve as our “base camp” for several days.

At night, those who wish can leave the safety of the boat and camp in the jungle: an explosion of sounds, smells, darkness and caimans… a real face-to-face encounter with nature.

A single departure on 26 November, on which We'll travel. New Zealand North to South, travelling in a small group with a Spanish-speaking specialist guide. New Zealand’s islands offer a distinctive model of social organisation and magnificent natural scenery, with geothermal activity, unspoilt forests and spectacular mountains. the itinerary includes easy walks in the most scenic places, local visits and some free days when it is possible to undertake full-day walks or excursions or activities with little physical exertion.

The collection of paintings and engravings on rocks and walls in Tassili N’Ajjer is the world’s largest open-air collection of Neolithic art.

A World Heritage Site since 1982 and a Biosphere Reserve since 1986, its walls bear the traces of prehistoric civilizations which, almost by miracle, remain in the midst of a terribly hostile climate much of the year.

The Tadrart is the objective of our next trips to Algeria from October to March, with Red sand dunes and an impressive canyon, where fantastical landscapes conceal sculpted stone formations and springs of crystal-clear water.

We set off from Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas, and travel up the Rio Negro towards the area between the Cueiras and Apuaú rivers. It is on these tributaries that we will have a truly intimate, immersive jungle experience, something difficult to achieve on the vast Amazon that runs further downstream, always with more boat traffic and a larger population.

On our expedition, we will travel with guide Enric Marsà, who has lived in the area for more than 20 years and knows the terrain extremely well.

Greenland is the northernmost country in the world, located on the American continent between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, facing the Canadian coast on one side and the north-west of Europe on the other. Kalaallit Nunaat (the country's native name) is the largest island in the world, excluding the island continent of Australia, with a total area of 2,415,100 km². Just over 83% of Greenland is covered in ice, making it the world's second-largest ice reserve after Antarctica.

Greenland is one of the last remaining unspoilt and remote destinations on the planet.

Near Erta Ale volcano (‘smoking mountain’ in the Afar language) lies Lake Afrera. Its waters do not quench thirst, as it is a salt lake, but its minerals are a source of wealth. Water is channelled to its shores, where it evaporates, leaving fine white salt of the highest quality in the Danakil. Millions of years ago, the entire Danakil Depression was a vast sea. As it evaporated, it left enormous salt deposits, which are a source of wealth today.

It is worth visiting the salt workings to see the grid lines marking each property. After the salt flats, our next destination is Erta Ale volcano.

Some sayings and proverbs are wrong. Dust you are, and to dust you shall return. Wrong. We are water. Water is more abundant in our bodies than any other substance. And we need it. Water is life. Seas dominate the Earth’s surface, and life thrives along their shores. Then there are lakes and rivers, often the cradles of civilisations, or humanity’s first “highways”, connecting distant civilisations.

Travel across rivers, lakes and seas

In your next holidays We suggest a series of trips in which water is both our means of travel and the star attraction. By canoe, by kayak or sailing. In the south, close to the North Pole, on rivers or out at sea…

Our colleague Isi Juvé has cycled across several continents, swallowed dust on a thousand roads and kept pedalling through countless trips. On one of his adventures he spent more than two years away from home. Along the way he has gained the experience to offer us reliable advice. He is definitely our man in Viajes Tuareg for the Cycling trips.

The Halong Bay in Vietnam It is a place of such beauty that every traveller who visits is impressed. As you probably know, it lies in the north of the country, in Quang Ninh province, on the Gulf of Tonkin. A little further north lies China.

When someone mentions one of the Persian Gulf countries, the last word that comes to mind is probably fjord. This is exactly what happens when we mention Oman, a sultanate reputed to be one of the friendliest countries in the region, with the well-known Strait of Hormuz in its far north.

A total of thirty-nine people, spread over three expeditions, are traveling to Lake Turkana, in the north of Kenya, to observe the solar eclipse taking place on 3 November.

Good luck and clear skies to our eclipse hunters. We will keep you updated!

For those who have not yet decided on their holiday, we have added two new departures with destination Morocco for the second half of August:

Another exceptional astronomical event is approaching, and thousands of travellers from around the world are already packing their bags to travel to the best place to see it: Cairns, Australia.