Reuters reports that two Peruvian coffee producers — Cecovasa and Chanchamayo Highland Coffee Co. — are now making one of the most expensive coffees in the world by retrieving arabica beans from the dung of a long-nosed jungle mammal called the coati, a tropical cousin of the raccoon.
Cultural relativism takes on goofy dimensions in an age of celebrity Tweet-casted vacations.
Have you ever heard of the famous depiction of Christ’s Last Supper in the Cathedral of Cusco, where the main dish is a roasted guinea pig?
The first time I laid eyes on Machu Picchu was 16 years ago, and even though I do not consider myself a particularly spiritual person, what I experienced in that moment was profound, and has stayed with me. It’s the same each time I return.
As a family-owned company, Fertur Peru Travel is an active supporter of Manos Unidas — The Camino Nuevo School of Cusco, a non-profit private school, providing quality education, teacher training and parent advocacy for special needs children in Cusco.