Author Archives: Rachel
Virgen del Carmen festival in Paucartambo
By Laurel Thompson, Kuoda Travel For a few days out of each year the quiet, colonial backwater town of Paucartambo comes to life. It is suddenly overfilled with thousands of visitors, spectators who come to see and be a part … Continue reading
Hot Springs of Peru
By Laurel Thompson, Kuoda Tours A hot spring is formed when water that is heated underground returns to the surface of the earth. In some areas, magma or lava has worked its way up through Earth’s crust. These hot rocks … Continue reading
The Pilpintuwasi butterfly farm & animal orphanage
By Laurel Thompson, Kuoda Tours Few travelers get the chance to see stealthy jaguars, solitary anteaters, rare red uakari monkeys and over 42 species of butterfly in the jungle, but at the Amazon Animal Orphanage and Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm, you … Continue reading
Shamanism in Peru
By Laurel Thompson, Kuoda Tours A Shaman is a person who travels to other dimensions and brings back information to help his fellow men, and onewho uses the virtues of power plants and other spiritual forces to benefit and heal … Continue reading
Private Travel
By Rachel Parkinson, Kuoda Travel Recently at Kuoda we have been redesigning our website and maintaining our image for creating private, luxury travel in Peru and South America. We customize and personalize itineraries for our clients, and all of our trips … Continue reading