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Sacred Valley

Leave the tourist trail far behind as you spend the day with your guide, experiencing rural life first-hand.

• Peru Cultural Journey

Atacama Desert

Visit the mine of the infamous 2010 collapse in the high Andes. Timed right, you might even meet one of 'Los 33'.

Andalucía

Soak up the atmosphere, sample the house specials and practise your Spanish in Seville's lively tapas bars.

Camino de Santiago

Make time to chat with locals and pilgrims on an unhurried walk along the best of the Camino Francés.

• Highlights of Camino Inn to Inn

Basque Country

Mix with locals at a weekly market; a social gathering and produce showcase engrained in rural Basque culture.

• Basque Cultures & Cuisines

Basque Country

Go where the locals go on a relaxed walk around the pintxos bars in the company of a local Pamplonan.

• Basque Cultures & Cuisines

Douro Valley

Raise a glass of red at Paulo's wine Quinta in the hills of Douro and ponder why life can't always taste this good.

• Porto to Lisbon Road Trip

Lisbon

Enjoy the sights and sounds of a lesser-seen Lisbon as you explore on a relaxed tour with a local in the know.

• Porto to Lisbon Road Trip

Setubal

Mingle with the locals at Portugal's best fish market in Setubal, a great insight into local fishing culture.

• Porto to Lisbon Road Trip

Patagonia

Get stuck into estancia work, or just sit back and take in the rhythms of rural life in as the gauchos go to work.

Sacred Valley

Visit a female weaving co-operative in the hills for an authentic and in-depth insight into this ancient Inca skill.

• Peru Cultural Journey

Aysén

Roll up your sleeves to help on a typical day on a farm, or just sit back and soak in a slice of rural Patagonia life.

• Carretera Austral Road Trip

Coffee Highlands

Meet microproducer Don Carlos to sample coffee brewed the traditional way in the highlands of Costa Rica.

• Ultimate Costa Rica Trip

Amazon Rainforest

Explore the trails and creeks with Rocio, the first female Kichwa guide and an inspiration for future generations.

• Ecuador Wildlife Vacation

Solentiname Islands

Meet the artists capturing life on this small archipelago, renowned for its distinctive bright watercolors.

• Nicaragua Cultural Trip

Salvador da Bahia

Enjoy a day of guided community tourism, centred around the music, food and dances of Bahia.

• Best of Bahia Vacation

Northern Highlands

Meet the farmers behind the pioneering carbon sequestration project that our vacations help flourish.

• Nicaragua Cultural Trip

Northern Highlands

Stay at this brilliant ecolodge and meet young students whose futures are empowered by this social enterprise.

• Nicaragua Cultural Trip

Chapada Diamantina

Hike between remote homestays in wide valleys, where the food is tasty, the welcome warm and the beers cold.

• Best of Bahia Vacation