Travel Stories by Milagros Polo

Adventure Life provided a grant for $2000 to Mantay shelter for cleaning and hygiene products. The funds allowed the facility to maintain sanitation conditions, as well as carry out personal hygiene workshops where mothers and children could learn hygiene habits. We are very grateful for all the help of Adventure Life!

The Mantay Shelter in Cusco, Peru, experienced flooding this past year which damaged the bathrooms in the facility. Adventure Life provided funding for repairs to be completed in a timely manner. The Mantay Shelter supports adolescent mothers in reaching a life of dignity for themselves and their children and we at Adventure Life are proud to …

Through Adventure Life's Grant Project the Mantay Shelter in Cusco, Peru was able to make security modifications to their facility. The Mantay Shelter supports adolescent mothers in reaching a life of dignity for themselves and their children. Adventure Life travelers have the opportunity to visit Mantay while staying in Cusco on a Peru trip. …

The Greenberg family decided to give back to the area they were visiting in Peru. They participated in a home restoration Volunteer Service Project in Cachicatta community. They continued their tour on the Salcantay Trek where they ended on the Inca Trail at Machu Picchu ruins.

Located in northern Peru, the fortress at Kuelap ruins was built by the Chachapoyas tribe. Here you will see only a few visitors per week due to the four hour trek through the Andes to arrive at the ruins. From below, you wouldn't know what lies on the top of this ridge because it is completely invisible.

Activities on the Cachiccata Community in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Cusco, Peru, April 2009

PERU-TRIP TO AUSANGATE TREKK FROM APRIL 03 TO 07, 2009

Travels through Cusco to the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco, the San Pedro market for fresh goods, the local market in Urubamba, and Samanapac Hotel in Ollantaytambo.