The Sons of the Araucania – Part 2
Part 1 COMMUNITY-BASED TOURISM Before starting to collaborate with Travolution Travel in 2012, Joaquin and the other members of the Quinquen community knew only one type of tourism and tourists: the ones that were visiting the nearby lake. There was no relationship with them though, and โThe only contribution they were bringing was the tons […]
The Sons of the Araucania – Part 1
Seeds of independence ROOTS The Araucania is a vast region, covered in the millennia old and picturesque monkey puzzle trees, which can rise over fifty metres above the other native plants and vegetation of the surrounding virgin forests. The araucaria is possibly the earthโs oldest living tree species, and is respected by the indigenous communities […]
Marie Louise
ย The rhythms of the earth ย She learned the art of pottery with her parents when she was seven years old. Today ๐๐ช๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฎ is thirty-two, and she takes pride in the activities she has run with the tourists at the Red Rock since 2013, when Greg invited her to join the hub. She […]
Here we come, Land!
I met another inspiring tour guide.ย After Kokko unveiled the real scenery of the Maldives for me, Felipe led me on another fascinating exploration, this time to discover the ancient jobs and occupations of the rural Chilean countryside. I would invite you to join him for the tour too. Your wandering starts in the middle […]
Traveller Storyteller Declares Climate Emergency
Traveller Storyteller is a project born from the need to reconnect tourists with that universe of communities that have chosen to carry on living in their traditional way. Through our Blog, we want to open a new communication channel with the future tourists, travellers, but above all, with the future guests, and provide them with […]
Sam Kambare
Focus on the artists. ๐ข๐ช๐ถ ๐๐ช๐ถ๐ซ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ is a local artist in Kigali.His artworks are full of colour and massive in size. They decorate few walls of the Inshuti Art Gallery in the Rwandan capital. You can lose yourself in the hypnotic streams of weaves that unravel in front of you. What it seems just a […]
Bertha
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช started weaving her baskets a long time ago. She used to sell them at the local market, and she did so until the day she met Greg Bakunzi and Red Rocks Initiative, more than ten years ago. Today she weaves baskets that travel far in the luggage of the international tourists that have visited […]
Imagining communities and conservation in Rwanda- part 3
PART 1 PART 2 CONSERVATION AND CBT Greg has fulfilled his dream of starting a process that puts communities at its centre, and that ensures they are the direct beneficiaries of all its actions. All the activities that go under the name of Eco-tour have been designed to work on local sustainable development through tourism […]
Imagining communities and conservation in Rwanda- part 2
PART 1 THE HUBS A HUB FOR THE COMMUNITIES Three physical centres have been built consecutively since 2017 under the guidance of the Red Rocks, representing, first and foremost, hubs for the communities. The first and main centre is the one in Muzanze district, near Nyakinama village. Here community events are performed, like the Igitarambo […]
Imagining communities and conservation in Rwanda – part 1
INTRO This time I am Story Travelling to a place I have not yet been. I went to Rwanda virtually, and discovered that in this tiny country, which covers roughly the same surface area as my native Sicily, there is an interesting story that I want to share โ and many volcanoes, too. This is […]