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From Recovery to Empowerment: Mary’s Journey with Community Tourism in Medellín

How a local entrepreneur in Medellín inspired us all

How community-led tourism is revitalising a Quechua village in Peru

Treading Carefully in the Galapagos

Getting to Know Kagumu’s Leaders: “Gabo”

Today, we present to you one of our valuable team members and Lost City trek guide - Jose Gabriel Moscote Gil (also known as "Gabo").
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Upon witnessing the negative impacts of overtourism, we decided in 2024 to stop taking groups to one of the most...

Author Ana Cristina Velez | Posted on August 7, 2025 True travel is all about stories. While news headlines often...

Community members cooking underground in Peru

Author Bernie Coote | Posted on May 12, 2025 Cuyo Chico is an indigenous farming village in Peru’s Sacred Valley,...

A marine iguana looking into the camera

The Galapagos is among the most fragile archipelagos on earth. Kagumu founder Simon Willis, discovers the importance of protecting its...

Gabo talking to a traveller

Today, we present to you one of our valuable team members and Lost City trek guide – Jose Gabriel Moscote...

A Colombian farmer with a hat smiling

Author Bernadette Coote | Published on June 23, 2023 Head into the rolling olive-green Andean hills in Antioquia to discover...

Ocean meeting beach in Colombia

Author Simon Willis | Posted on August 5, 2022 Kagumu founder, Simon Willis, explores one of the world’s most biodiverse...