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Dave Orrock joins the Pura team

Pura — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:02:00 +0000

As we arrive in 2012, we welcome Dave Orrock to the Pura Aventura team. He joins us a travel consultant so is here to help you plan your holidays to both Spain and Latin America. Dave’s passion for Latin America began at an early age, with a 5 week trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos [...]

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Fire in Torres del Paine

Pura — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:33:05 +0000

The major fire which has been raging in Torres del Paine since the 27th December has now been put out and it appears that the park will re-open on the 4th January. At Pura we have been getting updates from conventional news channels, our suppliers locally and our guides and people on the ground actually [...]

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Galapagos airfare increases for 2012

Pura — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:57:31 +0000

We’re not sure of the full implications yet but basically the Ecuadorian government is eliminating fuel subsidies for flights within the country. The full text from domestic airline Aerogal is below but at heart it’s just a warning that prices of all flights within Ecuador are likely to see price hikes from January 2012 and [...]

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Darwin’s Finches

Pura — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:05:44 +0000

I was just on Yahoo answers this morning and saw someone ask “Why are the finches in the Galapagos Islands called Darwin’s Finches?” which set me thinking about these LBJs (little brown jobs) – the most significant insignificant looking bird in the world? This was the answer I penned which I thought might be worth [...]

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La Matanza in Andalucia

Pura — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:00:42 +0000

Vegetarians avert your eyes… …la matanza is upon us again. From November through to February is the season to slaughter pigs and cure the meats. Matar is the verb to kill so matanza just means ‘the killing’. The tradition dates back centuries with the idea that the meat, when fresh, would be kept cold [...]

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Atacama Desert Guide

Pura — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:00:37 +0000

Over the past 7 years Camilo has proved to be one of our most popular guides so we think it’s time we introduced him properly. Camilo is an expert in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, a beautiful area of high desert plains, salt flats, volcanoes, Andean peaks, lagoons and sand dunes. As he himself puts [...]

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Antarctic Ice Marathon

Pura — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:42:43 +0000

Fancy a bit of a challenge? We think this one takes the biscuit. How about running a marathon or 100km? Now try doing it in the coldest, windiest, highest, driest continent on the planet. Yes, the 2011 Antarctic Ice Marathon is upon us! Held at 80 Degrees South, at the foot of the Ellsworth Mountains, [...]

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Galapagos Film

Pura — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:34:14 +0000

I see today that they are filming an adaptation of Margaret Wittmer’s autobiography, ‘Floreana: a woman’s pilgrimage to the Galapagos‘. It could be an absolute cracker – the story certainly is. The human history of the Galapagos is, in one sense, the most interesting aspect of the islands. More than the animals themselves, it’s the [...]

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Peru and Galapagos holiday feedback

Pura — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:12:27 +0000

We love to hear from our customers once they get back from their holidays. This week has been a goodie with clients dropping by to leave some beautiful framed photos of a jaguar they saw in the Peruvian Amazon. Just incredible images of an animal so rarely seen that apparently the guides were every bit as excited as our clients! Then some touching feedback via Responsible Travel.

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Interview with Pura’s Jaime Lahoz

Pura — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:17:45 +0000

At Pura Aventura we try to make every destination special and different, a key part of that is our guides. They all make the effort to make our clients feel at home and get the most from their holidays. Here we interview our key man in the Pyrenees, Jaime. Or Jaime Lahoz Ortiz de la Tabla [...]

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