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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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Iguassu Falls Argentina Video

Pura — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:32:53 +0000

This is a lovely video showing just how spectacular the Iguassu Falls can be. The falls straddle the border between Argentina and Brazil so can form part of a circuit of Argentina, or a holiday in Brazil or they are an ideal place to link the two countries together. If you are interested in a [...]

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Discounted Galapagos Cruise on Evolution

Pura — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:11:31 +0000

Discounts for a Galapagos cruise on board Evolution don’t come along often but when they do, they are very, very attractive. How does a 44% discount sound? Put another way, a price reduction of us$4,355. If you can set sail for 7 nights on the 27th August, 10th September or 24th September 2011 then you [...]

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Machu Picchu limits visitors to 2,500 per day

Pura — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:56:51 +0000

Hard on the heels of restrictions on the climbing of Huayna Picchu comes the news that visitor numbers to the site itself are to be limited to 2,500 per day. This is significantly more than the 917 a day (no more than 385 at any one time) advocated by UNESCO. The Peruvian government was pushing [...]

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Machu Picchu by the back door

Pura — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:45:11 +0000

This image is from an interesting, and beautifully illustrated, piece on the hike from Choquequirao to Machu Picchu in the New York Times This is a stunning trip which we have recently added to our portfolio of Peru holidays. The hiking is tough but the rewards phenomenal as you can read in this article. If [...]

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Ecuador and Galapagos last minute deal La Pinta Yacht and Hotel Plaza Grande

Pura — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:54:41 +0000

This just in from Ecuador, it’s not exactly a lot of notice but if you can make it, it’s a very, very comfortable trip and a good price! ECUADOR & GALAPAGOS ISLANDS LAST MINUTE DEAL 8 DAYS/7 NIGHTS LA PINTA YACHT & HOTEL PLAZA GRANDE ITINERARY DAY BY DAY JUN 22 – Quito Escorted transfer [...]

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Chile Puyehue Volcano Eruption

Pura — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:56:37 +0000

The eruption of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcano in southern Chile has been producing some absolutely spectacular images for the world to see, not least this one from Chile’s La Tercera newspaper’s site. The volcano is about mid-way down the Chilean Lake district which runs from (roughly) the area of Lago Villarica/Pucón in the north to [...]

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Evolution Galapagos Cruise Special Offer

Pura — Wed, 25 May 2011 08:54:42 +0000

Evolution, one of the loveliest boats in the Galapagos, has a great special offer on for 2011. In fact, there are two great special offers. And we genuinely mean great, these are both great offers with a value of around us$2,000 per person. The price of the boat remains the same, you can see Evolution’s [...]

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Galapagos Fuel Cost Increase

Pura — Tue, 24 May 2011 10:16:25 +0000

The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, has issued Executive Decree 736, published 6th May 2011, which sets new prices for the diesel fuel used by all tourist vessels operating in the Galapagos Islands. The Government Fuel Tax for Galapagos was first applied in June 2008 with some boats absorbing the costs, others passing it on [...]

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Costa Rica holiday review

Pura — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:45:37 +0000

We have just had this feedback or review of our Costa Rica Uncovered holiday. I think it’s worth putting up here because it’s really detailed and might be of use to other people thinking of joining our Costa Rica holidays. It also shows what we can do with as little as 3 days’ notice! I [...]

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