Experience Mayan culture in Belize
NGO Planeterra supports communities to “use tourism as a catalyst to improve people’s lives” and has helped generate more than $10m with 85 projects. Its Global Community Tourism Network launched last year to enable those enterprises to share good practices and offer support to other communities.
These projects have been integrated into partner G Adventures’ programme, including one in San Ignacio, close to the Belize-Guatemala Border. Here, a women’s co-op of nine Mayan women share their knowledge with visitors and younger generations, sponsoring education and supporting artisans. A new workshop space allows for community training, as well as lessons for visitors, including traditional pottery. Nine-day Belize Upgraded tour from £1,079pp excluding flights, gadventures.com
Delve into Delhi and the desert
Intrepid Travel has relaunched its collection of women’s expeditions in countries that have been disproportionally affected by the pandemic. The small group tours have been designed to support and empower the communities they visit in…
