Milestone Travel Consultants

24/09/2019

Happy to announce two trips to Chile in Dec 2020 for watching Total Solar Eclipse

06/11/2017

23/04/2016

Witness the light show of nature....chase the Aurora lights.... travel with Our Only Planet this winter!

14/01/2016

Machu Picchu might be awe inspiring and spectacular, but Caral is intriguing and mysterious. There's much more to Peru than Machu Picchu.

09/12/2015

Everest Base Camp: Round Trek...Kathmandu- Lukla - Phakding - Namche - Dolle - Machhermo - Gokyo Lake - Thangnak - Cho-la Pass (5380m) - Dzonglha - Lobuche - -Gorak Shep - Everest Base Camp - Kalapathar - Pheruche - Namche - Nameche- Lukla - Kathmandu

16/ 17 days

Starting from Kathmandu on 2nd April
Anyone interested?

08/12/2015

Any one interested?

23/10/2015

We are specialized in arranging tours to Galapagos

Scientists have identified a new giant tortoise species on the Galapagos islands.

15/09/2015

21/08/2015

After successful Ecuador Peru Tour in July 2015, we announce our next "Only for Aurora" trip to Norway in January 2017. For more details contact us at FB or at [email protected]

25/07/2015

A group for which, we organised a tour to Galapagos and Peru

15/05/2015

Scientists snap pictures of Andean bear in Madre de Dios, Peru.
For the first time, researchers have acquired evidence of the Andean bear in a key protected area using camera “traps”, reports Smithsonian Science News.

The team of Peruvian and American researchers has been working in the Amarakaeri Comunal Reserve in the Madre de Dios Region to understand the impacts of new gas wells on wildlife.

The traps are simply cameras set to automatically take pictures when a motion sensor is triggered.

The reserve takes in moist Amazonian forest and the diverse Peruvian Yungas on the eastern slopes and valleys of the Andes. It is home to thousands of plants and animals, as well as indigenous communities.

In recent years, the central government has opened up the gas- and oil-rich area to exploration.

The team comprises Peruvians Alejandro Portillo from the Universidad de Cusco and Alcides Fernandez, a member of the local Yine community of Diamante, together with scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in the United States.

The Andean bear is listed as “vulnerable” by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), with new roads, logging, mining, gas and oil development encroaching on their habitat. The bears vast range extends from Venezuela to Bolivia, with an estimated 20,000 thought to be left.

The animal has special significance in traditional Quechua and Aymara cultures and is the last of a unique evolutionary line.

It is the only bear native to South America.

The bears have black bodies with light-coloured fur around their eyes, hence their other name: the spectacled bear.

Since mid-2014, the team say they have photographed around 25 mammals.

15/04/2015

Anne De Thelín, like so many other travelers to Peru, fell in love with the Andean nation upon her arrival from Paris. Deciding to plant her feet in the Amazon jungle, De Thelín has since begun an admirable project to construct the first self-sufficient and sustainable well-being center in Iquitos.

Although she studied International Business as well as International Tourism, De Thelín perhaps learned the most when she decided to make a five-week stay in the Peruvian Amazon to study Shamanism and the use of medicinal plants. Witnessing the benefits of the natural environment first-hand inspired De Thelín to create a space where others could visit, stay, and heal.

Implementing architectural techniques of Earthship (in which building are constructed using both natural and recycled material), the Inti Eco Lodge is both sun and wind powered, uses no mechanical or electrical devices, recycles rainwater, and maintains gardens to provide food for both guests and workers. (According to Wikipedia, the first Earthship construction in South America was built in Patagonia as recently as January 2015.)

And support has been great so far. “Locals and visitors from around the world” have helped to construct the lodge, tells De Thelín in the video posted on the project’s Indiegogo page. The efforts put forth will be put right back into that community as the non-profit project directs all profits towards supporting programs like reforestation, animal welfare, and the surrounding native communities.

Balancing care for the environment with that of the guests, Inti Eco Lodge offers yoga, meditation, massage and dance classes. Creativity can also be nourished in spaces dedicated to art, such as painting and sculpting.

Prices vary according to the type of accommodation (which range from simple dormitories to luxury tree houses), however prices will be kept reasonable, ensures De Thelín, in order to make the experience of responsible tourism accessible.

“Our main goal is to create a unique place of living and an authentic experience,” states De Thelín.