Sustainable Tourism

Ticonata is a small beautiful island on a hidden spot at Lake Titicaca.on 2004 we had the commitment to start a community based tourism project there, but the island was almost depopulated. Its inhabitants had gone to inhabit the nearest shores and from there the young started to migrate away looking for better life. On the spring of the same year we brought the first experimental group of tourists, right after our visit some islanders offered to sell us big sections of the island and we felt tempted to start a private project. However it was against our idea to start a unique community based project, so later in a communal meeting we recommended them to include in their internal regulations, certain limitations like: “it is not allowed to sell land to foreigners, and only the communal business will be permitted” in this manner we assured the future and sustainability of our project and assured the benefits of tourism to stay on the island.

Immediately we started the “Ticonata Community Based Project”. Our condition was to work with everybody together. Using the ancestral principle of “Ayni”. “Give and Receive”, we directed them to build a small eco village in remembrance of pre-incan houses and make them aware of the facilities and services they could offer to visitors. Everybody worked together like ants to build an Eco Village. Today our clients have the chance to experience a night in this unique off-the-beaten-path destination full of authentic culture and great landscapes. But the most impressive thing is to observe the positive impact our project has produced:

When the project began, the island was practically depopulated. Today some families have returned to their birthplace, to inhabit it; they have found a new opportunity in tourism.
The island had a disintegrated community, but today 25 families have reorganized and rescued their ancestral community principles, and use them to administrate a new project like tourism and make it a democratic and fair activity. Nowadays, the Ticonata project is one of the most successful Community based projects in South America.
Another remarkable aspect is that the Ticonata Islanders have started to recover their ancestral arts craft, music and dances that were becoming extinct. In our project we encouraged them to display and show only their most authentic cultural background. Today the young are learning about their own culture and traditions. And an ancestral culture was recovered.

We particularly recognize Daniel Diaz and Percy Flores, two experienced tour leaders, for their cooperation and commitment in supporting this project unconditionally.

In March, of 2008 Edgar Adventures began a tourism community based project in Luquina, a community located on the Chucuito Peninsula. It is a privileged spot by nature and a place that holds an authentic indigenous community that deserved to be known. Our concern was how to not negatively affect this unspoiled area and start a real sustainable project without expiration date. We organized the community and made them aware of the importance to work together as a condition for a fair & sustainable tourism. Rapidly using By integrating the “Ayni principle”- “One for all and all for one” , they quickly understood the concept and helped each other to improve their home stay rooms and other facilities to receive visitors. Today Luquina is for sure one of the best off-the-beaten-track destinations where responsible and fair tourism have come true, in partnership with a private company. Since then our mutual cooperation has become stronger, and has produced remarkable positive impacts:

About 40 families are part of this community project, and gradually more are integrating into it with the aim to involve all the community members. Our project encouraged the preservation of cultural heritage by working to strengthen the community links.
Our project brought to the locals the possibility to produce economic income inside their own homeland, improving the quality of life for the entire community.
The authentic cultural manifestations of Luquina like dance rituals and art and craft works are displayed and showed to visitors in this way our project warrants the cultural continuity of all these manifestations.
We are actively participating in training the host families and equipping their home stays, it is a difficult task considering we have to work with numerous members, and recently we have equipped 40 home stay houses with new high quality mattresses.

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