Lending A Hand While
Exploring South America

Voluntourism or volunteer travel is a type of travel where people decide to go to a destination and take a week or more to participate in a hands-on experience helping with a project in a community, organization or conservation region. The volunteer experience may fill the entire time that the traveler has set aside to travel; he or she has set an intent to make his vacation a work experience. People engaged in voluntourism definitely get their hands dirty!

Philanthropic travel is a different type of experience, where clients may set aside as little as a day or up to a few days of their trip to engage in a project in a community, organization, or conservation region; most of their vacation is spent relaxing; but they choose to take a portion of that time to participate and assist in a project that benefits others. This is the type of experience that Kuoda Tours builds into our programs, and if this is the type of experience you wish for, you can learn more about it in Some Projects we Support.

For those of you who wish to engage in a longer and more arduous experience, please see the following links:

Nexos Voluntarios is a non-profit non-governmental organization that brings travelers to poverty stricken areas of Peru, where they can contribute to improving the well-being of families, by living and working in Peru´s poorest communities.
http://www.nexosvoluntarios.org