Celebrating with all guests who voted for Inkaterra as third best hotel brand in Travel+Leisure’s 2019 World’s Best Awards, we are proud to premiere a new featurette on Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba and the chicha de jora experience. One of the preferred activities within hotel grounds, Inkaterra’s chichería shares the secrets behind the Incan ceremonial beverage, from handpicking dry maize to finally toasting with the brew produced by our travelers.

Directed by Danish filmmaker Morten Anderson and narrated by explorer guide Hiro Ayquipa, the short film portrays Inkaterra’s deep bond with Cusco’s Sacred Valley. Viewers will enjoy a taste of Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba’s traditional design and décor, its breathtaking views of surrounding mountains and harvest fields, its approach to the colors and flavors of regional gastronomy, and its vast array of excursions to honor the millenary culture of the Andes.

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THE FUTURE OF ECOTOURISM:
CLARIN NEWSPAPER INTERVIEWS INKATERRA FOUNDER JOSÉ KOECHLIN

The largest print media in Argentina and member of the Latin American Newspaper Association, Clarín spoke with Inkaterra founder and CEO, José Koechlin, on the future of experiential travel, his role as co-producer for Werner Herzog’s classic films Aguirre: The Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo, and Inkaterra’s pioneering vision on ecotourism as a means towards sustainable development.

“There has been a shift of paradigm in the recent years. Short-term profit leads to the loss of biodiversity and local cultures. The Amazon is the most visible example, where logging, livestock and illegal mining are the main deforestation agents,” says José Koechlin to Clarín journalist Flavia Tomaello. “We have to be able to determine the economic value for the loss of biodiversity… Nowadays, natural resources are considered as capital goods. Our challenge is to consider conservation as a long-term investment. Biodiversity conservation can be a profitable endeavor, with a greater gain than extractive industries. Ecotourism is one of the most efficient ways to achieve this goal.” Click here to access the full interview.

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FORBES NAMES ENA ONE OF THE HOTEL SPAS
TO TRAVEL FOR THIS FALL

American business magazine Forbes picks the ideal wellness retreats for this season and Inkaterra’s freshly redesigned Ena Spa is among them.

“You wouldn’t necessarily think of the Amazon for wellness escapes but Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica did reveal its newly renovated spa earlier this year,” writes travel specialist Lauren Jade Hill. “Situated on the banks of the Madre de Dios River deep in the rainforest, ENA Spa aims to connect guests with nature, using products made from locally sourced ingredients in treatments offered in an open-sided cabaña. Treatments drawing on ancient Peruvian techniques include the Amazon Purification Treatment incorporating a cold stone massage using stones from the river and natural oils.”

INKATERRA ASOCIACIÓN ATTENDS 6^TH
CONFERENCE ON ANDEAN ORCHIDS IN MEDELLIN

The Colombian Orchideology Society and EAFIT University organized the 6th Scientific Conference on Andean Orchids, held on August 6-8 in Medellin. Biologists Jan Brack, Daxs Coayla and Carmen Soto attended the event in representation of Inkaterra Asociación. Dr. Carmen Soto gave a lecture on Inkaterra’s commitment to native orchid conservation in the Andean cloud forest – where Inkaterra preserves 372 species in their habitat, including 22 new species to science found within hotel grounds.

In the conference, Smithsonian Institution’s orchid specialist Tom Mirenda named Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel’s orchid garden as a replicable case study when speaking on the need to establish an international orchid garden network as a means to enhance the impact of various research and conservation endeavors in the region.

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WELLNESS IN THE SACRED VALLEY:
MAYU SPA’S HEALING GARDEN

Endorsed by Tatler and Condé Nast Traveler as one of the world’s best hotels, Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba welcomes guests to immerse themselves in open space, serenity and relaxing solitude. Mayu Spa provides relaxing views of the surroundings, as it is established on a foothill in-between Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba’s organic orchard and an enchanting peppertree forest.

Prior to spa treatments, Mayu Spa invites guests to walk across Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba’s healing garden, a lavishly nurtured field where they can handpick various native medicinal herbs to prepare 100% natural products applied in their selected therapy. Mayu Spa has a pool, private therapy rooms and a dry sauna – a spiritual and soothing experience amid the Sacred Valley’s evergreen mountains.

NEWSWEEK NAMES INKATERRA LA CASONA
ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRET SUMMER HIDEAWAYS OF 2019

American magazine Newsweek listed its 11 favorite luxury hideaways for summer vacations. Cusco’s first boutique hotel and Peru’s first Relais & Châteaux property, Inkaterra La Casona appears among retreats in Bali and the Italian Dolomites.

“The summer months have some of the year’s finest weather – Cusco’s elevation ensures that it doesn’t become too hot… Inkaterra La Casona is the true hideaway, with just 11 suites contained within an exquisite 16th-century manor house, which can boast both Spanish conquistador Diego de Almagro and “El Libertador” Simón Bolívar as former guests,” says Newsweek about South America’s finest hotel and the globe’s fourth best according to Travel+Leisure 2018 World’s Best Awards.

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