Development Aid

Turismo El Caminante has been supporting various social and ecological projects in Chile for many years thanks to the support of tourists, the chilean goverment and members of the Catholic Church of Austria.
In this context we work closely together with CODEFF, a private Chilean foundation for the protection of nature, which has been chosen for the efficient manner in which it spends and invests its funds. It also provides an excellent example of the benefits that can be obtained from close cooperation between tourism and social-ecological projects.

1997 Anti Drug Project for children living on the street
1998 Reconstruction project in the Piduco slum
1999 Project for people from outside the area moving into Government housing in “healthy nourishment and ecological growth”
2000 The building of a rehabilitation center for wild birds
2001 Education program for children concerning their environment
2002 Free Music School for people with very low incomes, and an educational program for children
2003 Education program for tour guides
2004 Education program for farmers
2005 Education program for Trekkingguides "Valle Melado"
2006 starting our non profit foundation "Trekkingchile"
2007 starting the construction of the Aymara museum village "La Chacana"
2007 development of the governmental project Marketing Coop.
2008 development of the CO2 offset program FairChile for sustainable tourism.

Contact us at turismocaminante@trekkingchile.com

Education Program "Melado"



Education Program for local guides