This cultural trip to Yemen will take us to the heart of the country’s mainland and the mythical island of Socotra, combining history, culture, and nature in its purest form. We will begin in the Hadramaut Valley, land of sultans, merchants, and Sufi mystics. We’ll stroll through Seiyun and Tarim, the city of 360 mosques, […]
10
Jul
Jul
This photographic trip will take us to the most authentic heart of southwestern China. During this trip, we will travel through the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan in search of some of the country’s best-preserved traditional markets, cultural landscapes, and ethnic communities. From the vibrant city of Chengdu to the spectacular rice terraces of Yuanyang, […]
09
Jul
Jul
A trip designed to gain an in-depth understanding of one of the most fascinating regions in Central Asia: northeast Afghanistan. We will enter Afghanistan from Tajikistan. The Afghan visa will be easily obtained at the border, and we will enter the Emirate through the Turkmen desert. The first city we will explore in Afghanistan is the […]
02
Jul
Jul
We present you an ethnographic trip to Brazil, a unique experience of indigenous coexistence, participant observation and cultural documentation in the southern region of the Amazon forest. For nine days, we will travel through two of the most emblematic indigenous peoples of Brazil. We will share with them daily activities, ceremonies, traditional knowledge, indigenous medicine, […]
29
Jun
Jun
This immersive trip to Chad to experience the Gerewol ceremony proposes an ethnographic expedition focused on one of the most extraordinary cultural events in the Sahel. We will travel across vast savannah landscapes to a remote Mbororo camp near Dourbali. En route, we will visit rural villages and meet nomadic communities such as the Baggara […]
31
Mar
Mar
The trip to Niger has been designed to experience the mythical Gerewol, one of the most iconic ethnographic festivals in Africa. This is the courtship ceremony of the Wodaabe nomadic herders. This rite is a kind of beauty contest between the most beautiful boys, the jury of which is represented by the girls of the […]
27
Mar
Mar
Last Places has been operating in Papua New Guinea since 2022. We have explored numerous regions and chosen to promote areas largely ignored by conventional tourism circuits. This tribal trip to Papua New Guinea combines two eco-cultural regions: the Highlands and the Mekeo Coast, south of Port Moresby. In this ethnographic expedition, guided by one […]
26
Mar
Mar
This immersive trip to Chad to experience the Gerewol proposes an ethnographic expedition focused on one of the most extraordinary cultural events in the Sahel. We will travel across vast savannah landscapes to a remote Mbororo camp near Dourbali. En route, we will visit rural villages and meet nomadic communities such as the Baggara (“Red […]
30
Jan
Jan
This trip to Cameroon focuses on the remarkable Gerewol ritual. It is a ceremony in which young men demonstrate their physical abilities through hypnotic dances, with the aim of attracting their future wives. Alongside the well-known Gerewol festivals of Niger and Chad, the Gerewol in Cameroon emerges as another opportunity to witness one of the […]
10
Dec
Dec
Saddam Hussein’s regime, the US invasion followed by sectarian conflict and the rise of Islamic State have kept Iraq isolated from tourists for decades. The visit of Pope Francis in 2021 put Iraq once again in the sights of tourism interested in the oldest history of Humanity. Cultural wealth has inevitably been impacted by the […]
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