On behalf of the Crooked Trails staff, board, partners and volunteers we send out our greatest wishes for good health and safety to you and your loved ones. The worldwide slow-down as a result of … Read More
A Surprising Discovery en route to Machu Picchu
This is Pablo and Lucy. They have been instrumental in heading up the community-based tourism project in the Andean village of Vicos, Peru for many years. They’ve hosted countless travelers in their home who have … Read More
After 20 Years, a Grand Incan Surprise in Chinchero
By Tammy Leland, Co-Founder and International Program Director Twenty years ago, I walked into the sleepy village of Chinchero in Peru’s Sacred Valley of the Incas. The streets were quiet and paved in Inca stones. … Read More
Venture into Oaxaca’s Sierra Norte on the World’s Coolest Mushroom Hunt
The summer rainy season in Oaxaca’s Sierra Norte region drapes the breathtaking mountain landscape in passing misty shrouds. This magical time is when the mushrooms pop, dotting the forests with over 340 different varieties. It’s … Read More
Empowering Women Through Travel
On January 21st, 2017 over 1 million women marched in the U.S., and hundreds of thousands in cities worldwide, all asking to be heard. A slogan often chanted was “Women’s rights are human rights.” Supporting … Read More
Free Travel Seminar: Oaxaca, Mexico – Trekking and Culinary Tours
There is a place that is as exotic as the far east, as safe as your back yard, as beautiful as Tahoe, and which offers the most delicious food available, and it’s so close – … Read More
Peeling Back the Layers on Oaxaca
By Robin Anderson, Crooked Trails Mexico Director I’m often asked what first drew me to Oaxaca when I began my 15-year love affair with this region of Mexico. Frankly, nothing beyond the promise of a … Read More
Exciting Projects In Sibuje Village, Nepal
If you have been following the work of Crooked Trails you have no doubt heard of our partner in Nepal, Karma Sherpa, and the amazing work he is doing in his home village of Sibuje. … Read More
Lessons, Lessons, and more Lessons: Getting Educated In Nepal
CT guides Tanner & Kolena have been sending periodic dispatches from the field in Nepal, where they spent the fall guiding our travelers and doing on-the-ground re-con for us. Here’s their recap post on what … Read More
Forging New Partnerships, Creating New Opportunities and Discovering New Experiences in Nepal
CT guides Tanner & Kolena are sending periodic dispatches from the field in Nepal, where they our first group of post-quake volunteers and now are doing further re-con work on the ground . . . … Read More