HighLives takes travellers to new heights in Latin America

London-based tour operator HighLives uses local know-how to offer unique experiences to British visitors to Latin America.


Bolivian-born founder Bibiana Tellez-Garside has pioneered specialist adventures, such as these new tours:· A river cruise up the Amazon headwaters featuring yoga on deck and starlit evening meditation classes.· Golfers can hit the longest shots of their lives in the rarified atmosphere of the world’s highest grass course in La Paz, Bolivia.· Keen amateur photographers hone their skills under the guidance of two professionals on a tour of Peru’s most spectacular natural and cultural sites. HighLives is a small firm specialising in high altitude destinations, with a focus on Bolivia’s La Paz, Bibiana’s home city and the world’s highest capital at almost 4,000 metres above sea level. HighLives aims to showcase a country still little visited by holidaymakers, despite frequently appearing near the top of many seasoned travellers’ favourite destinations (e.g. no. 9 in Wanderlust magazine’s 100 greatest travel experiences, August 2011).

“We’ve had enquiries from people asking about doing paragliding, horseback riding and mountain biking in the areas they plan to visit. With our local knowledge and contacts we can set up opportunities for travellers to engage in their passions and make their journeys a truly personal experience,” said Bibiana.

HighLives offers upscale and adventurous opportunities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru, starting with our 13-day Bolivian Odyssey with prices from £1,280 excluding flights.

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Bibiana Tellez-Garside- bgarside@highlives.co.uk, 020 8144 2629, mob:07825786948.· Please feel free to contact us for story ideas, travel tips and insight into the region, altitude-based travel and health, wellbeing and fitness tourism.· Our experiences have been selected to carefully consider the best possible ways to include responsible tourism practises. We aim to offer experiences that are sensitive to the environment and derive economic benefit to the local communities visited.· The operator is working with The Altitude Centre, a UK-based specialist in training consultancy for athletes and mountaineers, with the aim of providing services for top-level and serious sportspeople to optimise their performance with an extended stay at venues several thousand metres above sea level.·
 
HighLives is holding an open day on 26 November 2011, where there will be presentations on the destinations and packages it offers. The Altitude Centre will also be giving a talk and there will be free yoga, latin dance and zumba sessions. The day will support the charity “Friends of Bolivia”.