Air Partner Magazine A/W 25 US - Flipbook - Page 79
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The Yanomami practise
archery for hunting.
Flora & fauna in areas
untouched by modernity.
Days unfold at the Yanomami’s pace:
learning about forest medicines, food
sources and spiritual practices that are
inseparable from the land.
On the same journey, encounters with the
Warao – ‘the canoe people’ of the Orinoco
Delta – reveal a di昀昀erent vision of paradise.
Believing their world to be perfect, their
language contains no words for negativity
or rejection. Guests can join them by kayak
through labyrinthine waterways, pausing to
昀椀sh or harvest fruits, before evenings spent
in stilted homes where storytelling, music
and laughter de昀椀ne community life.
Further south, among the tabletop
mountains of Canaima National Park,
the Pemon people act as stewards of a
landscape that de昀椀es description. Join them
for a traditional celebration, then venture to
the summit of Ayuán-tepui by helicopter for a
picnic beside the pools that feed Angel Falls.
Evenings close with Pemon music by the
昀椀re; songs that carry stories of ancestry and
landscape.
These journeys are created in close
collaboration with the communities
themselves. They are not staged but living
culture – shared through longstanding trust
and supported by precise logistics. Plans 昀氀ex
around school terms, planting, migration and
local calendars; safety, medical support and
aircraft routing are handled to the highest
standard. Yet the essence remains simple:
sitting with an elder at dusk, hearing a story
told in its home, learning why a pattern
matters or how a choice about pasture
echoes through a season.
Time is the rarest luxury. Spend it well – on
journeys that deepen understanding, support
stewardship and leave a quiet legacy. Based
On A True Story ensures what you see is real,
how you arrive is considerate, and what you
take away is more than a photograph.
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