SOCIAL & ECOLOGICAL RESPONSIBILITY

Hatuchay Tower Machu Picchu Hotel

Situated at a short distance from Machu Picchu Inca citadel, which is considered “World Heritage Site” by UNESCO and inside the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, Hatuchay Tower Machu Picchu hotel assumes the importance of being located there and so is a participant in the process of conservation and the right use of the richness within this “Wonders of the World”.

We trust the work that share the same aim of progress, respect and conservation that we carry out with local people, state entities and private institutions. So, with the support of all we continue making an effort to demonstrate that the altogether work obtains better results and that improving our house, mainly our human team, will reflect at visitors and friends the human, historic and cultural richness that Machu Picchu have to share.

Thanks to effort of friends, state institutions and the Hatuchay Tower Machu Picchu Hotel family, the first communal Library of Ccollpani Grande town was created and implemented. This community belongs to the district of Machu Picchu, located at the back of the Inca citadel. Nowadays, this population enjoys readers materials that allow them to improve its reading capacity and understanding, while improving the education of children, young people and adults. We count on the support of local suppliers, who provide nutritional land products harvested in Machu Picchu district, as well as flowers for our decoration.

At present, we are working in the campaign “Machu Picchu is MORE than you imagine”, the same that tries to benefit some communities from Machu Picchu district which have been damaged during the aggressive 2010 rainy season.

Pacaya Samiria Amazon Lodge

Our Lodge has the privilege of be located at the front of the same Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, in the buffer zone of this natural paradise which lodges a great biological and cultural richness, where its people effort is reflected in the conservation of its resources through useful plans that allow to protect the ecosystem of this floodish tropical forest and so make life possible to all the species that live in this part of the Peruvian Amazon Region.

Pacaya Samiria Amazon Lodge works in addition to the conservation effort by its tourist programs, offering its visitors the opportunity to know, participate and learn about the kindness of the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve and the correct use of its resources that allow us to guarantee their existence in the future, this is possible through its people when visiting the local communities. These people got the recovery of species as the “Taricaya” (Podocnemis unifilis) – Amazonian turtle, palm species like “Aguaje” (Mauritia flexuosa), “Yarina” (Phytelephas macrocarp) and “Huasaí” (Euterpe precatoria) and hydrobiological resources as the “Paiche” (Arapaima gigas) and “Arahuana” (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum), through handling plans that allow its trading and bring economic resources, also helping to reduce the forbidden woodcutting and hunting of these resources.

In addition, we contribute to rescue the local culture by its handicraft, promoting the use of natural materials by a conservation plan as the case of the Chambira, very resistant vegetal fiber which belongs from a palm that the Amazonian families have used it in many ways since many years ago. This handicraft has been developed in San Jorge community, where the Women Handicraft Association has been created, these ladies receive the support of Pacaya Samiria Amazon Lodge with qualifications in order to develop this artisan activity and get a quality product, the same that is offered to be purchased or admired by our Lodge visitors. This activity allows them to improve their families quality of life by an extra economic income and the most important: to value more its culture and be proud of their rich cultural past.