BUSINESS PROJECTBUSINESS PROJECT

The Chamber of producers in The Chamber of producers in the Gran Chaco Region met the Gran Chaco Region met with the indigenous and rural with the indigenous and rural communities who are involved communities who are involved in the project. The project has in the project. The project has the support of national and the support of national and regional authorities.regional authorities.

The project has a budget and The project has a budget and has inserted in the has inserted in the Municipality’s Year Operative Municipality’s Year Operative Budget to stimulate tourism Budget to stimulate tourism strategy.strategy.

With the budget available we With the budget available we will be able to visit will be able to visit communities who will benefit communities who will benefit and offer training to people in and offer training to people in communities. Also, small communities. Also, small working committees will be working committees will be organized based on their organized based on their abilities including music, abilities including music, dance, gastronomy, trails, etc. dance, gastronomy, trails, etc. Improvement in hotels either Improvement in hotels either at homes or cabins so that at homes or cabins so that communities are ready to host communities are ready to host tourists. Like health centerstourists. Like health centers

Who will visit you?Who will visit you?• National Tourists National Tourists • FamilyFamily• StudentsStudents• ForeignersForeigners• Europeans, Asians etcEuropeans, Asians etc• PartnersPartners• FriendsFriends• We have transportation We have transportation

connections, to fly and connections, to fly and we are a community we are a community organizationorganization

COSTCOST

• option 3 170 $ each per dayoption 3 170 $ each per day• Option 2 150 $ each per day Option 2 150 $ each per day Family housing Extra $10Family housing Extra $10

• Option 1 100 $ each per dayOption 1 100 $ each per dayEVERY OPTION INCLUDES MEALS, EVERY OPTION INCLUDES MEALS,

ACCOMODATIONS AND TOUR GUIDE FEESACCOMODATIONS AND TOUR GUIDE FEES

THE EACH OPTION IS FOR 2 DAYSTHE EACH OPTION IS FOR 2 DAYS

We will offer a unique We will offer a unique experience sharing with experience sharing with people in communities of people in communities of Gran Chaco- their way of Gran Chaco- their way of life, culture, and work on life, culture, and work on the farms with livestock the farms with livestock and agriculture. and agriculture.

We have rooms in We have rooms in people’s homes and people’s homes and cabins in the community cabins in the community for groups for groups

Tourists will have a Tourists will have a chance to interact chance to interact directly with people in directly with people in their day to day their day to day activities.activities.

  We offer food dance and We offer food dance and excellent gastronomy excellent gastronomy from the Chaco Region.from the Chaco Region.

TYPICAL GASTRONOMY TYPICAL GASTRONOMY CHAQUENACHAQUENA

have a fascinating have a fascinating experiential learning experiential learning in the indigenous in the indigenous community of community of Weenhayek from the Weenhayek from the warm lands of warm lands of BoliviaBolivia

We offer to take you We offer to take you to ecologically sound to ecologically sound trails and to view trails and to view typical Indigenous typical Indigenous community’s community’s activities and see the activities and see the vibrant life of vibrant life of communities.communities.

FISHINGFISHING

• This is one of This is one of the oldest the oldest activities of activities of Indigenous Indigenous hunting and hunting and fishing fishing communities communities weenhayek.weenhayek.

The fabulous Sabalo is The fabulous Sabalo is the traditional foodthe traditional food

WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ! WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ! WE ARE ORGANIZED!WE ARE ORGANIZED!

THE CARAHUATA THE CARAHUATA CULTURA VIVACULTURA VIVA

PARTS OF THE PARTS OF THE CULTURE THE CULTURE THE CARAHUATACARAHUATA

WE ARE CARAHUATAWE ARE CARAHUATA  

• This plant grows in This plant grows in warm lands in the warm lands in the Chaco region and Chaco region and provides life to our provides life to our people. It is our people. It is our clothing, medicine, clothing, medicine, etc. we use it for etc. we use it for typical crafts as typical crafts as part of our identitypart of our identity

3RA OPCION THE GUARANIES3RA OPCION THE GUARANIES

• Our people are Our people are very happy … and very happy … and are waiting for are waiting for your visit to share your visit to share with you their with you their culture with dance, culture with dance, festivities, songs, festivities, songs, music, crafts, and music, crafts, and history. history.

WECOMING THE WECOMING THE TOURIST TOURIST

Our foodOur food•The base of our The base of our diet is corn which diet is corn which represents the life represents the life in the in the communities. communities. Mother earth feeds Mother earth feeds us every year. We us every year. We use corn to make use corn to make bread, chicha. bread, chicha. cakes, soups. It is cakes, soups. It is also important for also important for our economy and our economy and feed for hogs and feed for hogs and poultrypoultry..

• The palm tree The palm tree is typical of is typical of our lands and our lands and its leaves are its leaves are used to make used to make crafts which crafts which are part of are part of our culture. our culture. We also use We also use the wood to the wood to make make different different objectsobjects..

CAN YOU SEE THE CAN YOU SEE THE PALM?PALM?

Dances, music and Dances, music and traditionstraditions

• Our people are Our people are very happy and very happy and celebrate in celebrate in festivities festivities thanking thanking THUMPA (God) THUMPA (God) for guiding our for guiding our life.life.

OUR TRADITIONSOUR TRADITIONS  

MYTHOLOGY AND MYTHOLOGY AND HISTORYHISTORY

  • We share our We share our culture beyond our culture beyond our borders. Our borders. Our people live in people live in Paraguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina and a Argentina and a small group in small group in Brazil. Our elders Brazil. Our elders are wonderful story are wonderful story tellers and you will tellers and you will love to hear themlove to hear them

We are waiting for you…. We are waiting for you…. Come and have the best Come and have the best experience of your life!experience of your life!