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The Q’eros people of Peru are direct descendants of the Inca people and live in villages high in the Andes. Their tradition holds that each child is assigned a new-born Alpaca and their mission is to protect it.

An Alpaca for Cristobal

The Q'eros tradition holds that each child is assigned a new-born Alpaca and their mission is to protect it.

360° Geo Peru

In Kazakhstan, Central Asia, an ancient food is now all the rage: camel's milk. The shepherds swear by its benefits.

360° GEO

In Kazakhstan, Central Asia, an ancient food is now all the rage: camel's milk

Camel Milk: The Next Superfood?

On the island of Curacao, best known for its liquor, vintage cars are a serious matter: the Wabi Club, founded in 1965, is the oldest club of vintage car collectors in the Caribbean.

Curacao's Passion For Vintage Cars

On the island of Curacao, vintage cars are a serious matter

Not far from the border with Ukraine, the Lower Carpathians are a region of Poland with a secret and bewitching charm. Nestled between mountains and forests, wooden Orthodox churches are braving the test of time. The few inhabitants live by music, icon painting or creating glass objects.

Winter in the Podkarpackie

Poland, and the secret charm Lower Carpathians

360° Geo

The Papageno Music School gives peripatetic music lessons to schoolchildren over a vast rural area in the beautiful mountainous Araucania region of Chile. Music is a precious gift for these young people and a vital link between the indigenous Mapuche people and the wider community.

An Instrument of Reconciliation

The Papageno Music School provides music lessons to schoolchildren over a vast rural area in the beautiful mountainous Araucania region of Chile. 

Chile: The Power of Music

Recognisable by their distinctive snout, Tapirs were once common across North and South America. Today these beautiful mammals are threatened with extinction as humans encroach on their habitat. But in Costa Rica and Nicaragua biologists are devoting their lives to save the species.

Tapirs: Gardener of the Rainforest

Yapirs are threatened with extinction as humans encroach on their habitat. But in Costa Rica and Nicaragua biologists are devoting their lives to save the species.

GEO Reportage

Lowriding is a passion for cars where owners customise their vintage vehicles to look cool gliding along the Los Angeles boulevards. For long a male-only pursuit, more and more women are getting into it lowriding.

Geo Reportage

Lowriders of Los Angeles

Each year, a ritual ceremony, called Kuomboka, marks the departure of the locals from the floodplains of the Zambezi river, to escape the floods.

In Zambia, a small community still lives, and moves, to the rhythm of the seasons 

Nomads in Zambia

Since 2004, the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao has been home to a dolphin therapy centre. Five dolphins help patients, young and old, to regain a taste for life. However, the effectiveness and seriousness of this treatment is criticised by some in the scientific community.

Since 2004, the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao has been home to a dolphin therapy centre.

Dolphin Therapy in Curaçao

Aquile di San Martino is the oldest mountaineering association in the Dolomites. Rocco is the oldest and most experienced active guide, and young Livio is in his last phase of mountain guide training. They are out on their last expedition before Livio is a fully-fledged 'aquile' - an eagle of the mountains. 

Young Livio is in his last phase of mountain guide training, and has just one last expedition to complete

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360° Geo Peru

360° Geo Peru

An Alpaca for Cristobal

Camel Milk: The Next Superfood?

Camel Milk: The Next Superfood?

360° GEO

360° GEO

360° GEO

Curacao's Passion For Vintage Cars

360° Geo

360° Geo

Winter in the Podkarpackie

Chile: The Power of Music

Chile: The Power of Music

An Instrument of Reconciliation

GEO Reportage

GEO Reportage

Tapirs: Gardener of the Rainforest

Lowriders of Los Angeles

Lowriders of Los Angeles

Geo Reportage

Nomads in Zambia

Nomads in Zambia

360° Geo

Dolphin Therapy in Curaçao

Dolphin Therapy in Curaçao

Geo Reportage

Mountaineering in the Dolomites

Mountaineering in the Dolomites

GEO Reportage

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360° Geo Peru

360° Geo Peru

An Alpaca for Cristobal

Camel Milk: The Next Superfood?

Camel Milk: The Next Superfood?

360° GEO

360° GEO

360° GEO

Curacao's Passion For Vintage Cars

360° Geo

360° Geo

Winter in the Podkarpackie

Chile: The Power of Music

Chile: The Power of Music

An Instrument of Reconciliation

GEO Reportage

GEO Reportage

Tapirs: Gardener of the Rainforest

Lowriders of Los Angeles

Lowriders of Los Angeles

Geo Reportage

Nomads in Zambia

Nomads in Zambia

360° Geo

Dolphin Therapy in Curaçao

Dolphin Therapy in Curaçao

Geo Reportage

Mountaineering in the Dolomites

Mountaineering in the Dolomites

GEO Reportage

Discovery
Lives from afar