Marie Lainé

What places and activities do you specialize in?

"Anywhere in Bolivia. We only organize tailor-made trips, so i will be more than hapy to organize out of the ordinary trip ! We also run multi-country trip all around South America."

How did you get involved in travel?

"Originally from the French Basque Country, my dream has always been to travel the world and discover new cultures. After my graduation I decided to head to Asia for work. I had the opportunity to meet local people and share with them the secrets of our different cultures. After living in Southeast Asia and India, I decided to continue exploring but this time in South America. Nothing better than the colorful Bolivia which offers a variety of wonderful landscapes, from its dense Amazon jungle to its Andean peaks."

Please share a unique travel experience you will never forget.

"There are so many but I think my most memorable travel experience was recently when I was accompanying a group of travelers. I am travel designer and not guide but that was a special occasion : one of our group wanted to cross the Salar de Uyuni in kitesurf. Unfortunatly in Bolivia this year, we registered record drought. As they they needed water desperatly, I asked a spiritual guide we know, to do a ritual to make it rain. We decided to left La Paz at the first light and drive across Bolivia to the Altiplano countryside. We arrived in the middle of nowhere, welcomed by a couple of bolivians, « gards » of the sacred place. The ceremony lasted more than 3 hours during which we did the rain dance. It was a magical moment, out of time. Believe it or not, the following day it rained non-stop in La Paz for a week and the Salar was entirely flooded ! Bolivia is a magical country for local encounters."