A Papuan cultural partner in conversation during field documentation

Cultural journeys & field work · Peru · Mexico · Turkey · Papua

Travel deeper. Help keep culture alive.

Small-group journeys to living cultures — and the language books, archives, and field projects your trip helps carry, made alongside the people who know the ground.

U.S. 501(c)(3)EIN 92-0810800$150k+ invested since 2023How we work →
Field documentation, Papua

We travel with purpose. Every journey funds real cultural preservation — and the profit stays with the communities who make it.

10named programs
4countries
$150k+invested since 2023

Where we go

Journeys into living cultures.

Come as a guest and a learner — ancient places, living artists, family tables, ceremony, and guides who know the ground. You leave knowing what your trip helped keep alive.

Travelers with local guides at Harran, Turkey
Turkey

Ancient Anatolia

Göbekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe, Harran, and Cappadocia — the oldest monuments on earth, with local guides.

A candlelit gathering in Oaxaca
Mexico

Oaxaca

Zapotec artisans, language, food, ceremony, and family-hosted learning.

A Shipibo artisan with hand-embroidered textiles in Peru
Peru

Sacred Valley & Amazon

Language work, education projects, artisan partnerships, and custom routes.

Field team in a Papuan village
Papua

Field Documentation

Recording traditions and language with local leadership and consent.

Community Garden travelers and local children on a hillside in Turkey

Signature journey · Turkey

Ancient Wonders of Anatolia

Ten days through Göbekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe, Harran, Mount Nemrut, Cappadocia, and Hattusa — with local guides and real field relationships.

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Vision of the Jaguar handmade Shipibo tapestry, held by its maker in Pucallpa, Peru

Made by hand

Take a piece of the work home.

One-of-a-kind textiles and art, made by the artists and communities we partner with. Every purchase sends its profit straight back into cultural preservation — with the makers.

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Proof

Real projects. Public records.

No vague impact-speak — named work, real numbers, traceable to public fundraisers and our IRS filings.

$57k+

Turkey earthquake relief

Home repairs, heaters, blankets, mattresses, and daily essentials after the 2023 earthquake.

$15,519

Haviv's care

The founding fundraiser helped a child from Urubamba reach specialists in Lima.

Trilingual

Manashawa book

A children's story in English, Spanish, and Shipibo, with an interactive reader.

Open-air

Escuela Uno

An art and meditation school for children in Libertad, Amazonia, Peru.

Live sites

Our projects run on their own.

shipiboculture.orgThe Shipibo-Konibo language course, dictionary, and cultural archive.Open → tastepeler.netTaş Tepeler field guide, archive, and Turkey tours.Open → karahantepe.netKarahan Tepe field guide, documentation, and archive.Open →
Haviv, a young girl in Peru's Sacred Valley
Haviv, in Peru's Sacred Valley.

Where it began

It started with one child in Peru.

The Community Garden began after a medical fundraiser for Haviv, a little girl from Urubamba. People answered quickly, and that first act of trust became the foundation for everything since — the trips, the books, the archives, and the field projects we run today.

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Field notes

Follow the work as it grows.

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Come with us

Your next trip can help a culture survive.

Plan a journey, support a book, or fund a field project — and follow exactly where it goes.