Book ‘darkest Peru’ and save a Paddington bear

To mark the 50th anniversary of Paddington Bear’s arrival ‘from darkest Peru’, adventure travel specialist Kumuka Worldwide is donating £50 to a spectacled bear conservation programme for every family holiday to Peru booked this summer.

Kumuka’s 10-day ‘Incas, Alpacas and Lake Titicaca’ holiday includes horse-back riding, a picnic with alpacas and a family homestay on an island in the middle of Lake Titicaca – as well as memorable sightseeing in Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu. The trip is suitable for families with children as young as six.

The increasingly rare spectacled bear is not on the itinerary – which is why Kumuka is donating £50 for every ‘Incas, Alpacas and Lake Titicaca’ family booking made between 1 June and 31 August for travel in 2008. The company is supporting the work of Peru’s Chaparri Ecological Reserve which protects and rescues spectacled bears.

The Peru trip departs on 13 or 27 July, 10 or 24 August and costs includes nine nights’ accommodation, most meals, a full sightseeing programme in the company of local guides and all internal travel by air, rail, boat and coach. Flights to Peru are not included.

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‘Paddington Here and Now’ is published by HarperCollins on 2 June. Michael Bond’s first Paddington book in 1958 was ‘A Bear Called Paddington’