Offering nature experiences to attract travellers in Colombia

Colombian piangueras are women who cook with piangua, a mollusk used in the ancestral cuisine of the Pacific. Here they are seen searching for pianguas in the mangrove.

In the remote west of Colombia, where virgin rainforest and pristine beaches collide, a group of politicians and businessmen dreamed of building a massive port on the Pacific.

It took almost two decades, but a small community managed to sink the project, betting on a different development model to preserve their slice of paradise.