Yampu is happy to celebrate Hotel Punta Islita’s special opening of Islita School Ten months ago, Hotel Punta Islita enlisted the support of affiliates, friends, guests, and artists to build a special project — Islita School.  The school stands out as a model of how media, art, and an innovative eco-design naturally cools the learning environment in humid tropical climates. […]

Check out the projects MEDLIFE volunteer interns worked on last week, as told by Ian! Week 8 We are wrapping up our summer internship now in the office and it’s unbelievable what we have completed over the past eight weeks. I am so excited for next week since we are building and completing Jorge’s Ramp!!! This past week, I was on one project […]

Iguazu Falls, Argentina One of our most popular requests is to see and visit Iguazu Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world and taller than Niagara Falls, and twice as wide. The Iguazu Falls and National Park are the largest in the Americas, surrounded by an amazing wildlife preserve in the middle of the jungle. The deep flowing […]

Book a trip to Ka’ana Resort in Belize by September 30, 2016 with a travel window from Now-November 30, 2016 and receive 30% Off + exclusive perks, including: 30% Discount on daily rates Complimentary guided land transfer with a tour of Xunantunich (MLOS of 3 nights) Early check-in/late check-out (based on availability upon check-in) Room upgrade upon check-in (subject to […]

Colombian health officials declared the end of the Zika outbreak in the country on Monday. The virus has affected nearly 10,000 people since September 2015. Since then, the number of cases of Zika has been reduced to about 600 per week and the Ministry of Health in Bogota has declared the epidemic to be over. Although there are still cases […]