Siñari Jachaplano Tourism Cooperative

The community decides

Tourism in Siñari is run by a cooperative belonging to the community itself. It exists so that income stays on the territory and decisions about how it is used are made by the community.

Who runs it

Governance

Cooperative

Cooperativa de Turismo Siñari Jachaplano R.L.

Legal framework

Constituted under Bolivian Law 356, the General Law of Cooperatives.

Answers to

The Siñari Jacha Plano Agrarian Community.

Organisation

Customary governance (usos y costumbres).

The community

2024 Census
1952year founded
47families
102residents
83homes

Aymara, mestizo and foreign families, on 1,031 hectares of communal land according to the INRA cadastral plan.

High-altitude coffee

Livelihood

The community lives from high-altitude coffee and family farming. Coffee grown on the territory is part of the visit.

Where your money goes

Transparency
100%
of each visit is managed by the community.

The exact breakdown of each payment will be published here once the assembly approves it, with the same figures the community sees.

Principles

Commitments
  1. A defined carrying capacity.
  2. Income controlled by the community.
  3. Reversible or low-impact infrastructure.
  4. Observe rather than extract.