Homes and Gardens - Visit Colonial, Territorial and other outstanding examples of adobe dwellings with exquisitely crafted landscapes and gardens. Each trip includes expert guides and unique experiences. Since its inception, Royal Road Tours, a division of Recursos de Santa Fe has promoted responsibility toward indigenous cultures through seminars, study tours, and conferences. Simply put, we strive to promote an appreciation and understanding of the natural and cultural resources of our world without consuming or destroying them. Given how rapidly cultural diversity on Earth is vanishing, we all face an increasing challenge.
Many cultures are in danger of being swallowed up by industrialized consumption-oriented societies.
As increasing numbers of affluent, sophisticated tourists range further into remote areas, the indigenous groups they encounter typically are lured by material wealth, exploited and severed from their heritage. When tribal people abandon their traditions, our world culture is diminished. We lose their religions, their ancient stories, their knowledge about medicinal plants, their art. We lose their unique perspective. We lose precious alternatives that we might need and should cherish.