Media Reviews
Press reports, interviews and more
President Ollanta Humala visits the Yavari – Sept 2011
President Ollanta Humala visited the Puno region and Lake Titicaca just two months after his inauguration.We presented him with a copy of the book on the ship’s history, and during a brief conversation the President congratulated the Captain Giselle Guldentops...
Our entire fleet afloat!
August 2015 Here you see our entire fleet, the Yavari in the background, our dinghy “Meriel”, and our new barge “Victoria” all painted in the livery of the Peruvian Corporation which ran the entire lake fleet of 5 ships for eighty odd years. Today we launched a (very...
The Ship, the Lady and the Lake – May 2012
May 2012 Miss Meriel Larken presented in London her book “The Ship, the Lady and the Lake”.
Celebrating 150 – October 2012
Celebrations were held on board for the 150th anniversary of the arrival at the Pacific coast port of Arica (which belong to Peru then), of the disassembled pieces of the Yavari and the Yapura. This year, several important maintenance tasks were completed, including...
BBC News covers the Young Hammers trek in the Andes
East End Pioneers – Sunday Telegraph – 9 Aug 2015
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