About Barbara
After graduating, I travelled around the world. These travel experiences are unforgettable and no one can take them away from me. I helped protect Corcovado National Park and suddenly found myself face to face with a jaguar. I also volunteered to care for neglected animals, such as pumas, macaws, and monkeys, for the Inti Wara Yassi project in Bolivia. In Brazil, I galloped across the plains of the Pantanal, and I stayed overnight with the Kuna Indians on the San Blas Islands in Panama.
After my trip, I decided to work as a tour guide in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. After that, I lived in Costa Rica for many years, in the gold-mining village of Puerto Jiménez. There I ran a local travel agency for tours to Corcovado National Park. I also organized complete trips throughout Costa Rica. By then, I had built many friendships, and we still work together today.
A few years later, my daughter Aisha was born in Costa Rica. Eventually, I moved back to the Netherlands with my daughter. Once back, I missed the Latin American life every day. In the Netherlands, I received many questions from travellers about the destinations in Latin America. I decided to start my own travel agency. Unico Travel has been around for fourteen years now, and I can proudly say that we specialize in travelling to Latin America.
Every year, I travel with my daughter to our destinations in Latin America. These are unforgettable and unique moments. I can still picture us walking along the colorful Caño Cristales River in Colombia. In Costa Rica, we kayaked on the Golfo Dulce and saw a humpback whale breaching, who does not want to experience that! Recently, I swam among penguins, sea lions, and iguanas in the Galápagos islands.
Every new travel experience is a lasting memory you will never forget. Travelling through extraordinary natural landscapes, discovering new cultures, and staying overnight in unique places is, for me, the most beautiful thing there is!
I find it wonderful and rewarding to hear that travellers still think back to their unique journey with Unico Travel after so many years.
