Last Places, Barcelona (2025)

22/06/2025

► Tribal trip to Indonesia: Tattoos and ancient traditional culture

🗓️ From 12 to 20 August 2025
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The Mentawai Islands offer white sand beaches and warm water on their coast. In their interior, in the middle of the tropical jungle, live some 65,000 people belonging to the Mentawai ethnic group. It is about a hunter-gatherer community famous for their aesthetics: the sharp shape with which they shape their teeth and the tattoos that decorate the different parts of their body are something unique.

The Minangkabau are the world’s largest matrilineal society whose ancestral heritage is passed down from mothers to daughters. This people settled on the island of Sumatra, on ancient animist kingdoms and, to this day, still mostly professing Islam, they are still governed by the Adat, which collects their ancestral traditions, and places women at the center of the society.

©️ Photos by taken during an ethnographic trip to Indonesia.

21/06/2025

Koryak family at their yaranga, no later than 1902.

Vladimir Jochelson’s monograph “Koryak”, written based on the results of expeditions from 1898-1901, paint a vivid picture of the Koryak house — yaranga or, more accurately, яяӈа / yayaŋi:

“The frame of the Koryak yaranga is very strong and can withstand the strongest wind. The straps that connect its wooden parts make the yaranga flexible and elastic. In a strong blizzard, it creaks and trembles like a ship at sea, but as soon as the wind dies down, it stands again firmly and straight, unless the wind has broken the ties. In the frost following the thaw, the straps harden and can break. The yaranga cover, if it is only well fitted to the frame, makes it stable and protects the posts and poles from the wind. The cover consists of reindeer skins sewn together, with the wool on the outside. [...] The height of these poles, on which the height of the dwelling depends, varies from 3.5 to 5 meters. [...] The diameter of a large Koryak yaranga is 8-9 meters.”

The Koryak ethnic group is indigenous to the northeastern part of Russia, specifically the Kamchatka Peninsula and the surrounding coastal areas along the Bering Sea. Historically, they inhabited the Koryak Autonomous Okrug, which was merged into Kamchatka Krai in 2007.

Sources: Library of the American Museum of Natural History and minorityrights.org

15/06/2025

► LAST SPOTS for the trip to Papua New Guinea: Tribes and Nature – Mt. Hagen Festival

🗓️ From 10 to 30 August 2025
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This trip to Papua New Guinea is focused on obtaining a general and balanced knowledge of the country by visiting three of its four regions. Not only will we enjoy spectacular natural settings, but we will also be in daily contact with the tribes and communities that we will visit.

Guided by , we will have the opportunity to experience the spectacular Mt. Hagen Festival. We will immerse ourselves in the Melanesian culture and we will enjoy the kindness and spontaneous smiles of its people. All this in a society in constant transformation, whose ancestors saw a white man for the first time less than 100 years ago and maintains their traditions intact.

Discover the full itinerary on our website clicking the link in our bio.

©️ Photos by Fernando Rosselot Risopatrón ()

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14/06/2025

The mosque of Kani-Kombolé, located in the commune of Sangha, Mali, is a masterpiece of Sudanese mudbrick architecture. Built in the 16th Century, it embodies the Islamic heritage and local traditions of the Dogon country.

It exemplifies Sudano-Sahelian architecture, characterized by adobe construction, tapering towers, and wooden toron beams. The design serves both structural and ceremonial purposes, reflecting a fusion of Islamic practice and indigenous Dogon cultural expression.

With its thick walls, wooden torons, and imposing buttresses, this structure blends seamlessly into the Sahelian landscape while providing a cool sanctuary in an arid climate. This place of worship, central to community life, reflects the craftsmanship of local artisans and the region’s rich cultural exchanges.

However, the mosque faces significant challenges, including the degradation of its earthen materials, a lack of resources for maintenance, and the impact of regional conflicts. Despite these threats, it remains a symbol of cultural resilience and deserves to be preserved for future generations.

13/06/2025

The Mt. Hagen Festival is one of the biggest annual events in Papua New Guinea. It was created in the 1950s by the Kiap, Australian patrols, for the tribes to fraternize and stop warring among themselves. Currently they attract hundreds of tribes and thousands of warriors dressed in spectacular costumes and dancing helmets, all with their distinctive facial paints.

We will have VIP passes which will allow us not only to witness the show in unbeatable conditions but also to access the reserved area where the tribes camp and be with them during the process of decorating and painting their faces.

📢 Tribes and Nature – Mt. Hagen Festival

► Trip to Papua New Guinea
🗓️ From 10 to 20 August 2025
ℹ️ More info at lastplaces.com

©️ Photos by Fernando Rosselot Risopatrón ()

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06/06/2025

► Ethnographic trip to Angola: traditional tribes of the Southwest

🗓️ From 1 to 12 August 2025
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On this ethnographic trip to Angola, we will explore the remote southwest of the country with the aim of meeting different traditional tribes, and thus being able to photograph all their beauty.

The first part of this ethnographic trip will be inland. We will learn about the culture of the Plain Muila and the Mountain Muila. We will continue our route to the south, land of giant baobab trees. There we will learn about the traditional culture of fascinating tribal groups, such as the Humbi, Tua, Hakaona, Himba, Cuis, Gambue and Dimba tribes.

The second part of this ethnographic trip will continue along the Atlantic coast of southern Angola. The landscape changes radically, as well as the tribes that we will visit. We will meet the Cubal and Ngendelengo tribal people. Also, we will visit Namibe and Tombwa cities in search of beautiful and interesting Art Deco architecture. We will finish the trip in Santiago Beach, full of abandoned rotting boats.

Discover the full itinerary on our website clicking the link in our bio.

©️ Photos by

05/06/2025

What a delight it is to connect the world to the last places on earth.

Our latest traveller in the Nuba Mountains, German photographer Philipp Schmieja, captured a world most people think has been lost. Cultural resistance up in the Hills of Nuba country.

He was the first foreigner exploring the Moro Nuba tribal people and he also visited our classical communities in Mesakin territory.

The first photo shows the last Moro Nuba Shaman in the Moro Hills (South Kordofan, Sudan). The Moro are mainly Catholic today but some are still attached to the Kujur traditional religion.

We have two expeditions to the 🇸🇩 Nuba Mountains, where you can discover this traditional and isolated culture.
1️⃣ 27 Dec 2025 - 3 Jan 2026
2️⃣ 3 - 10 Jan 2026

ℹ️ More info at lastplaces.com

©️ Photos by Philipp Schmieja.

30/05/2025

📢 LAST SPOTS: Ethnic groups and nature

🗓️ From 29 July to 8 August 2025
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Last Places’ team of anthropologists and travel experts has designed a unique cultural trip to Madagascar that focuses on the most interesting tribal groups, such as the Zafimaniry, the Mikea and the Vezo. During the trip, we will also visit several natural areas to get a global idea of the island. In addition, we will have the opportunity to observe endemic fauna and flora, such as ring-tailed lemurs and baobab bottle trees.

The guide for this trip to Madagascar will be , ethnophotographer expert in ethnic minorities.

© Photos by Jordi Zaragozà Anglès taken during trip to Madagascar.

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29/05/2025

BOLIVIA INDÍGENA - Next prospection in 2025.

After the July ethnographic trip to meet 4 tribal groups in the Amazon, Last Places' team of anthropologists will visit the unexplored border between Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay to meet Guaraní communities, Aymara, Quechua and Chipaya peoples.

We are opening new tribal trips in South America.

Trip to 🇻🇪 Venezuela from 8 to 21 November 2026: Isolated Yanomami Territory
Trip to 🇨🇴 Colombia from 1 to 14 December 2026: Mountain & Jungle Tribes

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28/05/2025

👤 The Mikea people, inhabitants of the thorny forest.

One of the most interesting peoples unknown to the outside world is the Mikea. There are barely 1,500 individuals, and they live inside the thorn forests of southwestern Madagascar.

Reading about the Mikea people, we have learned that they are more of a socioeconomic group than an independent ethnic group. According to French anthropologists who studied the Mikea at the beginning of the 20th Century, this community is a conglomerate of families and clans belonging to larger tribes such as the Vezos and the Masikoros. The Mikea split from their tribe during the Merino invasion (the dominant ethnic group on the island) in order to preserve their independence. The French colonization at the end of the 19th Century made more families decide to abandon their agricultural life in the towns to preserve their customs within the forest.

ℹ️ Head to lastplaces.com to learn more about the Mikea and to discover our July trip to Madagascar.

© Photos by Jordi Zaragozà Anglès taken during trip to Madagascar.

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24/05/2025

📢 From Punjab to the Kalash Valleys

🗓️ From 8 to 19 July 2025
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This trip to Pakistan aims to discover the great historical, ethnographic and landscape beauty of the north of the country.

The trip will begin in the monumental city of Lahore, the capital of Punjab, the most populated region of the country. We will continue to the Islamabad plateau, where we will discover the ruins of Taxila, a city founded by Alexander the Great. We will spend a couple of days in the fabulous city of Peshawar, founded more than 2000 years ago. We will climb into the Hindu Kush mountains to meet the remote tribal communities of the Kalash Valleys. We will get to know the most unknown ethnic minority in Pakistan: the Nuristani.

The guide for this tribal trip to Pakistan will be , photographer specialized in portraits and documentaries.

Discover the full itinerary on our website clicking the link in our bio.

© Photos by , and Xavi de las Heras taken during a tribal trip to Pakistan.

20/02/2025

► Voodoo ceremonies and northern tribes

🗓️ From 12th to 21st April 2025
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We present an anthropological trip to Benin that combines ethnography and architecture. We will start the trip in the animist South, attending Voodoo ceremonies and exploring the Afro-Brazilian neighborhoods of the coastal cities. After immersing ourselves in the tropical South, we will continue towards the Muslim North to discover beautiful adobe villages and tattooed nomadic tribes.

► Ceremonias Vudú y tribus del norte

🗓️ Del 12 al 21 abril 2025
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Os presentamos un viaje antropológico a Benín que combina etnografía y arquitectura. Empezaremos por el sur animista, asistiendo a ceremonias vudús y explorando los barrios afrobrasileños de las ciudades costeras. Tras sumergirnos en el sur tropical, seguiremos hacia el norte musulmán para descubrir bellos poblados de adobe y tribus nómadas con tatuajes.

©️ Photos by , Jordi Zaragozà Anglès and

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