Hi, I’m Vivi, and I help adventurous souls experience Buenos Aires from the perspective of a local.
My whole life has been an adventure.
When I was 25, and halfway through college, in Buenos Aires, I met a guy called Rony.
In 8 days he asked me to move in with him. I left everything - school, work, my family and my friends in Buenos Aires and moved to join him and his two children (aged 6 and 10) in Minnesota, USA
I did not speak a word of English but within a few years I became a Spanish Court interpreter and had assimilated to my new culture and life.
During that time I traveled around the world and I was delighted with Israel, so we moved there, for four years. I learned Hebrew, the place, the culture and the people. I hid inside bomb shelters during the war in Gaza. I ran daily in the desert, among foxes, camels and other beasts. I am a textile artist, while in Israel, I drove alone from Haifa to Jerusalem to sell my hand painted silk scarves..
I did not visit my home town Buenos Aires very often, I was too excited living my life. But after a few years I felt the pull to go back. When I did, I was taken aback by the beauty, the passion and the vibrancy of a city that I once knew in a completely different way. The way you do not look at things when they become familiar. Since then I have traveled to Buenos Aires regularly and I felt a huge need to share my city with others.
In 2016, I gathered a group of five women and took them to Buenos Aires for 10 days. We shared amazing food, lots of Tango, wildlife experiences, massages, night life, milongas (where locals dance tango), had meals with my local friends and family, went to the opera, visited different neighborhoods and many other really extraordinary things.
I did the same thing a few more times with others including people that came with me out of word of mouth.
All my guests shared with me how this trip impacted their lives deeply.
And now this is what I do.
Using my connections in Buenos Aires with friends and professional travel experts I plan exquisite experiences for my guests. My design and planning does not involve typical travel venues or packaged activities. I am not a travel agent, I am a lover of people and of my hometown.
I love sharing my home country with others. In my experience, my guests, during our trips together, experience a deep understanding of the culture and its people. They go through a beautiful awakening of their appreciation for people, their passion and self expression. Seeing this transformation in others is my greatest joy.
To me taking people to Buenos Aires is like when you give a gift to someone you love. You wait till they open it, and you see the joy in their faces. I feel that same kind of joy when my guests discover Buenos Aires!
