Lima Clubhouse

South American Explorers was founded in 1977 and its first clubhouse was created in Lima, Peru. For 25 years, members used the resources in the SAE’s first home in the district of Breña. As the organization’s services expanded the Lima clubhouse also made an upgrade, moving to a more accessible and expansive setting in a charming, traditional Limenan mansion in Miraflores.

In the clubhouse members will have access to all the services, lending library, storage facilities, trip reports, weekly events, provincial binders, research facilities, and an extensive map collections. Members will also receive help with their plans and projects with the help of a knowledgeable staff. So, if you are looking to volunteer, planning a trip, doing research, or want to live in South America, the Lima Clubhouse is a great resource to help you out.

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Services on offer

As well as the usual SAE services such as trip planning, access to the trip reports and volunteer database, extensive library, reference books, maps & guidebooks for sale, luggage storage, safety deposit box, book exchange and wireless internet, we also offer a weekly events program, and the chance to learn about and contribute to local community and environmental projects.

Weekly events Program

Current Events
03-Feb-10	North Coast Information Night With the arrival of our new information packet on the North Coast, Michelle will be giving a presentation on the ins and outs of the north coast, where to go and what you can see. Come along to the presentation in the clubhouse. 6.30pm Wednesday 3rd Feb 2010. Lima Clubhouse. Calle Piura 135, Miraflores. FREE!!
10-Feb-10	Lima and the Audio Visual and Cinema movements This month, Carlos Moreli will come to speak about Lima´s audio visual and indipendant cinema movement. We will chat for an hour, and then head off the the Centro Cultural España to learn about Francicso Mariotti (www.marriotti.ch) and see an exibit about reidos urbanos solidos by the colectivo basurama. 6.00pm ON TIME Wednesday 10th Feb 2010. Lima Clubhouse. Calle Piura 135, Miraflores. FREE!!
17-Feb-10	Official Intercambio Night This week we will be hosting an "intercambio", with half an hour of conversation time in English and half an hour in Spanish. Its a great opportunity to meet people, and to practice a bit of another language! After if you are interested in finding a more perminant "intercambio" or language exchange partner, we can take your information down to post in the clubhouse. Price: 5 soles for all. 6.30pm to 8pm Wednesday 17th Feb 2010. Lima Clubhouse. Calle Piura 135, Miraflores. FREE!!
24-Feb-10	Touching the Void Touching the Void-- In the mid-80's two young climbers attempted to reach the summit of Siula Grande in Peru; a feat that had previously been attempted but never achieved. With an extra man looking after base camp, Simon and Joe set off to scale the mount in one long push over several days. The peak is reached, however on the descent Joe falls and breaks his leg. Despite what it means, the two continue with Simon letting Joe out on a rope for 300 meters, then descending to join him and so on. However when Joe goes out over an overhang with no way of climbing back up, Simon makes the decision to cut the rope. Joe falls into a crevice and Simon, assuming him dead, continues back down. Joe however survives the fall and was lucky to hit a ledge in the crevice. This is the story of how he got back down.

Volunteer Resources Center

Lima makes an ideal base from which to delve deep into Peru's varied, complex and fascinating society through volunteering. Using the resources we have here at the Clubhouse, you could put together a package to include working with disadvantaged children in Lima, wildlife in the jungle or on the coast and campesinos in the mountains, for example.

Supporting local community projects

We try to get involved in and support community projects. In the past successful beach clean ups have been organized, and we are always making donations of clothes, toys and even a guitar, to charitable projects that we feel are worthwhile. Presently, we have a photo display in the Clubhouse showcasing pictures taken by street kids capturing their lives on the margins of Lima society. Future projects in collaboration with local businesses and NGOs include a trip to Ayacucho and Huancavelica delivering Christmas presents to disadvantaged children and a clean-up hike of the Huanca Trail in the province of Junin at the beginning of the tourist season.

Our weekly events program also gives local projects a springboard to promote their work. We often invite local organizations to the clubhouse to give a short presentation about their work in the community and how SAE members and other tourists can get involved.

Our Environmental Policy

One of the aims of South American Explorers is to: “ Support scientific field exploration and research in the social and natural sciences as well as charities and NGO´s with aims to improve social, economical and ecological conditions” In keeping with this philosophy we recycle all our plastic, paper, tins and glass and we offer a facility to refill your plastic bottles with mineral water. We also try to use low energy appliances and attempt to keep our ecological footprint as low as possible in running the clubhouse.

Useful Publications

We keep a number of publications here that can be taken away: Peripheria is a bilingual quarterly magazine published in Huaraz; Urbania is a monthly events newspaper; the monthly ACAP Newsletter aimed at Lima's expat community.

We also stock a number of information packets published by the Cusco Clubhouse: Alternative Inca Trails, the Peruvian Jungle, and the Eating & Drinking Guide to Cusco.