Virtual tour guide?

November 20, 2020 2:17 PM

I think I saw a site recommended on here that connects people with local tour guides for virtual tours of cities in developing countries. It wasn't connected to a large company. Does anyone remember the name?
posted by pinochiette to Travel & Transportation (4 answers total)

Airbnb does this now, they’re called “experiences”, but I’m not sure about the smaller company.
posted by mhoye at 4:05 PM on November 20, 2020

I think Atlas Obscura is doing something like this nowadays.
posted by BlahLaLa at 4:10 PM on November 20, 2020

Context Travel does this now. (virtual offerings specifically here)
posted by whisper_robin at 6:26 PM on November 20, 2020

This is not exactly that, but it is a virtual tour up Mt Kilimanjaro in support of local porters (who are paid per trip, and no trips are running now).

Kili climbs are a very big part of the local economy (I used to work in Arusha), so they must be hurting right now.
posted by tinkletown at 6:31 AM on November 21, 2020