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Sharing their food, their fires, their company \u2013 a web of everyday moments that aren\u2019t staged or scheduled but reckoned by nature\u2019s timetable.<\/p>\n<p>Through it, you\u2019ll experience a rare and intimate immersion into a totally different way of living. It\u2019s one where knowledge is deeply embedded in every member of the family, from oldest to youngest. What\u2019ll come through is their interdependence, and how deeply they rely on one another \u2013 following a way of life that\u2019s so very different from what you know, and how you live, back home.<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t overemphasize how rare and special an opportunity this is, and how much it departs from a lot of what luxury travel typically offers. Huddled around a juniper-wood fire, beneath a blanket of eternal stars, you\u2019ll absorb a sense of something different. A closeness of a shared road and a shared load. An appreciation for how different life can be. 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