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Over twenty-seven percent of Costa Rica is designated as National Park, biological reserve, wildlife refuge or some other category of protected area. Most of the hotels and lodges we use in this itinerary are based within one of these designated areas and take their responsibilities towards the environment very seriously.
As a tailor-made operator we try wherever possible to use locally owned hotels, local guides and transport owned and operated by local people. All of the guides we use are trained to ensure that the guests understand the nature of the environment and minimise the impact that they may have.
Hotels with an emphasis on sustainability are also something we try to promote. By staying at Lapa Rios Ecolodge, guests support the conservation of the rainforest and provide direct employment and income to more than 45 families in the area. Among Lapa Rios’ Mission is their aim to protect and preserve 1000 acres of primary and secondary rain forest in the Lapa Rios private reserve and utilise tourism to acquire and protect endangered rain forest.
As a tour operator we have supported World Land Trust in their project to save tropical forests of the Osa Peninsular, a hot spot for biodiversity that was threatened by a major highway an inappropriate tourism development.
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