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For twenty years our philosophy has been to take small numbers of sympathetic, like-minded people to areas of unspoilt natural beauty, thereby demonstrating to the local population the economic advantages of preserving their natural heritage rather than destroying it for short-term gain.
Cristalino Jungle Lodge is located within a 24,000-acre private rainforest reserve which is connected to other conservation areas, forming a large conservation corridor of millions of acres. This protects against the ever-increasing ‘arc of deforestation’ to the south.
Included in the cost of a stay at the lodge is a $50 per person wildlife preservation fee which is paid to the Cristalino Ecological Foundation to support education, preservation and research projects in the Cristalino region.
In order to minimise impact the lodge has implemented a number of measures including the composting of all organic waste, the recycling of non-organic waste, solar water heating for all rooms, and the use of biodegradeable cleaning products.
Visiting the Jaguar Ecological Reserve (JER) and Porto Jofre Hotel supports the attempt to secure a safe future for wild jaguars through visitation. These big cats are still killed by some ranchers because of the damage they cause to their cattle. However, it should be possible for jaguar-friendly ecotourism to make these cats worth much more alive in the Pantanal than dead.
The JER was created to develop an economic alternative to ranching and prove that ecotourism can be a sustainable source of income for ranchers. The aim of the Reserve is to not only preserve the flora and fauna of the Pantanal, but also the unique culture. The Reserve is currently a 1200-hectare federally registered reserve and is owned by a local Pantaneiro family who has pledged to preserve it. Profits from the Reserve's lodge are reinvested to purchase more land for the Reserve.
We invite every traveller who books a holiday via us to send in a review. Because we don't run the holidays they're completely independent and unedited... remember to read between the lines though, as two people on the same holiday can have different views!
