CONSERVacations: green tours designed by the author of The New Key to Costa Rica
GREEN SEASON HIGHLIGHTS TOUR: VOLCANO, TURTLES, WATERFALLS, BEACHES, HIKING, CULTURE! 9 nights, 8 days, $1750 per person: FIND OUT MORE!
CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE: RIVERS, DOLPHINS, BIRDING, FLOWERS, BEACHES, INDIGENOUS CULTURE! February 17-24, 2007, 7 nights, 6 days, $995 per person
PACIFIC HIGHLIGHTS TOUR: COFFEE, HIKING, WILDLIFE, BEACHES, BIRDING, CULTURE! December 7-15, 2006, 8 nights, 7 days, $1530 per person-FIND OUT MORE!
The joys of traveling with CONSERVacations:
- Seeing the real Costa Rica that few tourists see
- Truly memorable adventures
- Being inspired by Costa Rican campesino conservationists
- Learning firsthand about the fascinating juncture of tourism and sustainable development
- Knowing that your vacation benefits rural communities, supplementing their incomes, helping them conserve their watershed, giving them meaningful jobs near home.
- Customizing tours to meet the needs of your family or group.
PLAN YOUR OWN CUSTOMIZED TOUR!
Now you and your family can enjoy an affordable, personalized tour with your own naturalist guide/driver and 4WD car. These tours are not for everyone--they are for hardy folk who want to get off the beaten track, get to know the people and culture of the places they visit, and who view travel as an adventure. Read what participants are saying,
All tours planned by Beatrice Blake
- Over thirty years of traveling or living in Costa Rica
- A deep knowledge and appreciation for Costa Rican culture, history, politics and ecology
- Author of The New Key to Costa Rica since 1982
- Beatrice has been everywhere in Costa Rica and know where the real gems are
- A leader in the development of sustainable ecotourism
- The New Key Sustainable Ecotourism Rating, started in 1990, was one of the first attempts to rate tourism businesses on their contribution to environmental conservation and the fostering of local economies and cultures.
- Knows more about community-based ecotourism than any other writer:
- Beatrice has worked closely with the UN Development Program and with ACTUAR to plan the most fun and rewarding itineraries possible.