NEW Galapagos Glamping & Island Hopping Adventure
July 22, 2021
The Finch Bay Galapagos Hotel (on Santa Cruz Island) has joined forces with Scalesia Galapagos Lodge (on Isabela Island) to offer a NEW week-long program in the Galapagos, including inter-island flights, day trips aboard Yacht Sea Lion, “glamping” in luxury tents up in the highlands of Isabela Island, and visits to remote and mysterious places that illustrate the incredible diversity of the archipelago. Highlights include: touring Quito s Old City, glamping in safari camp-style tents, snorkeling with sea turtles and other marine wildlife, hiking active volcanoes, visiting the Charles Darwin Research Station and tortoise breeding facility, and exploring various islands by motor yacht. For more information, visit Scalesia Galapagos Lodge.
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9 sustainable experiences in Latin America
From horseriding with Argentinian cowboys to planting trees in Peru, here are nine ways your next trip to Latin America can benefit the environment and local communities
1. Explore primary rainforest in Costa Rica
Costa Rican rainforest (Shutterstock)
Sustainability and environmental awareness are at the heart of Costa Rica’s tourism ethos, with the country receiving the UN s highest environmental honour, the Champions of the Earth award.
Exodus Travels’ Discover Costa Rica tour spends two nights in the south of the country at Esquinas Rainforest Lodge, which is 100 per cent carbon-neutral.
The lodge is set within 47 hectares of primary and secondary rainforest that was saved from logging in 1992. It is also surrounded by more than 3,000 hectares of untouched primary forest. The lodge is an excellent example of how to successfully combine conservation, environmental research and community development in a rural area. Most staff are
For a Classic Surf Trip, It s All About Location and Attitude in Ecuador
Men s Journal 2/24/2021 Adam Bible © John Londres Before becoming a surfing hot spot, Montañita was a hippie destination in the ‘60s.
International surfers have long gravitated to Ecuador for its off-the-beaten-barrel swells including the country’s famed central coast hub of Montañita. Far from all that wave traffic on the secluded northern coast is a hideout called Mompiche. While the rest of the world has spent the past year in a never-ending wipeout, the classic surf camp endures. It’s all about location. And attitude.
“Essentially there are two audiences for surfing in Ecuador those looking for cheap digs and clubbing in a busy place like Montañita, and ones who appreciate perfect warm waves, fish grilled by the campfire on a quiet beach, and the pure joy of surfing in an authentic environment you rarely see anymore,” says Brian McCutcheon, founder of ROAM