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  • Our best tour in Costa Rica! I am a bird lover, and booked the early bird watching tour through Pura Vida Tours. They picked me up by 5:00 in the morning and drove for 15 minutes to get to the rain forest by the National Park. My guide (Javier) was great; he pointed out so many birds, and even made some strange noises to attract them! He was extremely knowledgeable, friendly and professional. I highly recommend this tour, as well as Pura Vida Tours, they really provide excellent service.Published 23 feb 2010 - kulasito
  • great day with pura vida! i did the all day combo/adventure tour with pura vida and it was a great day! it started early - got picked up at 7am and didnt get dropped off until 10pm - but it went by so fast! it started on the hanging bridges, then on to the la fortuna waterfall, lunch in la fortuna, hiking at arenal, watching for lava (which we saw!), then to the hot springs. our guide was so knowledgable about everything costa rica - the plants, animals, culture, everything - and didnt mind the gazillion questions that we asked. everything was perfect! Published 26 ene 2010 - carolinah2137
  • Exceptional experience! My boyfriend and I just got back from touring Costa Rica. While in La Fortuna, we booked a tour to the hanging bridges, La Fortuna waterfall, and a sunset hike at the Arenal Volcano with Pura Vida tours. Our guide was Javier, a former biology teacher. He will tell you that he only speaks 'un poquito' english, but it is near perfect. He was very engaging and knowledgeable about the flora and fauna. He helped us take pictures of birds from far away through his binoculars. At the very beginning of our volcano hike there was an absolutely miserable downpour and we were all completely soaked. I think that most of us on the tour were considering not completing the hike, but Javier convinced us to and the rain stopped in 10 minutes, the sun came out, and the hike was well worth it. The tour was very prompt and professionally run. I would seek out Javier for other tours if we go back (especially Rio Celeste!) - he really seems to love his job and meet new people. Highly recommended!! Published 18 ene 2010 - puppy_doc
  • Excellent service for my student tour group I connected with Pura Vida Tours several years ago when I first started bringing my college student group to Costa Rica for an ecological study tour. I will be using them for the fourth time this year. They have consistently provided me with great service organizing activities. They also provide knowledgeable, well spoken English speaking guides. Published 10 nov 2009 - Toad_seeker

 

"Costa Rica happiest place on Earth"

As a destination that offers visitors a chance to experience the beauty of the Earth and its people, Costa Rica began to see a growth in its tourism industry. In order to mitigate the negative effects of tourism development in the country, Costa Rica quickly took action and in 1996 it established the Certification for Sustainable Tourism Program (CST) which outlines four main pillars for developing a property or operation that would reduce the impact that it would on the environment, its population and its culture as well.

Over the past year, Costa Rica, as a country, and its tourism sector alike, have received an unprecedented amount of recognition for its staggering achievements at the environmental and social level. Organizations like the World Economic Index Forum and the Environmental Performance Indicator developed by Yale University and Columbia University have ranked Costa Rica as the best place to do business and the cleanest destination in the Americas, respectively.  Additionally, for the first time ever, the Natural Resources Defense Council honored an entire country with its Natural Biogem Award for its commitment to protecting the more than the 500,000 species of flora and fauna that call Costa Rica their home.

The CST program has not only been well received by the industry, with over 100 hotels and tour operators certified, but it has also been regarded by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) as the model for sustainable tourism in Latin America. Additionally, the CST program was recognized by the III Virtual Congress on Latin American Tourism Industry and Destination Competitiveness with the “Tourism for All” award in the category of “Innovation in Tourism and Hotels.”

All of these efforts have positioned its tourism industry as one of the most sustainable in the world and it has no shortage of awards either. In the past year alone, establishments such as Green Hotels of Costa Rica, Lapa Rios Ecolodge, Rios Tropicales, Hotel Punta Islita, El Silencio Lodge, Nature Air, among many others, have been recipients of sustainable tourism awards and recognitions from prestigious organizations such as National Geographic, Conde Nast Traveler, Rainforest Alliance and the World Travel and Tourism Council. Furthermore, Ethical Traveler named the country as one of its choices for Top 10 Ethical Destinations for the industry’s strong environmental efforts.

Costa Rica has always understood the importance of being able to be innovative and evolve its strategy in order to provide sustainable solutions for an ever-changing world. With a successful certification program under its belt, Costa Rica declared a goal to be carbon neutral by 2021, a goal that has been embraced by all and in two short years has begun to generate an astounding amount of critical acclaim throughout its tourism industry.

Nature Air, Costa Rica’s premier airline, with the help of Costa Rica’s National Financial Fund for Reforestation (FONAFIFO) and its Certification for Environmental Service program, has become the leader in the effort to moving the country towards it carbon neutral goal. Nature Air declared itself the first certified carbon neutral airline in 2004 and in a short amount of time began to receive recognition for its environmental and its social program, Nature Kids, which is dedicated to educating children in Costa Rica. This year Nature Air received the Tourism for Tomorrow Award from the World Travel and Tourism Council and in 2008 it was awarded the Top Sustainable Award from the Rainforest Alliance, both for its unparalleled commitment to changing the face of the transportation industry.

The key to happiness, as Costa Rica has proven, isn’t necessarily limited to the act of consuming less. Rather, it is the philosophy that when people take the time to take care of and appreciate the things around them that aren’t replaceable, such as the environment, their people and their culture, then they begin to create a society that finds happiness in the simple things that the world has to offer.

 

 

 
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