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Jawdropping ecotourism on Costa Rica´s Osa Peninsula
Hugh Lansdown The sun had set and the stars above seemed brighter than I’ve ever seen them before. Floating in the warm waters of the Golfo Dulce, in Costa Rica‘s remote Osa Peninsula. tiny, bright green balls of light swirled around me – bioluminescent algae. Grinning uncontrollably and feeling like a twelve-year-old, I finally ran from the water and through the warm sprinklers of a nearby beach resort just off shore. It was my third time in two weeks visiting this hidden strip of beach in…
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Mexican President Felipe Calderon just announced the cancellation of a $2 billion tourist development in Baja California, bowing to opposition by environmentalists that said the plan was a threat to a nearby coral reef. (Reuters) This development would have included golf courses, a marina, and 15 hotels. How surprised are you that it was cancelled?
Anyone have any suggestions for a fellow Tripatini member about the best place in INDIA for game drives/safaris? If so, please respond not on this wall but rather at this link to our Ask A Travel Pro forum. Shukriya!
Botany tours – Spring Orchids Short Break, Eastern Rhodopes, Southern Bulgaria
Tour description: This is a 5 days tour with a focus on the outstanding Eastern Rhodopes flora, combined with hiking and local cuisine.
Best period: May
Tour type:Guided group tours – the guides are specialists in nature with good knowledge in English. The groups are usually small, up to 12 people.
Difficulty grade: Explorer – see the description of the grade
Level of comfort: General – see the description of the level
Day 1
Transfer from the Airport Sofia to the town of Kardzhali in the Eastern Rhodopi mountains. Accommodation at a family hotel at the Kardzhali lake shore.
Day 2
Exploring the surrounding nature areas for local endemits plants such as Verbascum Rupestre, Lathrea rhodopea, Carpinus Orientalis, Hypericum rumeliacum, galium velenovskyi, Potentilla regis-borissii, Haberlea Rhodopensis, Black pine (Pinus Nigra), Populus nigra, Salix alba, Alnus Glutinosa, Black maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris), etc.
Days 3 and 4
Travel South-east to Ivaylovgrad area to visit nature areas where the vegetation consists of riverine Platanus orientalis forest, mixed oak forest, and pseudo-maquises. On this and the next day you will meet the Dactylorhiza romana, Platanus orientalis, Alnus glutinosa, Salix vitalba, Vitis sylvestris, Humulus lupulus, Phyllirea Latifolia, Asparagus acutifolius, Cistus incanus, Arbutus andrachne tree, Cephalanthera epipactoides, Ophrus cornuta, Ophrus mammosa, Ophrus apifera, Himantoglossum caprinum, Limodorum abortivum, Orchis papilionacea, etc. Also Salvia verbenaca and Polygala monspeliaca.
Day 5
Transfer back to Sofia Airport and departure.
Hi all! One of our fellow Tripatini members, a Kenyan eco camp, is looking for tips on how to boost occupancy. If you'd like to help, please reply to this link to our Ask A Travel Pro forum. Thanks!!
At Seven Directions Tours we want to suggest a new way to affiliate tourism with a purpose. The tourism industry witnesses new interesting trends where local tourism and conscious travel suggest alternative ideas about different meaningful travelling experiences. This featured tour’s goal is to create awareness about a variety of experiences manifested in diverse forms of art, nature, and human visions.
Seeking to interview representatives of unique destination travel locations
(publicists, CVB’s, Dept of Tourism, etc.) to discuss the following:
— Examples of how travel destinations spanning the planet are effected by the six-trillion-dollar global travel and tourism industry
— Positive ways to contribute to local societies and economies when traveling throughout North America and abroad
— What local communities are doing to earn money while simultaneously telling the stories that preserve their cultures
These discussions will contribute to a new journalistic project called “Write/Peace”, new on creative crowdfunding site: Kickstarter. Over the course of one year, we will publish a series of long-form (3,500+) articles addressing the economic impact of travel and tourism worldwide.
If you would like to discuss this project further, please email us your thoughts: info@writepeace.com.
Flying from Boston to San Francisco, Kaleel Sakakeeny found that he was responsible for .98 tons of CO2 -- that's a ton of gas, boys and girls. But are carbon offsets really the answer? http://www.tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/carbon-offsets-more-hype-than
Eco stay at Oasis Camp Lake Elementaita Kenyahttp://www.oasis.co.ke
. Nature as it should be.
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