Climate Friendly Ecolodge Costa Rica

Dear guests,
Dear friends of “Rain Forest Conservation through Tourism, Inc.”

The days of living in doubt about climate change are over, the truth is at hand and we can no longer hide the fact that any human activity will release Green House Gases into the atmosphere.

Today, as we did yesterday, as well as we will do tomorrow, at Selva Bananito Lodge Ecolodge we do take responsibility on the way we operate. Ever since the beginning of our construction we looked for ways to minimize our impact on our natural surrounding.

However, being ecologically friendly as we are, and running a very low impact operation as we do, is not sufficient anymore, if we take climate into consideration. We know that we should be also accountable for the externality of your international flight emissions caused by traveling to visit our nature reserve and in order to support our conservation efforts.

Selva Bananito Ecolodge has again taken the lead and is setting an international example for several years now on how to redefine true ecotourism. If you book a stay at Selva Bananito Ecolodge directly with us or any tour package through our specialized nature and adventure programs operated directly by CONSELVATUR, we will assume the carbon emissions mitigation of your international flights to Costa Rica free of charge.

We believe in the great benefits of reforestation with native species of precious trees to be found in our forests, which will sequester an average of two tons of Carbon Dioxide in an average time of 20 years. We have established a close link with a CO₂ mitigation certification program in hands of the CCT (Centro Científico Tropical, Tropical Scientific Center) Costa Rica. To find out more about the Climate Change Friendly Program of the CCT, please visit www.cct.or.cr.

We invite you to book a "carbon neutral" vacation and become involved in traveling with climate in mind. Your carbon offsetting makes a difference.