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GreenSpot.travel is for green travelers. We have images, news and a blog highlighting responsible green travel around the world. We feature green vacation planning, green lodging, green travel gear and packing tips, and info on our community development projects in Costa Rica.



A Costa Rica vacation or your green travel to Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua or the Western United States is custom-designed with you. GreenSpot green vacations are memorable, luxurious, adventurous, and full of the spirit of these diverse and beautiful places. Your green travel connects you to new places and people in lasting ways.

 

  • Our personal ties to green destinations allow for meaningful community experiences and positive contributions to the people and places you visit.
  • We support efforts to protect native species and virgin rainforest in private nature preserves created and maintained by our local partners.
  • Lodges we select contribute to conservation, use solar and wind energy, local foods in their restaurants, and new ways to minimize their environmental and carbon footprint.
  • Ownership and staff at our lodges are local residents and strong community ties integrate our services with the area's economy and culture.
  • GreenSpot’s profits from our travel program are invested in destination communities through grants to grow small businesses and community development projects.

 

Our green travel planning expertise is featured in Condé Nast Traveler We're their Top Travel Specialist for Costa Rica each year from 2006 to 2009. We work closely with you to turn your dreams into reality, and our relationships with the best green travel providers in Central America and the Western U.S. offer vacations that combine the unspoiled beauty of the regions with the best new experiences and adventures in green travel.

 Adventures in Green

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Our Favorite Hotel of the Week

Some refer to the Turrialba region as the “Switzerland of the tropics” – a place made famous for cheese production and organic coffee and raw sugar plantations. Today, Turrialba is considered the Adventure Travel Capital of Costa Rica. Read More

 

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Dona Mara's Organic Garden

Have you ever thought about having your own organic garden in your backyard, Dona Mara? That was my question to her while we were sitting in her open-air Costa Rican kitchen. Read More
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Monkey Poo in the Shower?

Shady trees make the best beach umbrellas. Nestled among trees and lush vegetation on the secluded Santa Teresa Beach on the western coast of the Nicoya Peninsula, we found ourselves at Latitude 10. Read More
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Plan It Yourself or Get Some Help

Utilizing the latest Internet tools, Brook Wilkinson pits her trip-planning skills against those of a travel specialist. Read More

 Latest Green News

Adventures in green with GreenSpot.travel
“Green travel” is a term that a fast-growing number of travelers are identifying with as their preferred style of seeing the world. Often seen as a very broad term, the phrase encompasses several positive ideas. Read More »

The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism

The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism sets a frame of reference for the responsible and sustainable development of world tourism. It draws inspiration from many similar declarations and industry code Read More »

Airlines increasingly sharing space in U.S. airports
Airports increasingly are setting up common-use areas inside their terminals, in which several competing airlines must share agent counters... Read More »

Traveling With A Senior
Traveling with older relatives can give you surprising perspectives. It can be illuminating, challenging, at times exasperating. It can also be frustrating to younger, spryer travelers, accustomed to a carpe-diem pace and eager to do it all. Read More »

Visa Requirements for Travel to Costa Rica
From rugged mountains and active volcanoes to sandy white beaches and steamy tropical jungles, Costa Rica offers a diversity of activities and wildlife sure to satisfy any vacation tastes. Read More »

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