Real Tours Caño Negro

Overview

Description

We are in an association of 13 local partners that offers tourism products in the Caño Negro wetland. Since 2006, we have been working for the development of the community, since tourism is our main source of income.

We are driven to be a competitive tour operator and create links with other tourism projects for the community. Our work benefits the partners of Real Tour Caño Negro as well as other small community entrepreneurs, such as the women’s group that works with jewelry and recycled paper, the butterfly gardens, the campgrounds, rural inns and cabins, the local soda shop, the Caño Negro souvenir shop, and the Ulima Association, which protects slider turtles (Trachemys scripta). In addition to visiting these places and projects, we offer an ecological tour by boat through the Caño Negro Mixed Wildlife Refuge.

Making a Difference

• We work with other locally-linked tourism enterprises in the region to receive training in specific subjects of common interest, such as solid waste management and fire prevention. We are also planning on forming a commission for emergencies.
• We conduct clean-up campaigns for the community, river, and surrounding area.
• We work hard on cultivating the town’s identity with activities like the Garfish Festival, an event that reflects our culture and environment while reinforcing social, touristic, and economic development for the community.

Getting There

Nearest international airport: San José (SJO)

Additional Information

Awards or Recognitions

• Acknowledgement by the National Learning Institute (INA) for contributions to tourism development in the Northern Huetar Region. October 2010.
• Acknowledgement by the Garfish Festival Organizing Commission for participation in the 2010 and 2011 events.
• Acknowledgement by the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Technology (MINAET) for contribution to the conservation of the Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge, March 2012.

Additional Web sites

• https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000893387651 (available in English and Spanish). Real Tours Caño Negro's Facebook page.

Files

• Recomendación del Ministerio del Ambiente Energía y Telecomuniciones - Acknowledgement by the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Technology.

Date This Information Was Provided

March 2012.

Photos courtesy of Real Tours Caño Negro, Costa Rica, for SustainableTrip.org.