Home Based Travel Agent - June 2008 - (Page 46) Tours FOR THE TRAVELER Left: An educational tour in the Galapagos Islands Above: A butterfly observatory in Costa Rica Near right: Butterflies hatching in the observatory Far right: Poas Volcano and National Park in Costa Rica Ecotourism Latin America still reigns as the green king, with Mexico on the rise BY JOE PIKE It was a lot easier to pick out the best eco-friendly resorts and tours about five years ago, but thanks to Al Gore, the floodgates have opened and every major supplier is claiming to have gone 46 green. In fact, Googling “ecotours” will return about 1,310,000 hits. Some suppliers are legit, while others are little more than adventures with no education involved, so be sure to ask your agent whether the hotel in which you will be staying—or the operator with whom you will be touring—are certified. As far as destinations go, the U.S. has a host of great ecotours, especially in California and Puerto Rico, but the leader in green tourism has to be Central and South America. Not to be forgotten, Mexico has also become a major player in recent years. Perhaps Mexico’s best-kept eco-secret is Los Cabos, at the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. On the surface, it’s a great romantic getaway, but when you delve deeper into this region, you’ll find an abundance of great ecotours to go along with your intimate vacation. Here, you can do everything from releasing newly hatched sea turtles into their natural habitat to viewing the Sierra de la Laguna Mountains at about 6,500 feet above ground level. In South and Central America, you Home-BasedTravelAgent JUNE 2 0 0 8
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