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Contact:
Esteban Velásquez
Manager
Vía Natura
Quito, Ecuador
Tel:+593/346-9846
Fax:+593/2253-443
evelasquez@vianatura.com
www.vianatura.com
Recomended by:
Conservación y Desarrollo, Ecuador
Type of accommodation:
Hotel, resort
Features:
Air conditioning
Conference rooms
Hot water
Internet connection
Kitchen
Pool
Private bathroom
Restaurant
Telephone
Television
Other: Airport transfer service
Year founded: 1993
Number of employees: 20
Percent of employees who are local residents: 100%
Number of rooms: 11 rooms.
Type of destination:
Beach
Galapagos Islands
Able to accommodate:
Families/children
Seniors
Singles
Volunteers
Description of the area:
The destination we promote the most is the Galapagos Islands for their unequalled biodiversity, recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Our approach is to provide personalized service; we offer tour packages that are tailor-made to the clients’ needs and our tours include visits to local communities on the islands and on the continental territory.
Available activities:
Adventure, sports
Biking
Bird watching
Canopy exploration
Eco / nature / wildlife
Educational, research, volunteering
Horseback riding
Mountain climbing
Scuba diving / snorkeling
Tours
Visits to conservation projects
Walking / hiking
How to get there:
Making a difference:
Via Natura operates under a philosophy of using tourism activity to provide incentives for nature conservation. We own a yacht that operates in the Galapagos and administer the Hotel Casa Natura in Puerto Ayora. We are now funding the Fundación Terranova, a non-profit organization committed to promoting environmental protection that carries out projects in the Galapagos Islands. The foundation counts on Via Natura as a business ally in the development of sustainable tourism.
As an outcome of this policy, Via Natura maintains strict control to prevent the introduction of exotic species to the Galapagos Islands, enforces strict procedures in the food supplies it obtains for its operations, uses biodegradable inputs, produces its own water for human consumption using a desalinization process, and recycles trash.
Most of the services we use have alliances with the Rainforest Alliance in order to fulfill our commitment to carry out sustainable tourism.
General rates:
$$$$$ ($150 and up)
Additional information:
www.fundacionterranova.org -- In this site you can learn about Via Natura´s commitment to support with Fundación Terranova the costs of the conservation projects they develop in Ecuador.
Date this information was provided: November, 2009
