Lapa Rios Ecolodge

Carbonera School children making a Sustainability Tour!

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:26:00 +0000

Few weeks ago, Lapa Rios hosted the children from the Carbonera School. They did a Sustainability Tour around the lodge and learned some interesting and fun things. One of them was to prepare their...

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First Aid trainning

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:04:00 +0000

The Lapa Rios Emergency Brigade had their "First Aid" training couple of weeks ago. There was a very good opportunity for all of us to learn how to act when there is an emergency. Actually, one of...

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Growing our own lettuce!

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:31:00 +0000

In an effort to green our restaurant at Lapa Rios, we´ve started a small-scale project in which we grow our own hydroponic lettuce. Here´s a picture of Adolfo, our sustainability coordinator,...

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Lapathon Jungle Run 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:05:00 +0000

Come and participate in the "Lapathon Jungle Run 2009" May 31st 18 km race from Lapa Rios to Puerto Jiménez For more information please contact us at: info@laparios.com

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Lapa Rios celebrated the Earth Hour

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:46:00 +0000

Earth Hour has been transformed into the world’s first global election, between Earth and global warming, and Lapa Rios was part of it last March 28th. It was a very simple action of switching off...

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Making handicrafts at Lapa Rios!

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:32:00 +0000

Last week we had so many of our guests interested in the crafts that the artisans bring on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to Lapa Rios restaurant. On March 20th, the local artisan Joksan taught...

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Goodbye Nito

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:25:00 +0000

Goodbye Nito! Dionisio (Nito) has been a guide in Lapa Rios for 6 years. Last Wednesday was Nito´s last day as member of our staff. We will always remember Nito for his passion for ants and...

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Lapa Rios´ regular guest is visiting us now: the White-Crested Coquette

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:26:00 +0000

It is usual that during this part of the year, the White-Crested Coquette (Lophornis adorabilis) always amazed our guests that come to the main deck of Lapa Rios. Thanks to our very special special...

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NRDC Names Costa Rica as a “BioGem”

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:40:00 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Serena Ingre, 202-289-2378, singre@nrdc.org NRDC Names Costa Rica as a “BioGem” Country aims to be carbon neutral by 2021; New BioGems Web site engages more than...

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Continued support for the jaguar research in the Osa

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:54:00 +0000

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Welcome Marijke and Adolfo

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:31:00 +0000

We started 2009 with 2 new members of staff in Lapa Rios. One of them is a very well known friend of our Hotel. Her name is Marijke Mulder and she had worked in Lapa Rios in the past. Now she has the...

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Thanks to the Alameda Family!

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:29:00 +0000

On January 25th, we receive the visit of the Alameda family from the United States. Two members of this family, Arline and Ted, made a donation of school implements for our Escuela Carbonera. They...

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New record in Lapa Rios!!

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:37:00 +0000

The Painted bunting (Passerina ciris), a beautiful bird seen by Nito, our Birdwatcher Guide at Lapa Rios is first reccord, "this colorful bird is really hard to see" he explained. The Painting...

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noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:29:00 +0000

Rare finding!

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:48:00 +0000

Juan, our general manager shares his story: It´s 9:30 pm I´m working in my office when Toño our night guard calls me on the radio and tells me that in front of room number 4 there is a small snake...

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More peccaries!

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:26:00 +0000

Last week an interesting article appeared in our national newspaper "La Nacion". It talked about how the wild pig population is increasing again since there are more park rangers. This endangered...

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5 leaves again!

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:38:00 +0000

Long due we finally received our re-evaluation by the Costa Rican Tourism Institute. Since 2003 Lapa Rios was one of only 2 hotels in Costa Rica with the maximum distinction of 5 leaves. We have...

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Email from Juan

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:17:00 +0000

We all just received the following email from Juan Pinto at Lapa Rios: Hello!!!!!!!! Let me tell you about a really cool experienced I had last week! I went to pick up Cindy at Bosque del Cabo at...

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Email from Juan

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:11:00 +0000

Juan Pinto, the general manager of Lapa Rios, just sent us this email: Let me tell you about a really cool experienced I had last week! I went to pick up Cindy at Bosque del Cabo at her last day of...

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Join a Wild Cat Research Expedition!

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:35:00 +0000

We have just started to support a really interesting project called the Wild Cats Conservation Project. The Wild Cats Conservation project began in 2006 to determine the status of feline populations...

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Native plant’s workshop in the Peninsula!

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:10:00 +0000

Next week we are having a workshop for all the ecolodges in the area about the importance of using native plants in our gardens, which is really important at this moment in the Peninsula because many...

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No more regular plastic bags!

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:52:00 +0000

As part of the solid waste reduction plan, we are trying to replace all the plastic bags that we are using in the ecolodge for biodegradable plastic bags. These bags will decompose in the...

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More recycling!

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:48:00 +0000

Every year we design a plan to reduce solid waste, energy and water consumption. Right now we are focused in how to reduce the solid waste. Most of our trash is plastic (from number 3 to number 7)...

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A New Garden for the Carbonera School!

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:15:00 +0000

In the environmental education class in the Carbonera School, we have started to grow are own garden filled with different types of organic produce such, cucumber, cilantro and fruits. Is has turned...

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Donations to the schools!

noreply@blogger.com (Lapa Rios) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:14:00 +0000

This week we went to three different schools in the area: Bambu, Sandalo and Agujas. We gave them some supplies for the school such as books, notebooks, pencils, erasers, pencil sharpener, pens and...

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