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Selva Verde Lodge

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Location:

Chilamate, Heredia, Costa Rica

Description

Selva Verde Lodge offers a variety of green attributes as detailed below. In order to appear on our site, a hotel must possess at least 10 green attributes, so this puts Selva Verde Lodge in good company. The more green features a hotel has, the higher the green leaf rating up to a maximum of seven green leaves. To get more information on Selva Verde Lodge and to book a room at the best Internet prices, just click on the orange Website button above! Why book direct?

Green Attributes
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  • Air
  • Allergies
  • Fresh Air
  • Environmental Cleaning
  • Non-Smoking Rooms
  • Education
  • Educate Guests to "green"
  • Educate Staff to "green"
  • Participate in Green Program(s)
  • Promote "greenness" in PR
  • Donating to Charity
  • Energy
  • Alternative Energy
  • Maintenance for Conservation
  • Energy Conservation
  • Food
  • Organic Food Served
  • Eco-friendly Food Served
  • Solid Waste
  • Bulk Soap & Amenities
  • Compostable Disposables
  • Composting
  • Durable Service Items
  • Guestroom Recycling Bins
  • Hotel Recycling Bins
  • Newspaper Program
  • Recyclable Disposables
  • Supplemental
  • Additional Green Features
  • Towels and Sheets
  • Cotton Towels/Sheets
  • Sheet Program
  • Towel Program
  • Water
  • Water Conservation
  • Xeric Garden
  • Gray-Water Recycling
  • Extras
  • Conference Center/Rooms
  • Transportation
  • Fitness Center
  • Internet

Comments

The hotel has implemented a green procurement program, ensuring purchases are environmentally sensitive. It also supports the community by hiring and training locals.

Reviews

his is a Wonderful Eco-Tourism Hotel. Our room was one of eight in a cluster in a small building raised about 10 feet off the ground. There are covered walkways throughout the grounds, and the organization for Tropical Studies' field station, La Selva, is either on the grounds or immediately adjacent. There appear to be nightly lectures on the lowland rainforest, and this hotel is right in the middle of that rainforest.

Birds and other wildlife are abundant, and howler monkeys could be heard at the crack of dawn. The Sarapiqui River runs through the grounds, and groups from the hotel can start upstream and raft back to the hotel. The resident naturalist conducts birding expeditions each morning and gives other lectures from time to time. While we were there we were also introduced to a local who scratches out a living growing black pepper and making cheese from the milk of her one cow.

Even if this hotel didn't have many of the other green features, I would recommend it on the basis of the education program it provides both for tourists and the locals.

Arthur Yaffe, February 2006

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