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Manuel Antonio, Quepos, Costa Rica
Luxury 4 Bedroom Vacation Villa with Pacific Ocean View

Responsible Tourism

Géminis del Pacífico is a proud member of ASCOMOTI (see below) who has joined forces with the Corcovado Foundation to help preserve and improve the natural habitats of some of the most endangered species in Costa Rica. They give the following tips to be a Responsible Tourist:

• Enjoy nature but don't chase or touch wild animals.
• Leave everything as you found it, don't remove anything that is part of the natural environment such as rocks, shells, or plants.
• Stay on the trails: trails are designed to prevent the erosion caused by the transit of humans on the soil.
• Encourage responsible behavior to your family and others.
• Report environmental damage to authorities.
• Participate in local conservation activities.

Please, Don't feed the Wildlife: You might find feeding the wildlife to be a fascinating experience. You probably think that they need to be fed. But the truth is that you are actually harming them:

• Feeding interferes with the wildlife's natural habits and upsets the balance of their lifestyles.
• Wildlife can be susceptible to human diseases. They can actually die from bacteria transferred from you, that has no ill effect on humans.
• Irregular feeding leads to an aggressive behavior towards humans and other species.
• When we feed an animal, we are actually affecting its' natural diet. Fruits, especially those containing pesticides, can upset their digestive system or cause dental problems that can lead to death.
• Feeding creates a dangerous dependency on humans that diminishes the wildlife's survival capabilities.
• Contact with humans facilitates poaching and the trade in illegal wildlife and makes them an easy target for hunters.
• Please help us spread the word, be an eco-tourist by explaining to your fellow companions. Let nature take its' own course!

Red-backed squirrel Monkey (Mono-tití) needs your help

ASCOMOTI is our organization (we are members) that works to help save the mono tití's habitat and to educate the local school children in living with their environment . We are building a tree corridor to connect the two remaining major habitats of the Mono tití. A number of local schools participate with us in teaching the students (by our forestry engineer) how to grow and care for trees necessary for the diet of the mono tití. These saplings are then purchased by us (the funds go for much needed school supplies at each local school participating) and are planted in the biological corridor that we are creating to help the genetic mix of these two major habitats of the remaining mono titís. Please help us in supporting this great organization.

Géminis del Pacífico is also proud to support monkey bridges (blue ropes suspended across roads) so the endangered and beloved mono tití's can cross roads without having to go down to the dangerous and unprotected ground. It also keeps the monkeys in the area from using the dangerous electric lines to cross the road.
These bridges are provided by the organization of kids saving the rain forest. Please visit their site and help this very endangered species survive.

We are but one species on this beautiful world,
let us help protect the diversity given to us as a gift.

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Last Updated on 20-September-2005• Gemini Properties