Casa Natura

Overview

Description

Casa Natura is located in the Galapagos Islands, known for their unequalled biodiversity and recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

We provide personalized service and tour packages that are tailor-made to the clients’ needs and our tours include visits to local communities on the islands and on the mainland.

Rooms

15

Making a Difference

Number of employees: 20

Percentage of local employees: 100%

Via Natura uses tourism to provide incentives for nature conservation. We own a yacht that operates in the Galapagos and manage Hotel Casa Natura in Puerto Ayora. We are now funding Fundación Terranova, a non-profit organization committed to promoting environmental protection that carries out projects in the Galapagos Islands. The foundation relies on Via Natura as a business ally in the development of sustainable tourism.

Via Natura maintains strict controls to prevent the introduction of exotic species to the Galapagos Islands, enforces strict procedures in the food it purchases, uses biodegradable products, 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.

Getting There

Nearest international airport: Quito (UIO)

Nearest local/national airport: Baltra, Galápagos (GPS)

Travel time to nearest airport: 1 hour

Additional Information

Date This Information Was Provided

July 2011.

Photos courtesy of Casa Natura, Ecuador, for SustainableTrip.org.