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Journey Costa Rica believes that business has the power to create a positive impact. We aim to be radical in our approach to travel – generating positive change as well as reducing negative effects – while offering high touch, creative trips for the most discerning of travelers. With years of experience in the industry, we´ve seen how travel can transform a destination, providing jobs, resources, and protection to cultural and natural wonders.

We recognize that sustainability is a journey, not a destination. Journey Costa Rica will continue to innovate, challenge ourselves, make mistakes, and improve as part of our commitment to being a leader in positive-impact travel.

Our Approach to Giving Back

WONDER

Our passionate team designs tailor-made, luxury journeys from a base of innovation and relentless exploration. We don´t want to just tell you how inspirational Costa Rica is, we want you to experience it for yourself. Through making personal connections with Costa Rica´s communities, ecosystems, and natural life, we seek to spark a sense of wonder that can change perspectives and ignite an impulse to protect our environments.

AWARENESS

While bringing enormous benefits, Journey Costa Rica also acknowledges that travel has its consequences through transport emissions and participation in certain activities. We ask our collaborators about their sustainable practices, working with selected partners that measure their impact, as well as prioritizing hotels, lodges and modes of transportation based on their approach. We also highlight the efforts and achievements of our partners in order to inform others about the possibilities for responsible travel.

ACTION

We´re thrilled to partner with the Bosque Vivo Foundation! This family-led initiative is dedicated to reforesting and rehabilitating Costa Rica´s high-altitude forests, the first and currently the only project to do so in the country. For every guest that travels with us, Journey Costa Rica charges a conservation fee per traveler which goes directly to Bosque Vivo to support their invaluable work.

We love connecting our travelers with hands on sustainable experiences, from meeting up with local conservationists and visiting biological research stations, to planting trees as part of reforestation programs.

Who Is

Bosque Vivo

Bosque Vivo is the first high altitude forest rehabilitation project in Costa Rica. The foundation is passionate about restoring these forests to their natural state and raising awareness about their importance.

High altitude forests are life-giving due to their crucial role in the hydrological cycle, replenishing and filtering the water in aquifers and streams that supply drinking water and become lowland rivers.

The Bosque Vivo Foundation is divided into four main projects:

  • Volunteering: Opportunities that allow others to donate their time and effort to planting trees. Teamwork is a key principle in Bosque Vivo´s approach to achieving change.
  • Education: The forest becomes an immersive classroom with Aula Bosque, providing children with a sensorial learning experience that seeks to plant the seeds of empathy and concern for the preservation of the forests.
  • Greenhouse: Located in Porrosatí, Heredia, the Bosque Vivo Greenhouse is dedicated to collecting seeds, germination, transplanting into bags, and taking care of the trees and shrubs.
  • Research & Development: In response to the lack of practical knowledge about high-altitude greenhouses, it´s necessary to investigate the best practices for success in germination, seedling development, and the transplanting of trees for reforestation.
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Positive Impact Fund

Monthly Contribution

  • A fee is charged per traveler per trip.
  • Total donated in full to Bosque Vivo on a monthly basis.
  • Progress bar updated to reflect contributions.

How is the Money Spent?

  • Materials for planting, facilities, and resources.
  • Transportation costs to facilitate environmental educational visits and volunteer work.
  • Restoration of 900m2 wetland that was lost due to cattle activity.
  • Creation of the ´Journey Forest´; we've planted 650 native trees so far!

Impact of Bosque Vivo

  • High-altitude trees supply water to aquifers and rivers.
  • Trees provide a habitat to a great diversity of flora and fauna.
  • Engages, teaches and inspires visitors to conserve the environment.

Total Donations

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Progress

Roadmap

See what action we´ve taken each month in partnership with the Bosque Vivo Foundation, and the impact of our contributions.

January 2023

Javier, Journey Costa Rica´s co-founder, made his first visit to Bosque Vivo HQ. Guided by founders, Pier and Giuliana, Javier got to explore, learn more about the foundation and define how we could proactively contribute to Bosque Vivo´s projects in reforestation and environmental education.
Jan '23

February 2023

Journey Costa Rica´s content writer, Sally Wells, conducted an online interview with Pier and Giuliana about their experiences launching and evolving Bosque Vivo, to be presented as part of our Changemakers series. These blogs aim to highlight the efforts of sustainability leaders in Costa Rica and share their inspirational stories.
Feb '23

March 2023

Javier visited Bosque Vivo with his wife and two children to establish the “Journey Forest”, where a section of wetlands will be funded and reforested by Journey Costa Rica. A goal was set to plant a minimum of 500 trees here in 2023.
Mar '23

April 2023

On Earth Day, the whole Journey Costa Rica team (and their families!) visited Bosque Vivo and planted over 150 trees in the Journey Forest, along with the presentation of our 2000 USD April contribution.
Apr '23

September 2023

One of our goals with Bosque Vivo has been to return the Journey Forest back to its natural state - after 50 years of cattle grazing - to restore the ecosystem and invite wildlife back home. A bulldozer came to recreate the area´s original watershed, the stream was sealed off, and the original pond has returned. Within weeks, several types of wildlife have been spotted, including the incredible sighting of a coyote.
Sept '23

December 2023

The construction of the nursery is in its final phases! Gazebos have been purchased and installed near the wetland, enabling Bosque Vivo to host groups and conduct workshops on environmental education and nature art, with the aim of inspiring a meaningful connection to nature and the drive to protect it. The team has spotted the wild cat species, jaguarundi, in the area for the first time ever as well as observing an increase in birds, insects, frogs and lizards in the wetland.
Dec '23

January 2024

The team at Bosque Vivo has been able to set up trap cameras across the grounds thanks to Journey Costa Rica’s traveler donations. The cameras are left in a location and feature motion sensors, triggering a shutter release to take photos when wildlife passes by. Weekly relocation ensures the comprehensive monitoring of animals. Excitingly, recent captures include glimpses of coyotes!
Jan '24

June/July 2024

Bosque Vivo planted 381 native trees and shrubs across multiple sites, including a biological corridor on their farm and areas near Irazú Volcano, while engaging 120 students through environmental education events. Donations funded additional planting efforts, the distribution of trees and shrubs to schools and students, and the installation of picnic tables at the nursery. They also hosted a restoration event near a wetland, planted 110 trees, and started cultivating 200 seedlings, aiming to plant 1,000 more trees next year!
Summer '24

February 2024

This month, Giuliana and Pierre have been working hard to build a bathroom near the wetland from scratch; this new amenity will facilitate educational visits from groups of students. The team also gave nature a helping hand at the wetland, supplying it with extra water to nurture the wildlife that lives there.
Feb '24

May 2024

This month, Bosque Vivo’s nursery and family farm were honored by Costa Rica's MAG for their stellar agricultural efforts! The team hosted two events with a corporate group, planting 260 native trees in a biological corridor. They also shared insights on environmental care with 40 attendees. Thanks to Journey Costa Rica’s donations, Giuliana and Pierre invested in more trap cameras to monitor wildlife.
MAY

October 2023

Journey´s Director of Marketing, Jessica, and her husband visited Giuliana and Pierre. Taking part in the signature experience we offer our travelers, they got to listen to Bosque Vivo´s story and learn about their projects firsthand, plant trees in the Journey Forest and see wildlife at the recovering watershed. They also got a sneak peek at what our donations will be used for next: facilities for environmental education at Aula Bosque.
October

March 2024

The camara traps caught some amazing wildlife action this month! Sightings include an opossum, an ocelot, a tapir, rabbits, an armadillo and a crested guan, a large native bird. The team finished the bathroom construction ahead of installation as well as completing the first gazebo platform at the wetland, which will form part of an ecological education area
Mar '24

August - October 2024

This quarter was a vibrant period for Bosque Vivo, marked by impactful reforestation efforts, community engagement, and exciting new milestones. Over three months, the team planted a total of 2,624 native trees and launched their first seedling recollection event, recovering 200 young plants that will be nurtured for next year’s reforestation. Other initiatives included the debut of "Re-conectá y ayudá" yoga and meditation events, and the donation of a water tank to a local school who faced closure without it. Bosque Vivo also earned the prestigious Bandera Azul Ecológica Award for the sustainable practices in place at the plant nursery. With more plans to plant before the end of the year, the project’s future looks greener than ever!
Fall '24

August 2023

The next phase of construction has been approved for Aula Bosque, a roof terrace in the forest that will be used to host activities and hands-on experiences for kids and adults. The aim is to foster a deeper understanding of the forest while cultivating an appreciation and duty of care for it through firsthand connection. Journey Costa Rica´s donations will go towards the costs of construction and materials.
August

April 2024

We gathered over 70 colleagues, suppliers, friends, and family at Bosque Vivo for a fantastic reforesting event this month! Pierre and Giuliana lead the first environmental education event of the year at Esploratori Learning Center, planting trees with 32 kids aged 2-6. The team also expanded the wetland area, so it collects more water for wildlife to drink during the dry season.
Apr '24

Roadmap

See what action we´ve taken each month in partnership with the Bosque Vivo Foundation, and the impact of our contributions.

January 2023

Javier, Journey Costa Rica´s co-founder, made his first visit to Bosque Vivo HQ. Guided by founders, Pier and Giuliana, Javier got to explore, learn more about the foundation and define how we could proactively contribute to Bosque Vivo´s projects in reforestation and environmental education.
January

February 2023

Journey Costa Rica´s content writer, Sally Wells, conducted an online interview with Pier and Giuliana about their experiences launching and evolving Bosque Vivo, to be presented as part of our Changemakers series. These blogs aim to highlight the efforts of sustainability leaders in Costa Rica and share their inspirational stories.
February

March 2023

Javier visited Bosque Vivo with his wife and two children to establish the “Journey Forest”, where a section of wetlands will be funded and reforested by Journey Costa Rica. A goal was set to plant a minimum of 500 trees here in 2023.
March

April 2023

On Earth Day, the whole Journey Costa Rica team (and their families!) visited Bosque Vivo and planted over 150 trees in the Journey Forest, along with the presentation of our 2000 USD April contribution.
April

August 2023

The next phase of construction has been approved for Aula Bosque, a roof terrace in the forest that will be used to host activities and hands-on experiences for kids and adults. The aim is to foster a deeper understanding of the forest while cultivating an appreciation and duty of care for it through firsthand connection. Journey Costa Rica´s donations will go towards the costs of construction and materials.
August

September 2023

One of our goals with Bosque Vivo has been to return the Journey Forest back to its natural state - after 50 years of cattle grazing - to restore the ecosystem and invite wildlife back home. A bulldozer came to recreate the area´s original watershed, the stream was sealed off, and the original pond has returned. Within weeks, several types of wildlife have been spotted, including the incredible sighting of a coyote.
September

October 2023

Journey´s Director of Marketing, Jessica, and her husband visited Giuliana and Pierre. Taking part in the signature experience we offer our travelers, they got to listen to Bosque Vivo´s story and learn about their projects firsthand, plant trees in the Journey Forest and see wildlife at the recovering watershed. They also got a sneak peek at what our donations will be used for next: facilities for environmental education at Aula Bosque.
October

December 2023

The construction of the nursery is in its final phases! Gazebos have been purchased and installed near the wetland, enabling Bosque Vivo to host groups and conduct workshops on environmental education and nature art, with the aim of inspiring a meaningful connection to nature and the drive to protect it. The team has spotted the wild cat species, jaguarundi, in the area for the first time ever as well as observing an increase in birds, insects, frogs and lizards in the wetland.
December
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