Saving seaturtle eggs at El Remanso beach!
by admin on Jan.03, 2010, under News, Responsible practices
Thanks to the quick eyes and good heart of the wonderful Van der Meer family, 54 sea turtle eggs have gotten a second chance for survival.
While strolling along the beautiful deserted Pacific beach at El Remanso, Mia was the first to spot what looked like a bunch of bright white ping pong balls: a turtle nest had been uncovered by the force of an unexpected turn in the course of the creek!
Ava and Lida quickly darted up a steep forest trail to let El Remanso staff know, while Wendi and Mia helped Roland improvise an impressive temporary containing wall to prevent more eggs from sliding off the bank and into the river. Soon Jackie and John Keith –who seconds earlier had spotted a large snake during their search for the magnificent blue morpho butterfly- joined in with Cindy from El Remanso staff on the mission to relocate the very vulnerable nest to a safer place. After carefully doing their best to mimic the original nest in a different spot, hopefully at least some of these endangered creatures have a better shot at survival.
We’ll keep an eye on the nest for you guys!
Native Plants workshop with ProNativas
by admin on Dec.12, 2009, under News, Responsible practices
El Remanso participated in the native plants workshop organized by the local organization “Friends Of The Osa” and given by ProNativa. The workshop focused on the need of using non-exotic plants in the local gardens. Different aspects from landscaping, which native or endemic plants to use and how to collect the seeds were discussed. The group also learned how to create a native plant nursery thanks to the advice of the experts from ProNativas (for more information visit www.pronativas.com/pronativas/)
El Remanso has had its own tree nursery for many years, not only for planting the trees in our Private Reserve but also to donate trees for local reforestation projects. For landscaping the lodge uses mainly native plants, minimizing the use of non local plants and avoiding all invasive plants. Most of the newly planted areas are 100% native plants.
Here are some pictures of the 2 days workshop:
First Aid Course for El Remanso Staff
by admin on Oct.31, 2009, under News, Responsible practices
El Remanso will be opening again tomorrow, November 1st, after a 4 weeks of being closed doing maintenance work and some upgrades of our installations. Today we finished a 4-day long training on First Aid and Basic CPR with all of the El Remanso staff as well as some participants from the local community.
This highly useful training has been a big success and everybody enjoyed the training provided by the very experienced Marvin Palma. With a practical approach, the El Remanso staff learned emergency procedures for different types of injuries as well as evacuation of injured people.
Below you can find some pictures of the last days.
Wildcats Study at El Remanso : First pictures
by admin on Jul.26, 2009, under News, Responsible practices
El Remanso has been an active supporter of the local wildcat study led by biologists Aida Bustamante and Ricardo Moreno. The study which started in 2006 focuses on the endangered species like the jaguars, pumas and ocelots. Weekly presentations at the lodge give our guests the opportunity to have more information of the work of these hardworking environementalists.
This year, El Remanso has purchased 4 camera traps which will constinuosly be installed in our trail system. As you can see below, after only 15 days, the first pictures show peccaries, coatis, tayras and luckily an ocelot!
Last year, El Remanso also had a couple of camera traps installed for a short period of 3 weeks and these were some of the pictures then:
Sponsorship of Wildcats Study
by admin on Jan.12, 2009, under News, Responsible practices
In this new year, El Remanso Lodge will be sponsoring the local wild cat conservation study, leaded by biologists Aida Bustamante and Ricardo Moreno. The study which is currently in its third year is an important keystone to the better understanding of wildcats in the area and collecting data about their behaviour. The amazing pictures of pumas, jaguars, ocelots, jagarundis or margays are shown in a weekly presentation held at the El Remanso Lodge!
Find more information on their study or other projects of the local organization “Friends of the Osa” here:
http://www.osaconservation.org/CameraTrapProject.html
Training for employees
by admin on Dec.07, 2008, under Responsible practices
Specially during the green season, El Remanso Lodge focuses on offering basic or advanced training courses to its employees. The last of this course was destined to kitchen staff and waiters at the lodge itself. The course focused on meal preparation, with elements of food safety took 3 days and all of the employees passed the final exam to have their diploma, congratulations!
Puerto Jiménez school visits El Remanso Lodge!
by admin on Mar.14, 2008, under Responsible practices
As part of their tourism class, the local school of Puerto Jiménez visited El Remanso today to learn more on how a hotel works. The students had the chance tostudy how our different areas work, from maintenance to kitchen!
A very special focus was given on the sustainable practices of El Remanso, they had a chance to visit the hydroelectric system as well as our natural compost,
Presents for the local school
by admin on Feb.27, 2008, under Responsible practices
Thanks to the the help of our guests Gabriella Redding and her family, we have been brought some very useful gifts to the local school of Carbonera. From chalk to whiteboards, games, books and timetables, the children will have more means to play and learn in their everyday at this school, thanks tothe help of this family from Los Angeles!
New section at El Remanso Blog
by admin on Jan.17, 2008, under Responsible practices
Today we are happy to announce the opening of our new blog with news concerning our ecological and social actions both at the El Remanso Lodge as well as the surroundings on the Osa Peninsula.