Scuba diving season slowly comes to a close in Costa Rica's Zona del sur...

As 'el verano' (summer season) slowly comes to an end we are sadly having to say goodbye to some of our tours and adventures going to the world famous Isla de Caño. It has been a brilliant first season for Pura Vida Ecolodge with A LOT of our guests having both amazing scuba diving and snorkeling trips to the stunning biological reserve...having been there just a couple of weeks ago I am pleased to say that MINAE (Ministerio de Ambiente, Energía y Mares de Costa Rica) have been doing a good job maintaining both the island and its surrounding waters, limiting the number of boats and group sizes so as not to disrupt the amazing underwater habitats on offer at this very special place...

Please enjoy the photographs below, taken throughout the last few months - just a a few of the highlights that our guests at Pura Vida Ecolodge have been lucky enough to enjoy.

Special thanks to Kumari at Mystic Dive for all the amazing trips, excursions and adventures and we look forward to working together over the next few months. Keep an eye on both the blog and the website with updates of boat charters and excursions over the coming weeks - the whale migration season is not so far away!

Pura Vida a todos!

Isla de Cano - World famous biological reserve - just an hour off the coast of Costa Rica

Breaching whale

Breaching whale right near the dive boat

Tuna at 18 metres

Our loyal friends at Mystic Dive!

Responsible Travel… Travel like a local

We are very proud to announce our new partnership with Responsible Travel and have just been awarded the Responsible Travel badge for our Pura Vida Ecolodge retreat in Costa Rica.

For those of you that don't know, Responsible Travel have spent the last 12 years carefully choosing remarkable people, local specialists and unique locations, so to be honest, we feel pretty chuffed to have been selected by a platform with such a strong 'eco' philosophy and ethos...

Responsible Travel's dream is that near and far, we can all wonder the globe, discovering the world's most interesting places, encountering all sorts of people and experiences along our path. The emphasis of all Responsible Travel's partners is that they provide richer and more authentic travel experiences that also benefit local communities and conservation as a whole…

For more information on how we are working with local communities in the Puntarenas region of Costa Rica, please do visit our new profile page on Responsible Travel's Sit:

http://www.responsibletravel.com/accommodation/12748/puntarenas-ecolodge-in-costa-rica