Ecotours by Agnes

Company Description:

“There are tours, and there are life-changing adventures. I am honored to facilitate Yours!” After graduating with a PhD in Ecotourism, I moved from my academic career at the University to have a meaningful impact on people through nature travel that is capable to transform them on a deeper level. Currently I offer customised ecotours, adventure and holistic tours, voluntourism, and dental tourism in Costa Rica, as well as ecotours in Peru, Panama, and South Africa. I explore and experience all of my tours and I am always on the lookout for new unique destinations I can share with You!

Unique aspects of my ecotours:

1. AUTHENTIC local experiences off the beaten path

2. HOLISTIC adventure, nature and culture engaging your body, mind and spirit

3. SUSTAINABLE: local and eco-certified

4. CUSTOM itineraries, small groups, time to explore

5. EXPERT: designed by Ecotourism COnsultant with local ecotourism operators

6. TICO (Travel Industry Council of Ontario) consumer protection plan

To learn more about my ecotours, please visit my website: www.ecotoursbyagnes.com

Ecotourism Policy and Practices:

Main Values and Components of My Trips

"More than meeting the bottom line, I am passionate about Eco-travel aimed at deeper connection with new places and people!"

My trips and experiences foster a DEEPER CONNECTION with the places and people visited by our clients, where a “visit” becomes an adventure with an added value of an insider’s perspective. I am happy to offer novel opportunities to clients to think differently about travel, about the places and people they visit, and most importantly, about themselves in reconnecting with their spirit and returning with a more positive outlook on life. I wish to use travel as a tool for a positive change, whatever that might be for each person, and wish to be the agent facilitating that change.

The UNIQUENESS of my company is a combination of perspectives: CWT agency brings 27 years of experience from Canada’s leading travel specialists, while Agnes brings a PhD in ecotourism supplemented with research work in this field conducted in Eastern Europe, Peru, Costa Rica, and North America.

My PERSONAL ONE-ON-ONE SERVICE is designed to tailor individual travel experiences based on your needs, values, and traveling style. We are here to serve you on your terms, all to make the entire process and experience comfortable and informative.

This PARADIGM SHIFT in travel serves to help you design your own experiences through alternative tourism, as opposed to making yourself fit into a pre-moulded commercial mass travel. Contrary to the mass tourist who is often separated by the walls of a resort or a cruise ship, I encourage you to use travel as an instrument to learn about the richness of different places, cultures, and perspectives.

To compensate for the greenhouse gas produced by traveling to the destinations we love and care about, may I suggest your CONTRIBUTION to the following: Earth Equilibrium Foundation in Costa Rica, Planeterra Foundation with many projects in Peru, or Cool Earth Foundation where you can purchase your own patch of the Amazon rainforest to preserve from development.

My trips include a combination of the following main components:

Nature, Culture, Adventure, Education, Conservation, Local Benefits, and Personal Interaction

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