December 13, 2010
Imagine being awakened in the middle of the night to be summoned to witness a critically endangered Leatherback turtle laying eggs on the beach minutes from your bed. For David Leventhal, co-owner of Playa Viva Sustainable Boutique Hotel located 35 kilometers south of Zihuatanejo/Ixtapa International Airport on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, such an opportunity materialized out of the moonlit night.
June 25, 2009
The 77-hectare private park’s attractions include the largest indoor nocturnal frog exhibit in the world, a butterfly garden, a reptile vivarium, a hummingbird garden, a tram ride through the rainforest canopy, and walking trails through the primary rainforest.
January 30, 2009
On the southern slopes of the Atitlán volcano in southwestern Guatemala, in the midst of cloud forest, the Los Andes estate has been the site of coffee farming for more than 100 years.