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For second consecutive
year, Cascada Expediciones awarded Best Adventure Travel Companies 2009
by the editors of National Geographic ADVENTURE magazine.
Our Rating Criteria Score on Client Satisfaction was 100.00. Our overall score was 91.50 out of a 100.00. Visit Best Adventure Travel Companies [on earth] list Here!
"Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2009" Highly commends EcoCamp Patagonia
The citation for from the judges is as follows:“Ecocamp Patagonia sits at the cutting edge of environmental practice with the design and creation of their innovative 4 star geodesic dome tented hotel (...)” Check out the winners here
Issue: Great Winter Escapes
Eco Camp Patagonia: Torres del Paine, Chile Individual geodesic domes with fleece sheets, low-emission wood stoves, and skylight windows (watch for condors) face a trekking paradise of spired granite mountains, calving glaciers, azure lakes. With 17 hours of daylight (it's summer here), there's no excuse not to do it all (from $990 per person for three-day all-inclusive tour). Click here to read the issue
Carbon Offset Certificate
Presented to:
Cascada Expediciones
for ofssetting:
15.96 Tons of CO2 Emissions
Cascada Expediciones
for ofssetting:
15.96 Tons of CO2 Emissions
Carbon Offset Certificate
Presented to:EcoCamp Patagonia
for ofssetting:
135.07 Tons of CO2 Emissions
View and Vote, Eco Hotels
Thinking about hitting the road? If you’re looking to stay green without giving up the luxuries of a fabulous hotel, take a look at some of the most eco-chic hotels out there. Just score them using the numbers above each photo, ten is the best. Check it out.
Home sweet dome
With a blend of backcountry luxury and a green environmental theme, the geodesic domes at Ecocamp in southern Chile’s rugged Torres del Paine National Park are a comfortable base camp to explore … Continue Reading
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ADVENTURE MAGAZINE PUT US ON THE "BEST ADVENTURE TRAVEL COMPANIES ON EARTH LIST"
National Geographic Adventure Magazine conducted the world's first authoritative rating of adventure travel tour operators.... And we are on it!
Cascada Expediciones is the only chilean outfitter rated, we are on the 50th place out of the 157 companies from around the world, being on this list makes us very proud on what we have been doing and give us an extra incentive to push ourselves and work harder, we want to be on the top ten next year.
Please click on the following link to see our company on the BEST ADVENTURE TRAVEL COMPANIES ON EARTH LIST
PLANET GREEN (a Discovery Company)
Top 7 Green Romantic Getaways in the World
These sexy international destinations make for perfect eco-friendly escapes.
Traveling to some remote location to lavishing in the beauty of nature is what
romantic getaways are all about. But there aren't too many places remaining that
haven't been spoiled by too many tourists and too little conservation and protection.
Still, there are a few escapes that remain pristine and also taking environmental
friendliness seriously. Here are seven spots that are the most sexy, romantic
getaways that any green couple could love.Continue
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TREEHUGGER...
7 Greenest Spring Break Trips by Bly the Copeland, Great Neck, New York Travel & Nature (eco-travel)
For most people, spring break conjures up memories (or expectations) of beaches,
beer, and--if MTV is your source--lots of bikinis. And while there’s nothing
wrong with collecting your best friends and heading out for a week of partying,
greener alternatives abound. No matter what kind of break you had in mind (A beach-side
bacchanalia? A week of sunning yourself on the sand?), or where your academic
interests lie (Love science? Can’t get enough nature?),or what you like
to do in your spare time (Cook? Hike?), we’ve found the perfect eco-friendly
trip. Continue
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Revista Go Outside [Brasil] worte about our Ecocamp Patagonia.
If you want to take a look at the article... please download the front page & the article.
Lufthansa Exclusive Magazin, on it\'s April 2009 edition, wrote about Glamping and interviewed us.
If you underestand german we invite you to read the article, if not you can always "Guess" what on it... (scanned image of the printed Magazine)
www.goglamourcamping.com
Ecocamp Glamping
See the Blog click Here
Heaven on Earth Green: Travel That Doesn't Cost the Earth (Paperback)
www.fineliving.com
11 Upscale Campsites Around the World
Ecocamp Patagonia
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
Venture to South America for a stay at sustainable Ecocamp Patagonia. Located in Torres del Paine National Park, the dramatic mountain formations offer some of the best "trekking" in the world, and the camp is powered by 100 percent natural and renewable sources. CONTINUE READING
Revista Epoca (www.revistaepocaglobo.com)
Acampamento com luxo e segurança
Conforto e preços altos são a nova forma de se aproximar da natureza
Revista Epoca Article
(May 2009) We supported www.viajerossinfronteras.com organization by giving a stay for 2 people at our Ecocamp Suite Domes.
Tarannà Club de Viatjes orginized a photo award gala, one of the award programs was the one we give to the ONG Viajeros Sin Fronteras.Lern more about viajeros sin Fronteras
.travel newsletter: "Eco-friendly Expeditions by One of the Best Adventure Companies on Earth"
Cascada Expediciones is a Chilean tour operator dedicated to develop eco-friendly trips in Patagonia, Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. With over 15 years of experience in offering a wide range of exciting trips, Cascada Expediciones has been recognized for two consecutive years as one of the Best Adventure Companies on Earth by the editors of National Geographic's Adventure Magazine. Based in Santiago, Chile, Cascada Expediciones prides itself on providing quality tourist services, which are environmentally sustainable, meanwhile facilitating the discovery of nature and offering the best work-life balance for its staff.Read the full article (you will download a jpg)
NBC: Let’s go glamping! Glamorous camping, that is
Here’s a guide to camping in comfort and style without busting your budget. Click
here to continue reading!
Ecocamp Patagonia has been specially recommended in Rough Guides’ new book – Clean Breaks: 500 New Ways to See the World - published in August 2009.
Rough Guides is one of the most successful and respected travel brands in the world, with over 300 travel guides in print. It has a reputation for good writing, accuracy and honesty. You can see the book in AMAZON.COM
Top 10 Eco-Vacation Hot Spots - ABC News
In the past, trying to be environmentally friendly on vacation has meant giving up life\'s luxuries, but nowadays vacationers no longer have to compromise. ABC News takes a look at 10 of the best eco hotels... Continue Reading
Alastair Sawday's
Special Places to stay
GREEN PLACES TO STAY
Our Ecocamp Patagonia is listed on the book; Alastair Sawday' GREEN PLACES TO
STAY, to view the front page and the ecocamp inside the book, you can download
the PDF here.
Eco Hotels of the World gave our Ecocamp Patagonia as 5 green stars!
"Eco Hotels of The World" is a free online guide created to showcase the most environmentally-friendly hotels in the world. We are proud to note that we are currently the most comprehensive independent listing of eco-friendly hotels available today. Read more About Eco Hotels
WWW.TRAVELCHANNEL.COM
Outdoors and Eco-Friendly
5-Star Camping: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Relax (by Erica Walsh)
We all know vacation can be good for the soul, but can it be good for the conscience
and the environment, as well? Absolutely. Visit these eco-friendly, ultra-indulgent
resorts that reduce your carbon footprint as well as your stress.
CONTINUE
READING THE ARTICLE!
www.been-seen.com
Glamping article...
A sample of several camps (luxury camps around the world...)
Keep reading Here
IMPRESIONES LATINAS
Campamentos de cinco estrellas
Ecocamp, Chile
Experimentar la paz y bondades del final del continente americano, tal y como lo hacían sus antiguos pobladores, es la premisa de Ecocamp, ubicado al pie de las Torres del Paine, en la Patagonia chilena.CONTINUE READING
Estampas tematica:
Los 10 mejores ecohoteles
Ecocamp, Chile
En el Parque Nacional de Torres del Paine, en Patagonia, se levanta este campamento con la filosofía de vivir como los antiguos nómadas de la zona, pero con la comodidad de un gran hotel. Tiene capacidad para 30 huéspedes repartidos en 16 domos construidos con el más riguroso cuidado medioambiental: utilizan energía cien por cien renovable y la electricidad está muy limitada. El objetivo es que cada invierno todo vuelva a quedar intacto (abren sólo de octubre a abril). Perfecto para realizar rutas y expediciones por los Andes.
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Ecocamp Patagonia & Cascada Expediciones became CarbonFree™ companies
We have joined the CarbonFree™ program by Carbonfund.org in order to offset all of our carbon emissions. Both companies have committed to support carbon offset projects, such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, and reforestation to zero-out the carbon emissions.
"Cascada Expediciones" announces ISO 14001 certification at Ecocamp Patagonia in Torres del Paine National Park. (15 July 2007)
The Ecocamp Patagonia, located in the heart of the Torres del Paine National Park, is the first hospitality company in Chile to receive the prestigious ISO14001 Environmental Management System certification from a third party certifier -Societe Generale de Surveillance, SGS-Switzerland-. "This certification is the most significant achievement of our environmental efforts in the last years" said Sebastián Gómez, general manager of Ecocamp Patagonia.
ISO 14001 certification is a rigorous and very complicated process and is the result of multi-faceted environmental initiatives. ISO 14001 certification must be renewed each year, and Ecocamp must continually improve its Environmental Management System standards in order to maintain certification.
To know more about the Ecocamp Patagonia please visit: www.ecocamp.travel & SGS (write down our Certificate ID CL07-0053E and the security code given by the SGS and you will se our company listed) Whant to Learn more about ISO? please click Here !
GreenSpot.travel Blog: Adventures in Green
GreenSpot.travel gives info and images for green travelers, highlighting responsible travel in local communities in Central America and around the world. They have green adventure trips to Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador and Nicaragua are memorable, luxurious, adventurous, and full of the spirit of these diverse and beautiful countries.
We are on the GreenSpot.travel blog, please read what they wrote about us: Here
Ecocamp Patagonia is a Proud Member of TIES (The International Ecotourism Society)
As the world’s oldest and largest ecotourism organization, TIES promotes the principles of ecotourism and responsible practices in travel and tourism. With the goal of uniting conservation, communities and sustainable travel, TIES serves its members in over 90 countries, and acts as the global source of knowledge and advocacy in ecotourism. For more information, visit www.ecotourism.org
We are proud Members of The Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA)
The Adventure Travel Trade Association exists to: Promote and grow the adventure travel market. Provide professional support, development, marketing, and cost-saving resources to members. Represent and unify the industry to facilitate knowledge sharing and a common vision. Collect, interpret and share exclusive trade and consumer research and trends. www.adventuretravel.biz
MSN TRAVEL: Top 10 Luxury Camping Trips
Eco Camp, ChileChilean Patagonia is synonymous with wilderness adventure — hard to reach and largely untouched, it\'s a dream destination for lovers of virgin jungle, granite Andean peaks, blue glaciers, and rushing rivers. As Eco Camp shows, however, communing with nature doesn\'t have to mean roughing it. Continue Reading...
MSNBC: 10 best luxury eco-resorts
Enjoy those massages and pictures while you’re going green, by msnbc.msn.com Full Article
ELLE, Los 10 mejores Eco-Hoteles
Templos de relax respetuosos con el medio ambiente
En el Parque Nacional de Torres del Paine, en Patagonia, se levanta este campamento con la filosofía de vivir como los antiguos nómadas de la zona, pero con la comodidad de un gran hotel.Tiene capacidad para 30 huéspedes repartidos en 16 domos construidos con el más riguroso cuidado medioambiental: utilizan energía cien por cien renovable y la electricidad está muy limitada. Siga Leyendo la noticia...
Wilderness camps by The Guardian
Spectacularly located in the Torres del Paine national park, Ecocamp is a collection of space-age domes offering a remote, environmentally-friendly base for horse-riding, trekking and kayaking among the peaks and lakes of Patagonia. Full Article
TRAVELGIRL Magazine wrote an article about us and Torres del Paine
Please download the full article (PDF Format)
FORBES TRAVELER: Luxury Eco-Resorts '08 (By Stephen Regenold)
Geodesic domes reminiscent of the local Kawesqar people's huts were constructed for guests visiting EcoCamp Patagonia, which is in Torres del Paine National Park. Trekking into the Patagonian....Forbes Traveler Article
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Sleep under the stars in Chilean Patagonia
You could use the term luxury camping to explain this operation, but portable four-star hotel more accurately describes EcoCamp Patagonia, the first eco-accommodations south of the Amazon....... continue reading!
Sleep under the stars in Chilean Patagonia (published on the USA Today)
You could use the term luxury camping to explain this operation, but portable four-star hotel more accurately describes EcoCamp Patagonia, the first eco-accommodations south of the Amazon....... continue reading!
Journal du Net - Economie: Eco Camp : camping écolo en Patagonie
Le dernier chic consiste à passer ses vacances en plein nature, "dans le respect des principes écologiques". C'est justement le concept de l'Eco Camp, situé dans le parc national de Torres del Paine en Patagonie. Les 16 dômes du campement sont montés uniquement pendant la saison d'hiver (entre octobre et avril). Continue Reading
SHERMANSTRAVEL: Top 10 Luxury Camping TripsThese five-star camping adventures serve up nature on a silver platter
Most of us really enjoy the concept of camping – sleeping under the stars, becoming one with nature, toasting marshmallows over the campfire – but it’s the reality of the situation that keeps the masses from pitching their tents (think showerless days with dirty feet, slurping down lukewarm beverages, and having to answer nature’s call, well, in nature). Continue Reading
Divine Caroline
Ten Green Getaways
Long before green and ecotourism became travel buzzwords, I chose to sleep on woven mats in stilt huts in Asia in order to give a meager donation to the village chief for my stay. Now, ecotourism—defined by The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) as, “responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the welfare of local people, Continue Reading
ECO HOTELES
EcoCamp Patagonia
CHILE
Encontrarás: La forma perfecta de explorar la Patagonia con el menor impacto para el medioambiente. Para ello, alójate en las cabañas de madera, piel y otros materiales orgánicos construidas siguiendo las técnicas de los nativos. Continúe Leyendo
The Ecocamp Patagonia is featured in a new book published this week by Thames & Hudson.
The Eco-Travel Handbook is the essential green guide to travel.
The subject is considered in every aspect, from daily commuting to the most eco-friendly holiday destinations in the world, including your own! Find out more about the Book
Hiking at the bottom of the world, by The High Route
One of the most spectacular and remote areas in the world to hike is Patagonia. From the Towers of Paine to Glacier Grey this area of the world offers the hiker tremendous scenery and fairly easy hiking. Click here to continue Reading the article
The "Eco Hotels of the World" book is out, and the Ecocamp Patagonia is the only chilean company on it
The "Eco Hotels of the World" guide proves that self-indulgence can co-exist with a clear, or at worst clear-ish, conscience. Continue Reading
FABULOUS MAGAZINE;
LET'S GO WILD!
Need to escape the doom and gloom? Leave your worries behind with one of these great escapes (By Mandy Appleyard)
ESCAPE TO… PATAGONIA, SOUTH AMERICAWHY GO? As far south as you can go before hitting Antarctica, Patagonia is a thrilling kaleidoscope of mountains, fjords, lakes and glaciers, and the perfect place to forget your money/job/man (delete as appropriate!) worries. Straddling Chile and Argentina at the tip of South America, it feels like the end ?of the Earth – and it is!
Don Carlos 3219 . Las Condes . Santiago, Chile . Phone (56 2) 232 9878 . Fax (56 2) 232 8954 . Email info@cascada.travel
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