🌱 A community fund for every visitor
Since 2020, three local coffee ventures—Café Monteverde, El Trapiche Coffee Tour, and Don Juan Coffee Tour—have joined forces to donate USD 1 to the community fund for every tourist they welcome.
In five years, this fund has raised more than USD 210,000, which has been invested in infrastructure, culture, entrepreneurship, and social projects throughout the region.
🏘️ Projects with real impact
The resources generated have been allocated to local initiatives such as:
🌿 Regenerative tourism and shared responsibility
Monteverde no longer sees tourism solely as an economic activity. This model demonstrates that it is a platform for social regeneration, where each guest can indirectly contribute to the collective well-being. Furthermore, this initiative has already been adopted by local hotels within an alliance called H4, which applies the same logic of contribution for each guest received to strengthen social projects.
💡What this means for Burbi Lake Lodge
At Burbi Lake Lodge, we share this vision: we want your stay to be not only a break, but also a way to support local transformation. Our commitment translates into:
Monteverde is a living example of how tourism can give way to a new form of relationship with the territory: one where everyone wins—visitors, nature, and the community.
📚 Credits and further information
To learn more, you can read the original article:
“Monteverde turns tourism into a driver of social development through a solidarity-based coffee model” — Viajes Digital magazine
