Safety• Always carry a copy of your Passport

or ID with you.• Don’t use a lot of cash, it’s better to

use the local currency (colones). Only exchange at banks and authorized exchange offi ces.

• Always watch your belongings.• If you are going to go outside, inquire

at the front desk of your hotel about the safest routes and means of transportation.

• Do not stop for strangers and don’t attend to their requests.

• Look for help from the police if you need it. Call the police at 911.

• Use ATMs only in public, well-lit areas. Don´t accept help from anybody. Count your Money and put it away prior to leaving the ATM.TEL: 2290-8646 FAX: 2290-8667

E.mail: Cooprena@racsa.co.crwww.turismoruralcr.com

Consorcio CooperativoRed Ecoturística Nacional

COOPRENA R.L & SIMBIOSIS TOURS Are committed to the sustainable development of the local communities, stimulating community-based rural tourism and the implementing of good practices in favor of the environment and the autochthonous cultures.

• Collaborate with the local economy of the communities you visit during your stay in the country.

• Buy autochthonous products of the region you´re staying and you´ll be helping the local providers.

• Get to know and experience the activities of the communities you visit, and learn about their culture and traditions.

• Preserve and protect the cultural, architectonical and archeological heritage of the sites you visit.

Committed to sustainability

COOPRENA R.L. AND SIMBIOSIS TOURS

In Costa Rica the following acts are penalized by the law Please report:

Sexual exploitation of children and teenagers.Code PANIAMOR 911 or 2295- 3554

Destruction, commercialization, exportation or moving of heritage.

2257-1433 ext.1 and 2

Contamination of the environment, illegal TALA, commercialization and captivity of wild species of fl ora and fauna.

1192

• Protect the natural resources and the environment.

• Use the resources but don´t exploit them. Save water and electricity.

• Reduce, reuse and recycle.• Be conscious of the amount of waste

generate during tours, use the waste bins and separate waste.

• Do not feed animals in the wild.

• Protected Wildlife Area (ASP) is “a physical space which is dedicated to the conservation and protection of the biodiversity, soils, water resources, cultural resources and the services of the ecosystems in general”, article 58 of the Biodiversity Law Nº 7788.

• Costa Rica makes a big effort to preserve its biological richness (5% of the global biodiversity). It possesses a National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC), and there are 160 Protected Wildlife Areas; 25% of the National Territory is under protection.

• The guide needs to make sure that the carrying capacity established will not be exceeded when taking a group to the trails of the Protected Wildlife Areas. (Carrying capacity 20 persons).

• The Costa Rican law protects the equality and the rights of the people with special needs (law Nº7600). Do not discriminate these persons.

• Costa Rica has a conservationist and protective legislation of human rights. Help us to preserve and report.

IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY follow the instructions of your guide

or call 911.

EMERGENCIES