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Florence Vallet
Originally from Valleparisis, France, Flor has been a volunteer guide at Hacienda Baru for 2 years. We couldn’t possibly be luckier, to have this primate specialist who worked for several years in the French Zoo, La Vallee des Singes, and was in charge of the new world primates. This particular zoo is a copy of the Apenheul Zoo in Amsterdam. The concept is to give the animals an environment that is as similar as possible to the wild. They sleep inside but are free to roam on islands during the day. Her life as a zoo keeper involved arriving two hours before the zoo gates where opened to check on her brood and make sure that they had a good night, next move them to their open air island and the first feeding of the day. It was also Flor’s responsibility to keep an eye on the visitors of the zoo to make sure that they weren’t feeding or trying to touch the monkeys. Every two hours Flor gave a talk about the animals under her care, she remembers that this was one of the things she most enjoyed.
Flor first came to Costa Rica with a friend who was working with an NGO on Spider Monkeys. She then worked in the Curu Wildlife Refuge assisting with a Scarlet Macaw reintroduction project. She returned to France for a brief time but bought Jack Ewing’s book, Monkeys Are Made of Chocolate on her way home. She set the book aside for several months, but when the yearning for the tropics began she picked it back up and loved it. On a whim she wrote Jack and asked him if he would be interested in hosting a volunteer, she was willing to translate for any French speaking guests. A couple of months later Jack called her back, it worked out beautifully for both of us.
When she’s not translating for French guests on our trails, Flor will be studying the two different troops of White Faced Capuchin Monkeys on Hacienda Baru. Her first project is to identify the individuals, once that is done she plans to study their behavior and yearly cycles.
Flor is an avid reader and is currently polishing her knowledge of Ants. EO Wilson and accompanies her during down time.
Más allá de lo sostenible
– por Jack Ewing
El diccionario define la palabra “sostenible” como: “relacionado a un proceso que cosecha o utiliza un recurso de tal manera que el recurso no se agota ni se daña gravemente.” La palabra se ha usado durante muchos años, por lo menos desde 1727 según el diccionario Merriam-Webster. En años recientes, con el aumento de interés en el medio ambiente y preocupación sobre el agotamiento de nuestros recursos naturales, la palabra se oye frecuentemente. Es fácil conseguir información sobre el tema de vivir soteniblemente y sobre productos que facilitan la vida sostenible. Eficiencia en el uso de energía es la preocupación principal, pero también hay que pensar en eficiencia en el uso de agua, responsibilidad social, amistad general con el medio ambiente, y otros.
Compre el libro de Jack
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Descubra la manera misteriosa y fascinante en el que los animales y las plantas y las personas interactúan unas con otras en los bosques lluviosos de Costa Rica. Autor y naturalista Jack Ewing comparte una gran cantidad de observaciones y experiencias, se reunieron más de tres décadas de la vida en el suroeste de Costa Rica, el hogar de algunos de los ecosistemas más prolíficos y variados de la Tierra. Más que una simple colección de ensayos, los monos son de chocolate es un testimonio de la maravilla de la vida en todas sus formas innumerables, vista a través de los ojos de un hombre con un don de discernimiento sutil y un don natural para contar historias. |
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Iguana Negra
A esta Iguana Negra (Ctenosaura similis) le encanta asolearse en la entrada a Hacienda Barú Lodge.
Lo llamamos “El Jefe” debido a su actitud de superioridad.
Tienda Chocolate Monkey
Nuestra tienda de regalos es bien conocida en la zona por tener una gran variedad de regalos. No sólo va a encontrar camisetas, hamacas y joyería. Nuestra política es comprar (en lo posible) de los artesanos locales que trabajan con materiales locales de un recurso sostenible.