Ecorana environmental at the Toucan Ridge Ecology and Education Society field station: January 2014

Ecorana Environmental ltd., Blog at it's partner field staiton at the T.R.E.E.S

We are Ecorana Environmental, an eco-travel and environmental education company that specializes in creating and planning applied learning holidays for students, researchers, and ecotourists alike. Our team consists of travel and outreach specialists as well as research biologists and teachers who specialize in environmental education and conservation. We are well-versed in providing comfortable, safe, and exciting learning and travel opportunities to a range of clientele interested in environmentally and culturally conscious travel.Ecorana is poised to offer travel and education abroad opportunities in the diverse tropical country of Belize. Ecorana employs biologists who are well-trained in tropical ecology, herpetology, and ornithology, and as such, studies in tropical biology are the primary focus of our educational holidays. However, our team’s diverse interests and expertise allow us to plan all types of holidays ranging from wildlife ecotours to yoga retreats to West African drumming courses to ecological field technique courses. Wherever your interests lie, you can be guaranteed that Ecorana will be right there with you.Ecorana maintains values of environmental and cultural conservation and stewardship, hands-on education, and inclusive learning, and seeks to instill those values in all visitors to Belize. We work with many field stations and educational centers, scientists, educators, tour companies, tour guides, eco-lodges, and parks, both on the mainland and on the islands of Belize, to make sure you go exactly where you want to go and see exactly what you want to see and more!

One of our main partners is the Toucan Ridge Ecology and Education Society (T.R.E.E.S) and their field station in Belize. The objectives of this environmental education center are to host various cultural and environmental based student courses, workshops and event hosting in the heart of the beautiful Maya Mountains of Belize. We plan on providing our services to international students as well as providing opportunities for Belizean students.

For more information see our website at www.ecorana.ca, or send us and email at info@ecorana.ca or to go directly to the T.R.E.E.S website www.treesociety.org

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Groups and the new year

Sorry for the long wait between postings, we are postings more and more of our updates on facebook at we are getting a much higher reader reach. We had a very successful winter so far with 3 back to back groups in December January. The hard work is finally paying off! We still need to find sometime to do more all important marketing, particularly to Belize Tour Companies and Canadian ecotour companies that are looking for somewhere fun and safe to bring their groups. We have more and more activities being offered at T.R.E.E.S including river tubing, waterfall rappelling, night walks, birding tours. We have also completed our internship programs and our currently hosting a few interns at the station.

These are some pictures of the last group we had from I.S.I.S! This was a Marine Biology course that Vanessa and I currently teaching. We took the group out around the station but also at Five Blues Lake National Park. The students had never experienced the jungle before and where a little overwhelmed at first but by the end of it, everyone was very happy.