Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, David Zucchino, writes about his trip to FEV in the UU World, Fall, 2011.
The rutted road continues up a lush mountainside, past banana plants heavy with fruit and tree canopies inhabited by howler monkeys and sloths, to an outpost high in the rain forest. Carved out of the mountain 4,000 feet up, the setting offers spectacular views of the Dariense mountain range and the green valley far below.
FEV featured in latest Audubon Magazine
“Excerpted from “Gold Standard,” by T. Edward Nickens. First published in Audubon, May-June 2011. © 2011 by the National Audubon Society “Eduardo, toucan! Vienen aqui!” Come here! Omar Quintero’s pleas jolt me back to focus. I’m beat. Late yesterday, Smalling and I drove south from El Jaguar’s misty cloudforests toward Managua, past beneficios where coffee [...]
Conde Nast 2011 Application
Page 1 of 19 2011 Condé Nast Traveler World Savers Awards Application Resorts, Lodges, Camps, etc. February 21, 2011 Section A: Name of property: Finca Esperanza Verde Ecolodge and Organic Coffee Farm Location (city, state, country): San Ramon, Matagalpa, Nicaragua Website address: www.fincaesperanzaverde.org Contact person—Name and title: Alex van der Zee Arias, Manager [...]
Smithsonian Award to FEV
DURHAM – Finca Esperanza Verde (Green Hope Farm) Eco-lodge and Nature Preserve, created out of an abandoned coffee farm in the mountains of central Nicaragua by a Durham, North Carolina non-profit organization and their Nicarguan partners, has won a $20,000 Sustainable Tourism Award for Conservation from Smithsonian magazine and Travelers Conservation Foundation in a worldwide [...]
2007 Virgin Holiday Responsible Tourism Award
FEV wins 2007 Virgin Holiday Responsible Tourism Award for Small Hotels http://www.responsibletravel.com/copy/copy102214.htm “There were over 1700 nominations this year, a substantial increase on last year, and as ever, the judges had a difficult task selecting the winners and the highly commended. Competition is getting tougher each year, and responsible tourism is taking on the characteristics [...]