Puntacana Resort & Club in the Dominican Republic recently announced the launch of their first voluntourism package which allows guests to participate in the island’s annual bird count with Dr. André Dhondt from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Guests staying at Tortuga Bay and The Puntacana Hotel between Dec. 28 and Jan. 2 will be invited to partake in the yearly census of more than 25 indigenous bird species native to the Dominican Republic. The annual count is crucial to monitoring and protecting the health of the island’s birds. Hotel guests will also have the opportunity to join Dr. Dhondt for lectures and tours of the resort grounds, including exclusive access to the resort’s beautiful Ecological Reserve.
The resort has also won several awards for their design and ecological programs like this year’s Condé Nast Traveler “World Saver’s Award”.
For more go to http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/12/9/112135/854/travel/New+Year’s+Eve+Is+For+The+Birds+In+The+Dominican+Republic
Photo by Michael Nelson at http://birdinglifephotography.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html
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