we have just come back from rurrenabaque and we did an excellent pampas tour with Bala tours we stayed at there eco lodge for 4 days the food was brilliant the rooms were good and the the guide robbie was brilliant spoke great english we saw loads of animals and the guides dont touch them in anyway its all very environmentaly friendly we were looked after and we didnt want to come back .
highly reccomended
eviejim
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erik07
It's good to hear about good experiences.
Your testimonial is very relevant to the discussion at the thread 'impact on rurrenabaque pampas tours', started by savan at Tue 25 Sep 2007.
Generally tourism may have an adverse effect on the environment, but tourism can also give work and income, and the financial alternatives may be less sustainable: Cattle breeding, hunting, timber logging.
In addition there might be the hope that tourism in sensitive or threatened areas may be an eye-opener and influence the attitude to the use of resources at daily basis back home. It would be a feedback and a pay back, because during travel and holiday you in fact often accept to act less suitable, believing it's only once a year. (You fly a long way, you use and buy imported products in the poor countries, etc.). The problem is that for the destination 'once a year' is all the time, the year round.
But still, the tourism often brings money and hope for a better future to many people in some areas/countries, and therefore: Congratulations on your great pampas tour in Bolivia. There are really good guides and tour operators out there. Go, use and support them. Make your choice.
And probably the tourism often means a better conservation of the nature, bringing a new value to an area and landscape that else would be considered a cheap raw material.
Besides, Bala Tours is mentioned in several threads. Try a search.
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