Bienvenido A Buenaventura!
Buenaventura is a living dream... a place to inspire others to follow their dreams!
Buenaventura is a Country-style Mountain Lodge, Eco-Adventure Wilderness & Wildlife Park, Rainforest Rejuvenation Wellness Center, and Pueblo Nuevo Eco-Village located in the Rio Division Valley of Costa Rica.
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Buenaventura welcomes groups, couples, families and individuals seeking a remote, private and isolated destination for eco-adventure activities, rainforest retreats, and to experience Costa Rica's local culture & rural county living.
With almost a mile of riverfront, Buenaventura's 160 acres of mountaineous rainforest property are located along the north side of Rio Division, with 40% of the property within the southern border of the Los Santos Forest Reserve, an area north of Buenaventura with over 150,000 acres of protected primary and secondary Tropical Cloud Forests and Humid Rain Forests and where many endangered animals (like Jaguars, Tapirs, Sloths, etc.) and plant species live on the western valleys and foothills of the Talamanca Corridor.
The locals call this place Rio Nuevo (New River), because Rio Division is considered one of the top 5 cleanest rivers in the country, and ranks high globally.
Buenaventura primarily produces and hosts 'themed' retreats for organized groups and member organizations, including:
* Wellness & Yoga Retreats
* Eco-Adventure & Fitness Retreats
* Art & Music Retreats
* Conservation & Education Retreats
* Nature & Birding Retreats
* Burning Man Camps & Other Community & Membership Groups
Buenaventura can also be exclusively rented out for unique outdoor Rainforest Weddings "Under The Ceiba Sagrado", Family & Friends Gatherings, Corporate Team Building Retreats, Commercial Motion Picture Film & Print Shoots, and for other Special Events & Gatherings.
From December 1st through April 30th (5 months), Buenaventura is open to individual guests and organized groups and retreats.
From May 1st through August 31st (5 months), Buenaventura is reserved exclusively for organized groups and retreats, with limited occupancy for individual guests during those months.
During the months of September, October and November (3 months), Buenaventura will be closed to the public.
On December 29th - January 3rd (6 days), the "Winter Solstice & New Year ZenZu Jungle Party & Camping Festival" will take place high atop the Buenaventura Mountain in an area called "Los Mangos", a 20+ acre open field surrounded by mountains of dense tropical rainforest with tent platforms, a large rancho for dancing, and a group kitchen space. With a limited capacity of 50 guests, the festive 'a la Burning Man style' gathering of friends and yearly hosted playa camp will celebrate and welcome the Winter Solstice and the New Calendar Year.
About the Owner & the Newton Family:
Harlow Salvador Newton - Proprietor and owner
Harlow's first visions, inspirations, & manifestations towards his dream of creating Buenaventura began in August of 1996, when he was on a two month 'soul-searching' backpacking trip through Mexico and Central America; when he found himself sitting on the backside of a Mayan Temple in Tikal, and while looking out over the Peten & Lancandon jungles of Guatemala... it was at that moment when the Buenaventura dream was born!
Read Harlow's Story & Bio
Five Generations in Costa Rica
The Newton family has been living and doing business in Costa Rica & Latin America for five generations. In the early 1900's, great-grandfather Harlow Arthur Newton Sr. worked in the copper mines of Chile as a consultant for Eternal Westinghouse.
Thirty years later, his son, Harlow Franklin Newton Sr. (pictured on the right on a CAT) arrived in Costa Rica in the late 1930's, an entrepreneur and businessman who introduced and imported some of the very first commercial Caterpillar tractors and heavy equipment machinery into Costa Rica and other countries in Central America.
Having partnered with Caterpillar and other machinery companies back in the U.S., grandfather Harlow Sr. opened and operated dealerships and equipment rentals in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Honduras, with the names Costa Rica Machinery, Salvador Machinery, and Honduras Machinery.
Harlow Jr. was born in San Jose, Costa Rica and raised in Florida and Central America, and returned to El Salvador to manage an ALCOA company and served two terms as the President of the American Chamber of Commerce of El Salvador, and one term as the Vice-President for all of Latin America before he retired back to Costa Rica.
Now Harlow III (Salvador) is taking the Newton Legacy to greener pastures with a more sustainable and socially responsible approach to tourism, hospitality and real estate/land development with his Latin American companies and projects.
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