About this holiday

Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula has the richest biodiversity in the world. It is the home to the mighty Corcovada National Park, a towering lowland rainforest home to 350 species of birds along with plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth.

Yet like every other tropical rainforest, it is under constant threat from logging and agriculture.That's why one local travel company Nature Air has pledged its profits to protect the buffer zone forests surrounding the national park.

About this holiday

Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula has the richest biodiversity in the world. It is the home to the mighty Corcovada National Park, a towering lowland rainforest home to 350 species of birds along with plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth.

Yet like every other tropical rainforest, it is under constant threat from logging and agriculture.That's why one local travel company Nature Air has pledged its profits to protect the buffer zone forests surrounding the national park.

The small turbo prop airline pays local farmers not to cut down the ancient trees, a scheme that's ensuring about 3,000 hectares of forest are being looked after for future generations.

The company's Nature Kids charity also runs free schools in Costa Rican rainforest communities, teaching kids English, computer studies and about the nature that surrounds them. Teachers ride on horseback to give lessons to children living deep in the forest.