For further information about bamboo in general, see the contacts listed below. For questions or information about this web site, or for those of you who would like to discover bamboo in Costa Rica with an informed guide, please email either :

Richard Lemire at: richard@puntarenas.com

San Jose
Funbambu Tel. 226-3939 Location: San Jose, Barrio Christo Rey en San Sebastian. William Garcia (Chief of Forestry Dep.): 226-3870 Guillermo Gonzalez (bamboo housing project): 226-3870

Guapiles
Los Diamantes Location: research center: 710-1958 Brian Erickson: 227-5340

Forest Aerial Tram Location: Inside Braulio Carrillo National Park in the Guapiles area Tel or Fax: 225-8869, from the US call: 617-239-3628

Centro Ecologico Morpho Location: Immediately before crossing Rio Corinto in the Guapiles area Tel: 221-9132 or Fax: 257-2273

Costa Flores Location: Just outside of Guacimo, 15 kilometers from Guapiles Tel or Fax: 228-3571

The Agricultural College of the Humid Tropical Region (Earth) Location: East of Guacimo, near Guapiles Tel: 225-2000

Volcano Arenal
Arenal Plantation Location: Nuevo Arenal de Tilaran, Guanacaste Research info.: William Garcia Tel: 226-3870 Campesino guide in Rodal Galpon: Tino Jimenez Tel: 694-4389

Hotel Joya Surena: Tel 694-4057 Fax 694-4059 E-mail joysur@sol.racsa.co.cr

Limon
Limon, Furniture School Location: Port of Moin Eng. Ming-nan Lee (Administrator of the mission): Tel: 758-0692 Fax: 758-3916 Rosita Shum Chan (Project coordinator): Tel: 758-1106 ext. 233

Hotel: Atlantida Lodge in Cahuita Tel 755-0115 Fax 755-0213 E-mail atlantis@sol.racsa.co.cr

San Isidro de General
IDA/Funbambu housing project (Finca de lida) Location: 1 kilometer from Hotel del Sur heading towards Palmares Eduardo Herrera (Administrator) Tel:

Agroindeba, plantation & furniture fabric Location: Pedragosito de Perez Zeledon Mannuel Retana (owner) Tel: 771-3756

Furniture Factory (Crafts in Bamboo) Location: Lomas de Cocorri William Bermudez (owner) Tel: 380-6384

Hotel del Sur Location: 6 kilometers south of San Isidro Tel: 771-0333 Fax: 771-0527 Email: ciprotur@sol.racsa.co.cr Web Site: http://www.ecotourism.co.cr/HotelDelSur

Manuel Antonio, Quepos
Palma Tica Location: (Damas) Apartado 30-6350, Quepos Tel: 777-0183

Manuel Antonio Estates Villas Location: on the main road from Quepos to Manuel Antonio Tel: 777-3339 Fax: 777-3338 Email: richard@puntarenas.com Web Site:
http://www.manuelantonioestates.com

International Contact:

www.bambooart.com

Integrated Rural Bamboo Project

Resources

* Bambusetum, Boletin Proyecto Nacional de Bamboo, March 1996.
* Garcia, William. La Guadua, una alternativa en su finca, (Funbambu). Nov. 1996.
* Greenspan, Eliot. Frommer’s Travel Guide. Simon & Schuster macmillan Co., New York, 1997.