Pack for a Purpose

We are proud members of Pack for a Purpose, an initiative that allows travelers like you to make a lasting impact in the community at your travel destination.

Pack for a Purpose's mission is to positively impact communities around the world by assisting travelers who want to take meaningful contributions to the destinations they visit.

Pack for a Purpose believes that many people who are fortunate enough to travel wish they could make meaningful contributions to help meet the needs of the places they visit. Such contributions are one way of expressing appreciation for the experiences and hospitality they enjoyed.

According to the initiative it is sometimes difficult to identify the specific needs in places far from home. And that is the goal of Pack for a Purpose: to assist travelers who want to express their appreciation and make valuable donations or contributions by providing a list of destinations and local initiatives of various kinds (education, health, child welfare, animal welfare, socioeconomic development).

Capitán Suizo is a member of Pack for a Purpose and together we support several rural schools in Guanacaste.

Two weeks ago we visited the elementary school in a nearby village called San Francisco and brought many school supplies donated by guests through the initiative. The kids were thrilled!

If you have some space available in your suitcase and take supplies for local schools in need that we support, you will make a priceless impact in the lives of our local children and families.

Compiled by Milena Re
Marketing Assistant – Hotel Capitán Suizo
March 31st, 2022

Capitán Suizo’s New Year’s resolutions

Expand our organic garden

We are working on our organic garden using biodynamic agriculture, in order to be able to offer the freshest and most organic products in our restaurant.

Give a sustainability tour

We want to offer a tour of the Hotel to our guests, going through some interesting points from a sustainability point of view. On the tour we will explain the various practices we use at Capitán Suizo and give some information about native trees and plants.

Increase the life quality of our team

Starting in January the entire Capitán Suizo team will work only 5 days a week, instead of 6.
We are one of the first hotels in Costa Rica to implement this work system and we hope that this will greatly improve the quality of life of our team, so they can enjoy more of their free time, hobbies and time with their families and friends.

Maintain and improve our sustainability practices

As we do every year we want to work on our sustainability practices and improve them where we can. This year we would like to use fewer plastic bottles, replacing them with recyclable glass bottles.

Increase the variety of activities offered to our guests

We want to offer more activities to our guests. Since last year we have been offering yoga classes in front of the beach, and this year we would like to start offering salsa classes in our restaurant.

Continue to support the community and socio-environmental projects

We want to continue supporting our community. We are building trailers that ADIT (Tamarindo Community Development Association) will be able to use as offices and rooms for their collaborators.
We will also continue to support associations and foundations that work for the welfare of animals, the environment and people, such as Strobel Stiftung and the Pack for a Purpose initiative.

Compiled by Milena Re 
Marketing Assistant – Hotel Capitán Suizo 
December 31th, 2021

Local School Project

We are glad to support local schools close to Tamarindo every year to provide them with textbooks. Also we encourage you, as a guest, to support our children’s education through the International project “Pack for a Purpose“ by bringing school supplies in your luggage. 

We collect the supplies at front desk all year round. At the beginning of the year we go to the school to deliver and share a day with the teacher and children. This week we went to The Ranchos Elementary School and we want to share a video of this beautiful and touching experience. If you would like to be part of this next year, please visit: 

https://www.packforapurpose.org/destinations/central-america/costa-rica/hotel-capitan-suizo/