Ecoturista is a planner for ecotourism and nature travel — a place to decide where to go and what to do there, not just to read about travel. Our job is simple to explain and laborious to do: gather, organize and keep up to date the information you need to choose and plan your next outdoor experience — from the first “where should I go?” to the day-by-day itinerary.
Ecotourism makes sustainable use of natural and cultural heritage, encourages its conservation and promotes environmental education and the well-being of local communities. That is the kind of travel Ecoturista exists to make easy to plan.
What Ecoturista is today
More than a collection of articles, Ecoturista is a structured, navigable collection. Every place enters the collection as a living page, connected to the others:
- Destinations: nature towns and regions, with what to do, when to go and how to get organized.
- Attractions: waterfalls, beaches, caves, parks and trails, each with its own page.
- Itineraries: ready-made day-by-day plans to adapt to your own pace.
- Activities: hiking and trekking, diving, wildlife and bird watching, rafting, horseback riding and other ways of experiencing nature — always tied to the places where they actually happen.
- Guides and articles: supporting reading to decide better, with context, criteria and practical tips.
To tie it all together, the map shows where every place is, the search finds any item in the collection, and Find your Adventure crosses what you are looking for — type of experience, region, pace, who you are traveling with — with what really exists in the collection.
Our pillars
- Conservation: protecting and valuing biodiversity and natural resources.
- Sustainability: low-impact practices that avoid damage to ecosystems.
- Environmental education: raising visitors’ awareness and understanding of the environment.
- Local support: generating income and valuing traditional peoples and cultures.
Our criteria
- Verifiable practical information: how to get there, when to go, infrastructure, difficulty and costs are researched, checked and revised — and when reality changes, the page changes with it.
- A connected collection, not loose text: every destination points to its attractions, trails, activities and itineraries; you navigate by place, not by loose categories.
- No romanticizing: we prefer the useful fact to the vague promise — including when the honest answer is “that season is not worth it” or “that trail demands preparation”.
- Respect for the place: minimal impact, protected-area rules and appreciation of local guides and services are part of the recommendation, not a footnote.
Where we are — and where we are going
Current coverage focuses on Brazil — a country that, on its own, is already a world of biomes, trails and waters — and is expanding into the United States. The collection grows in stages: new destinations, new regions, new countries and new languages come in as coverage matures, with no shortcuts and no half-finished pages.
Accessibility
We want Ecoturista to be usable by everyone, including people who browse by keyboard or with screen readers. This page describes, honestly, what is already implemented, what we use as our reference, and how to talk to us about accessibility.
What is already implemented
The whole site uses semantic HTML, with a single main heading per page and a heading hierarchy without skipped levels — verified page by page. The collection’s images carry descriptive alternative text in the language of each version (Portuguese and English). The main navigation works by keyboard, the mobile menu exposes its state to screen readers (aria-expanded) and closes with the Escape key, and links clearly indicate their destination. Pages keep text-to-background contrast within the theme’s palette, and the cookie notice is keyboard-accessible, announced to screen readers and respects the system’s reduced-motion preference.
Known limitations
The interactive map relies on visual interaction; the same information, however, is always available as text on destination and attraction pages and in the navigation hubs. Accessibility is ongoing work: we keep reviewing pages and components.
Our reference
We use WCAG 2.1 (level AA) as our reference for improvement. We do not claim certified conformance — we commit to moving verifiably closer to it with every review.
Found a barrier?
If something on the site made it harder for you to use — a component that does not work by keyboard, an image without a description, poor contrast — tell us through the Contact page. Accessibility reports get priority fixes. Last updated: August 2026.
Explore the destinations, build your plan — and have a great trip. Found something out of date, or missing a place? Talk to us.