Hotels
Boston
Under the Sea Weekend package at the Fairmont Copley Plaza ( 138 St. James Ave.; 800/257-7544; fairmont.com). What’s Included One night in a Fairmont Room with an automatic upgrade based on availability; two tickets to the New England Aquarium; plus, $10 from your stay will be donated to the aquarium’s North Atlantic Right Whale Research Project, which works to ensure the survival of this threatened species. Cost From $299, double, from November 1 through December 30. Savings 22 percent.
British Columbia
Go Green package at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler (4545 Blackcomb Way; 866/383-9423 or 604/904-7169; whistlerblackcomb.com). What’s Included A four-night stay; one three-day lift ticket per person; one ayurvedic oil massage per person at the hotel spa; and daily breakfast for two, offering locally grown, sustainable, and fair-trade products. Cost $239 per person per night, double, December through March. Savings 20 percent.
Costa Rica
Travel + Leisure package at Morgan’s Rock Hacienda & Ecolodge (San Juan del Sur; 506/232-6449; morgansrock.com). What’s Included Three daily meals for two, made of locally grown or bought ingredients; a three-hour reforestation tour during which you’ll plant a tree in the lodge’s tropical dry forest reserve. Cost $241, double, from November 1 through December 14 (four-night minimum stay). Savings 21 percent.
Peru
Inkaterra Cloud Forest package at the Inkaterra Machu Picchu (800/442-5042 or 51/1610-0400; inkaterra.com). What’s Included Two nights in a one-bedroom casita; a choice of onsite eco-activities, including a 90-minute guided tour to learn about the area’s endangered spectacled bear and the Inkaterra Association’s efforts to protect it; plus a visit to the Machu Picchu citadel. Cost From $547, per person, double, from November 1 through April (minimum two-night stay). Savings 20 percent.
Inkaterra Rain Forest package at Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica (Rio Madre de Dios, Km. 15, Puerto Maldonado–Tambopata; 800/442-5042 or 51/1610-0400; inkaterra.com). What’s Included A three-night stay in a cabana on raised stilts; an excursion to the hotel’s private ecological reserve; a boat trip to a native farm and Lake Sandoval; and one 30-minute massage at the hotel spa. Cost From $497, double, from November 1 through April (minimum three-night stay). Savings 20 percent.
Tour Operators
Ecuador
The Galápagos Islands package with Mountain Travel Sobek (Galápagos; 888/687-6235; mtsobek.com). What’s Included Seven nights in a cabin aboard a 16-passenger yacht, plus a three-night stay in a standard room at the Swissôtel in Quito; three daily meals aboard the ship; and numerous walking and snorkeling educational excursions guided by a naturalist on the Galápagos Islands. Cost $4,045 per person, double, November 15–25; $3,865 per person, February 25–March 6. Savings 10 percent; plus, 10 percent of the trip cost will be donated to the WildAid ecosystem preservation project, Galápagos Forever (wildaid.org).
