0050, AL NATURAL ECO LODGE AND DIVE CENTER

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AL NATURAL ECO LODGE AND DIVE CENTER

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Punta Vieja, Isla Bastimentos, Bocas del Toro

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Dr. Corinna Dreher

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DID YOU KNOW

Where the National Marine Park of Isla Bastimentos meets the calm, secluded beaches of Punta Vieja, the Al Natural Resort exists as one of Bocas del Toro’s most original and successful Eco-Retreats. Established in 2001, the resort’s business model has evolved with it’s high demand, while staying true to its roots and the visions of its creators.

Family owned and operated from the beginning , the team at Al Natural consists mostly indigenous workers who live in the Ngobe Bugle village of Salt Creek. Hiring indigenous neighbors to build in their traditional techniques, and offering continuous employment over the last 20 years, has given the hotel a very authentic and personal touch, perfectly integrated into the local community and lush tropical environment.

Al Natural is now made up of five lodgings options, a restaurant and a dive center. The main development, the Al Natural Resort, is a collection of 7 natural bungalows on stilts over the beach. Near by is the staff housing, and manager’s home, the Restaurant and the Zapatillas Dive Center.

THE LAND

What sets the Al Natural property apart from almost every other location in Bocas del Toro, is the leeward beach which provides calm, safe swimming water year round. This beautiful, 450 meter long, white sand gift, is very rare in the Province of Bocas del Toro, where the majority of the beaches face the open Caribbean, though they attract surfers world wide, they can be dangerous places for swimming. The Al Natural property is 9.181 hectares, of which 7.908 hectares are in the last phase of the titling process, which is also an incredibly rare and powerful property feature in the archipelago of Bocas del Toro.

THE BUILDINGS

The Al Natural Eco-Resort on Isla Bastimentos elegantly combines local craftsmanship and new technologies to provide comfort and luxury to clients while limiting the impact on the surrounding eco-system. There are seven open air beach bungalows used by the guests and one used by the staff. Each one offers incredible views of the ocean and reef, and make you feel as though you are floating.

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THE EXTRAS

The sale of the Al Natural Resort includes a large variety of extras that have been meaningfully collected over the last 20 years of development for efficient functionality and streamline customer service. Perhaps more important than the following physical perks of the sale, Al Natural has a developed reputation exhibited by almost 400 Trip Advisor reviews, of which 300 are “excellent”. The reviews appearing on multiple platforms, combined wirht Certificates of Excellence have encouraging a high occupancy rate year round: on average 70.43% during high season (December through April) and 34.23% low season (May and from August to November), usually Al Natural is closed throughout in June and July, providing managers and staff time away.

OFF GRID SYSTEMS

Behind the Al Natural Restaurant, and disguised by thick jungle, is a utility compound with tool shop, six 1100 gallon water holding tanks, a gasoline generator. The building is 47.50m2 (510 sq. ft.) with a concrete slab of
33.50m2 (360 sq. ft.) to support the water tanks, plus a small 6 m2, bodega for the generator.

The water systems:

As well as the 5 holding tanks mentioned above, another 2 tanks are located on top of a water tower located behind the Al Natural Recreation Center. The water tower has a concrete base 2.15m (7ft.) by 2.40m (8ft.) and is of +/- 12.20m (40 ft.) high. On the top level one tank is for the rain water and one the other for well water.

The rainwater is collected from the large zinc roof of the Al Natural Managerial House, and is stored among the 5 holding tanks, the water is then pumped with a 110 volt water pump of 1 HP to the top of the water tower where
it is stored in a smaller holding tank of 300 gallons. The rainwater is then distributed to the bathrooms of each bungalow and to the kitchen, and the Managerial House.

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