Elevate Destinations

Experts in socially responsible luxury travel. We design travel experiences that support conservation and local communities without skimping on comfort.

Testimonials from our Travelers
to Central America

I’m in a new chapter of my personal life. I wanted and needed my travel experiences to reflect a profound transformation that was taking place, but I didn’t know exactly how to achieve a trip that could do this. I’m in my 40s. I’m not on a college gap year, I’m not part of a group, and I was planning to travel alone for the first time.

Enter Lana and Elevate Destinations. She had the wisdom, insight, knowledge, experience and compassion to guide me down the path to the perfect trip to match where I was in my life. She knew this wasn’t a vacation, but in a lot of ways a healing journey.

No detail was left to chance, she took care of every logistical detail eliminating all the worry, she paired me with the perfect hotels and excursions and the volunteer work that filled my soul in a ways I didn’t know possible.

— Stefanie Lerner, Costa Rica

“The most amazing trip! We will never forget and never be the same.

And we will be back!

Elevate Destinations was the perfect partner for our adventure and will be planning our future travels...”

— Leslie Hsu Besner and Family, Belize

"This trip exceeded my expectations! From initial contact to support while we were traveling, Lana was a professional - but truly more than just that; she was friendly and completely in-tune with the experience that I wanted to have with my children, and she went out of her way to ensure that we connected with wonderful people in beautiful, special places. She cared about us and our experience in a personal way that went beyond simply doing a job. I'm completely hooked and have already recommended Elevate Destinations to friends and family and will most definitely contact Lana again to plan more meaningful travel."

— Julie Simons, Nicaragua

"All the guides were amazing and super knowledgeable. I especially enjoyed travel near Arenal. It was very beautiful and the adventures were very informative. Costa Rica is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been and if you want to be immersed in wildlife it is definitely the place to go."

— Leah Donehy , Costa Rica

"We were all incredibly impressed with the knowledge the tour guides displayed. The schools there do an excellent job of teaching the archaeology, plant/animal names, eco-sensitivity to their guides, and it showed! We also found not one single tour guide or resort employee who was falsely friendly; in fact, a few of them were shy! We really appreciated that gratuities were included in the resort costs because it simplified the whole "Do I tip this person?" angst. Elevate Destinations did a fantastic job of hearing how we identified ourselves and the activities we thought we wanted to explore. The schedule was full without wiping us out, and each day proceeded seamlessly. We all even noted that doing the jungle first and ocean second was ideal for our family. I highly recommend Pooks Hill especially to anyone looking for environmentally respectful. The food was outstanding, and the atmosphere home-like. We look forward to returning and to using Elevate Destinations again!"

— The Campbell Family, Belize

"My goal for this trip was to have a great adventure with my tween son with a little community service thrown in. Our itinerary was perfectly suited to achieve both of these things. We had a great time ziplining, horse-back riding, searching the trees for monkeys (and sloths!), paddle boarding and just hanging out together. We also got to visit Barrio Planta which reminded both of us that middle schoolers are the same everywhere: embarrassed, shy, self-conscious...and fun! Realizing that we have so much in common, even amidst the obvious differences in our cultures and circumstances, is a wonderful life lesson."

— Jessica Berry, Nicaragua

"Dominique is a wealth of knowledge and wonderful to work with.

We loved our trip and can't wait to book our next vacation!"

— Nichole Savenor , Belize

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