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ECO SURFING: TREE PLANTING WITH THE FEEL SURF CAMP

Plant your own tree in Gran Canaria

🌱 Each guest has the opportunity to plant a tree in our Surfers’ Forest 🌱

WHAT IS SURFERS' FOREST?
🟢The Surfers’ & Yoguis' Forest it's our own project to reforest the island of Gran Canaria
🟢Non profit project
🟢A help to recover the forest of the island
🟢Our model to have a bit better sustainable tourism
WHY PLANTING A TREE?
🟢To compensate the demages done by overtourism
🟢To Recover the Laurisilva Forest who used to be in Gran Canaria
🟢To reduce the CO2 footprint of the flights that our guests are taking
🟢To be grateful with the island and all it gives us
🟢To sensitize the population
WHERE IS IT LOCATED?
🟢Born at the “Finca de Osorio”, Gran Canaria 🟢Nature reserve “Parque Rural de Doramas” 🟢Piece of land of 4.000m2
WHAT KIND OF TREES?
🟢The typical Gran Canarian forest is a laurel forest (Laurisilva), which is a common type in the macaronesian subtropical climate zones
WHAT HAVE TREES TO DO WITH SURFING?
🟢Surf it's a sport that we practice on mother nature, but perhaps we are not helping to have a better one::
🟢The production of the surf material such as surfboards or wetsuits produces high CO2 emissions that need to be compensated.
For example(6’1 Shortboard produces as much CO2 as a flight from Madrid to Gran Canaria)
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