Leave a positive footprint
Choose your experience
Positive Footprint offers 14 experiences which allow you to be part of a new way of experiencing tourism, one that will last in your memory and in the memories of the people, towns and landscapes that welcome you. Want to join the movement? Discover all the options and choose the one you like best.
What if I want to enjoy an experience but won't be staying in accommodation?
There are also activities you can take part in without staying in the rural accommodation participating in the project. Want to know what they are?
The project
What is Positive Footprint?
Want to learn more about Positive Footprint? Positive Footprint is a project brimming with enthusiasm through which Navarre invites you to experience a different kind of tourism, a transformative experience that will leave you with a unique memory. Meet the hosts involved in this regenerative project.
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Who’s it aimed at?
Anyone staying at the establishments participating in the project... Regardless of age and condition. There are also experiences open to the general public. Just choose the project that best suits you, find the dates and embark on an adventure!
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What kind of experiences can I enjoy?
As many as there are hosts: Create a butterfly oasis, restore ancient paths, build stone structures with your own hands, instal nest boxes inside a scarecrow, learn to bring a charcoal mound to life... Come and take part!
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How many experiences are there?
We're starting with 15 Positive Footprint experiences and we'll be adding new adventures as we go. We want to create a tide of regenerative tourism!
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What is regenerative tourism?
It's a movement that goes beyond sustainability. You'll be part of a project where you'll become part of the community, sharing ways of life, culture... and when you finish your time here, you'll feel that the place is better thanks to your efforts!
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No one can tell you what Positive Footprint is about better than the people who have created these experiences. This is how they see it... this is how they want to share it with you. Want to engage in 'Another Kind of Tourism'?
STORIES AND PEOPLE
14 experiences, 14 personal points of view
To understand what Positive Footprint is all about, nothing better than meeting and hearing the hosts of each experience... A few words to understand their commitment to regenerative tourism:
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Casa Aldabe
We want to restore a farmyard that was once the home of our grandfather Anselmo Lerga's entire family and turn it into an interpretation centre about the mountain and vineyard landscape of San Martín de Unx.”
RAQUEL CABODEVILLA
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Casa Basaula
“I’d like to share the wonderful flora and fauna we have in Muneta by creating a trail with two parts: a butterfly oasis and scarecrows with nest boxes.”
MARIPAZ SAN JUAN
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Casa Enekoizar
“We want to create a community project to revitalise our village, Abaurregaina, where everyone can feel part of something bigger, working together to make it a more beautiful place.”
MIKEL MARRODÁN
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Casa Etxatoa
"We need adventurers to venture with us into our forests to recover the old paths that used to join up the villages without any need for tarmac, in a community effort, through communal work, like our forebears did.”
IÑAKI ETXEBARRIA
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Casa Txandia
“Before it was our parents’ and now it’s our turn to carry on the legacy stored in this house for more than 200 years. We want to share the self-sufficient way of life of our grandmothers, inviting everyone who comes to experience our daily life.”
MARÍA MARTÍNEZ
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Markulloko borda
“I’d like to fill our house and nearby forests with flowers and birds by planting flowers and putting up birdhouses and feeders. A beautiful endeavour for the benefit of nature and the local community.”
MARUX GOÑI
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Zigako Etxezuria
“We want you to become a guardian of the forest... We'll teach you to identify plants and birds, trees and their fruits, how to find Basajaun (the lord of the woods) and become aware of the sounds of the forest.”
MERTXE AIZPURU
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Casa Iratxeko Berea
“Our house in the country is our life's project and we’re well aware that we live in a privileged environment. We want to share it and show everybody that each stone has a story to tell, and we want our guests to live a story they want to tell too.”
MAITETXU LEONIS
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Casa Manchito
“It was our mother who set up this house and now she’s passed the torch on to the next generation... We want to showcase the full value of locally sourced products, show everyone the region through them, where they come from, how they’re made..."
NATALIA PALACIOS
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Kaaño Etxea
“We restored an abandoned building in the Basaburua forest, without water or electricity, creating a place that has become an energy island. We want to share this knowledge and highlight the intangible heritage of the forests.”
ALBERTA CLARA
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Casa Perunea
“We want to offer an experience that allows you to discover the true essence of the relationships between nature, animals and people.”
BITTOR SALVATIERRA
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Gure Sustraiak
“We invite you to connect, share sensations and act in a regenerative way by connecting with the vegetable plot and the woods, and promoting biodiversity through native plants.”
GORKA CUBELOS
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Rural suite
“I’d like to involve visitors in the care of kestrels and nocturnal birds of prey as a way of controlling certain pests in the area, using ecological means.”
PACO IRIZAR
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Casa Gurbindo
“We want to instil awareness and proactivity through holistic and sensory experiences that can be passed down from parents to children. A complete experience in Pamplona that combines history, culture and nature.”
GORKA CUBELOS
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