Stewards of the local ecosystem.
From wastewater recycling to on-site energy, Holos approaches the land as a partner. Every system is designed to leave the place healthier than we found it.
The two hundred acres at Holos are the result of seven properties unified across a decade — pasture and old coffee land patiently returned to forest. Six thousand trees have been planted. Springs have been re-routed back into the river. The wildlife corridor connecting the Talamanca highlands to the Pacific coast runs directly through us, and we treat that as a serious responsibility.
Stewardship at Holos is therefore not a marketing word. It is a daily set of decisions — about which trees we keep, which water we recycle, where we put a building, when we step back. Some of those decisions are visible to guests: the closed-loop wastewater system, the passive cooling, the on-site composting kitchen. Others are quiet, year-long projects no one sees.
We share what we learn. The land is a long conversation, and a healthy one welcomes more voices.
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Conservation & regeneration
Natural land, water, and energy resources stewarded through progressive strategies — passive design, wastewater recycling, on-site energy production, and a decade-long reforestation program.
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Health
Partnerships with research institutions and universities to study the benefits of psychedelics and integrative practice on mental and physical health.
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Education
Programs for guests and the surrounding community on the benefits of combining agricultural stewardship with ecosystems management.
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The HOLOS Foundation
Our 501(c)(3) supports the long-horizon work: reforestation, the San Salvador school partnership, ecological monitoring, and scholarships for local students. Tax-deductible contributions go directly to that work.
The watershed, and everything that drinks from it.
Six waterfalls move through the property; the springs that feed them rise inside the land we steward. Protecting the watershed means protecting everything downstream of it — the pools, the river corridor, and the wildlife that depends on both.
Photography on the Holos land — Mauricio Brenes
Land stewardship is a long conversation. Join it.
Whether you support us through donation, partnership, or showing up with your hands in the soil, every contribution makes the field stronger.