Sustainability
Conscious Business Practices
As stewards of our planet, we believe travel can and should empower positive impacts to local communities and the environment. From the beautiful nature and wildlife that surround the places we visit to the entrancing hiking trails we may find ourselves on, we owe it to our planet to look through a lens of kindness and thoughtfully consider how each of our everyday actions and decisions may negatively or positively support others, the environment, and animals.
As a boutique management company, we encourage responsible travel behavior with our guests by providing conscious neighborhood guides, sharing suggestions of activities and experiences that support local makers and provide educational opportunities. At each cabin, we also offer refillable filtered water, plugs for your EV charger at each cabin, and conscious bath and body products. We encourage a Leave No Trace and Travel Kindly mentality to encourage stewardship of local surroundings.
For our cabin owners, we guide sustainable and conscious decisions for home design, upcycling whenever possible, and encourage supporting local makers and artists when consciously curating cabin design.
Giving Back
Kind Cabineer collects $2 from every reservation on each property and donates to the local Big Bear Alpine Zoo and Rehabilitation Center. Additionally, with every guest reservation, we share a conscious neighborhood guide recommending activities and experiences that are kind to the local community. One of our top recommended experiences includes a visit to Big Bear Alpine Zoo, making for a memorable and educational experience for all types of travelers including families, couples and solo travelers.
The Big Bear Alpine Zoo is a rehabilitation facility offering injured, orphaned and imprinted wild animals a safe haven; temporarily while they heal or permanently as they are unable to survive on their own. We are extremely proud that the vast majority of animals brought to us for rehabilitation are successfully released back into their native environment. Those that remain with us on exhibit are either too injured or have been imprinted by humans and cannot be released back into the wild to care for themselves.
The Big Bear Alpine Zoo (formally Moonridge Animal Park) opened its doors in 1959 after a devastating wildfire roared through the San Bernardino National Forest. Originally, it was not a zoo, but a safe place for injured animals to rehabilitate and get a second chance back in the wild. For some, returning to the wild was not an option as they had been imprinted by their human caretakers or were too injured to take care of themselves. The first animals in the zoo’s care were a black bear and two bobcats.
In 1960, a 50 year lease was obtained and allowed the zoo to grow to be the zoological facility that it is today. The zoo is currently home to animals and birds representing over 85 species and is located in San Bernardino County, the largest County in the contiguous United States. Our primary objective is to rescue, rehabilitate and release wild animals. The Big Bear Alpine Zoo is the “go to” facility for injured and imprinted animals. Local, county, state and federal entities as well as other non-profit organizations and the public turn to the Big Bear Alpine Zoo to help animals in need.
We encourage you to visit the zoo and start planning your trip today.
“Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.”
— John Muir