Linden Tree Retreat & Ranch continually strives to ensure that the tourism brought to the area benefits local community. The Retreat employs local men and women and, through various education-based naturalist and recreational offerings, contributes to the enhancement and global understanding of the Velebit Mountain Biosphere Reserve.

By staying at Linden Tree you actively contribute toward community development and nature conservation projects. Portion of our profit is set aside to fund these projects. Several projects have been successfully implemented in the last few years: “Fostering youth employment through development of rural tourism” and “Prosperity in diversity”, project in which elderly unemployed women in the community were trained in sustainable agriculture. As a result of both projects we now have plenty of tasty produce to offer to our guests at the ranch. The projects were so successful that we were asked by Croatian government to replicate both projects in other rural areas, which we are extremely proud of.