Why Destination Ash Scattering
There are places in the world where grief softens into wonder—where towering peaks, glowing seas, and timeless forests remind us that life is part of something eternal.
Destination ash scattering allows families to honor a loved one in landscapes that speak to the heart.
From the geothermal wonders of Yellowstone National Park to the turquoise waters of Hawaii, BONAVENTURE helps families find beauty and peace in nature’s most extraordinary sanctuaries.
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📞 Speak to a Memorial Specialist: (515) 206-4845
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🌿 Stress-Free Logistics: The Journey Made Simple
Traveling to a faraway mountain or ocean to scatter ashes is not always possible. The weight of permits, flights, and planning can quickly overshadow the moment itself. BONAVENTURE takes on these burdens with quiet precision—securing National Park Service permits, transporting remains with care, and carrying out the scattering with reverence.
Families often find that this service is not just cost-effective but liberating. It allows them to focus on the memory of their loved one, knowing the practical details have been placed in trusted hands.
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🕊️ For Families Who Cannot Travel
Not every family can make the journey to scatter ashes in a distant or rugged location. Elderly parents may not navigate trails, children may not endure long travel, and for many, time itself is scarce. Yet with BONAVENTURE, those dreams remain possible.
Ashes can be scattered at sunrise in the Tetons, beneath the starlit glow of bioluminescent waters in Puget Sound, or beside dolphins in Pensacola—even if the family remains at home.
In this way, scattering becomes not just a farewell but a gift of accessibility, extending the beauty of wild places to every family, regardless of circumstance.
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📞 Speak to a Memorial Specialist: (515) 206-4845
bonaventurememorial@gmail.com
🌄 Resting in Places That Endure
Every location chosen becomes part of the story. Some families choose deserts and stone, scattering in the cathedral-like silence of Zion. Others find solace in migration and movement, tying memory to the Monarch butterfly migration or the thunderous wingbeats of the Sandhill cranes.
Each scattering is less about loss than belonging—returning to the elements, the cycles, and the landscapes that shaped us.
🌺 A Tribute That Lasts Beyond the Ceremony
What remains after the scattering is not absence, but presence. Families receive a handcrafted wooden plaque, engraved with their loved one’s name and the exact coordinates of the ceremony. Some choose to enclose a trace of ashes within the plaque, creating a tangible keepsake that joins earth and memory.
For those seeking something more expansive, BONAVENTURE offers journeys across multiple landscapes:
America the Beautiful Package: from the rugged Badlands to Yellowstone’s geysers and the soaring Tetons.
Whispers of the Wild: Mount Rainier’s alpine meadows, Olympic’s emerald forests, and the whale-rich waters of Ruby Beach.
These tributes stretch across entire ecosystems, creating legacies that feel as vast as the lives they honor.
💚 A Gentle Choice for the Earth
Scattering ashes is not only symbolic—it is ecological. BONAVENTURE follows National Park Service guidelines to ensure ceremonies protect fragile habitats and wildlife. Whether wind-scattered in meadows, cast into ocean currents, or returned to the soil of an old-growth forest, ashes become part of a cycle that sustains rather than disrupts.
It is, in its essence, a return.
🌿 See Available National Park Destinations →
📞 Speak to a Memorial Specialist: (515) 206-4845
bonaventurememorial@gmail.com
✨ Why BONAVENTURE
Families choose BONAVENTURE not only for our destinations, but for the way we carry out each scattering—with patience, reverence, and storytelling. We are a family-run service with deep roots in the outdoors, dedicated to making farewells both simple and unforgettable.
Our role is quiet but vital: to bridge the space between grief and beauty, and to ensure that every scattering is worthy of the person it honors.
