Trips with this focus: Service Learning
10-day Turtles and Rainforest Student Science Trip
Making Science Fun in Costa Rica!
Hands-on scientific research immersion for students in Costa Rica! Explore Veragua Rainforest Park's 4,000 acre private reserve and learn about global sustainability at the grassroots level. Work with local researchers and study bats, butterflies, insects, owls and frogs. Travel to the Caribbean Coast and spend two nights helping to protect nesting leatherback sea turtles at a sea turtle conservation project. Help tag turtles, transplant eggs to a protected area or release hatchlings into the ocean.
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- Where:
Costa Rica - When:
mid-March through mid‐July (during the turtle nesting and hatching seasons) - Trip Length:
10 day / 9 night - Available Trip Dates:
mid-March through mid‐July (during the turtle nesting and hatching seasons)
Costa Rica Leatherback Turtle Volunteer Trips with SEE Turtles
Leatherback turtle volunteer trip with SEE Turtles
EcoTeach has partnered with SEE Turtles to offer the Costa Rica Leatherback Sea Turtle Trip. Spend four nights patrolling beaches for nesting sea turtles at a turtle conservation project on the Caribbean Coast. Participate in population studies, collect eggs, tag turtles and relocate eggs to a safe hatchery.
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- Where:
Costa Rica - Trip Length:
7 days / 6 nights - Available Trip Dates:
May 18-24, 2023
7-day Costa Rica Ocean Wildlife Volunteer Expedition
Monitor sea turtles, dolphins & whales
EcoTeach has partnered with SEE Turtles to offer this trip. Work with biologists and project staff on an in-water turtle monitoring program, participate in mangrove reforestation. You'll also go in search of humpback whales, bottlenose dolphins and visit Manuel Antonio National Park and spot monkeys, sloths, lizards and more!
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- Where:
Costa Rica - Trip Length:
7 day / 6 night - Available Trip Dates:
August 13-20
Asis Wildlife Rescue Center Service Trip
Get up close & personal with Costa Rica wildlife
Volunteer at Asis Wildlife Rescue Center and work with rescued animals, from monkeys to peccarys, kinkajous, macaws and more! Also, have a chance to explore the town of La Fortuna, walk on lava beds in Arenal Volcano National Park, visit an organic farm, and more!
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- Where:
Costa Rica - Trip Length:
7 days / 6 nights - Available Trip Dates:
Year round
Caribbean Sea Turtle Service Trip
Conservation work with sea turtles
Spend several nights at a remote sea turtle project patrolling the beach in search of nesting leatherbacks and hatchlings, explore local canals for wildlife, visit a butterfly farm and local school. At the end of the week, relax on a white sand beach before heading back towards the central valley and home.
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- Where:
Costa Rica - Trip Length:
7 day / 6 night - Available Trip Dates:
mid-March through mid‐July (during the turtle nesting and hatching seasons)
Cloud Forest Service Trip
Experience sustainability firsthand
Visit the cloud forest and participate in community activities such as sugar cane processing , pulping fruit and artisan workshops. Next, travel to the Sarapiqui region and have a chance to raft, float or tube down the Sarapiqui River.
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- Where:
Costa Rica - Trip Length:
7 days / 6 nights - Available Trip Dates:
Year round
Osa Sea Turtle Service Trip
Hands-on ecology & volunteer work
Work side-by-side with local researchers on an in-water monitoring project on the Osa Peninsula. Your volunteer work will also include reforestation and mangrove clean up. You'll also visit Manuel Antonio National Park, have a chance to enjoy the beautiful beaches of Playa Hermosa and go on an ocean kayaking excursion.
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- Where:
Costa Rica - Trip Length:
7 days / 6 nights - Available Trip Dates:
Year round
