UNITED PLANET

Join us in our short-term one month quest to Costa Rica.

Requirements: No Spanish required, at least 18 years old, physical fitness and previous international travel experience recommended.

Volunteers work at various beach locations conserving sea turtle populations in Southern Costa Rica. The project’s main objective is to protect the nests from human poachers and more recently from beach erosion. This helps to promote long-term survival of the population and includes the recovery of affected populations as well as critical habitat protection.

The work of the volunteers involves night patrols, hatchery shifts, collection and relocation of eggs, beach cleanup and small projects including construction of the hatcheries. While on night patrol, you will walk on average five to ten km in the dark on soft, wet sand. This work may also consist of park trail maintenance, assessment of turtle behavior, turtle measurement, and necropsies and biopsies, depending on the time of year and the needs of the hatchery at the time. Volunteers are welcome to this project during the nesting season from the beginning of March through to the end of November, with limited availability thereafter.

Please note that the Sea Turtle Project is an additional $150 per week to our short-term quest fees.

For more details, please visit our website. Your participation and support is greatly welcomed.