Name of the organization |
Availability |
Full -
Part
time |
Activities available |
Location |
Requirements |
Age |
Min. Time |
Spanish level |
Experience |
National Parks*** |
All year |
Full time |
-volunteers live with park rangers in ranger stations and help them in activities such as; orienting the tourists, maintaining trails and buildings, information signs, protecting wildlife, office work and surveys. |
Most national parks in Costa Rica |
15+ |
2 weeks |
Low / Interm. |
No |
National Parks.
Turtle Projects:
Pacific Coast & Mata Palo (Lora Turtle) |
From June to Dec. |
Full time |
-volunteers live with park rangers in ranger stations and help them to increase the amount of sea turtle hatchlings to give higher survival possibilities to these beautiful reptiles. |
Pacific Coast |
15+ |
2 weeks |
Low / Interm. |
No |
National Parks.
Turtle Projects:
Buena Vista - Sámara (4 species of turtles: Baula, Lora, Carey & Verde from the Pacific Coast) |
All year, except April |
Full time |
-volunteers live with park rangers in ranger stations and help them to increase the amount of sea turtle hatchlings to give higher survival possibilities to these beautiful reptiles. |
Pacific Coast |
15+ |
2 weeks |
Low / Interm. |
No |
National Parks.
Turtle Projects:
Barra del Pacuare Caribbean Coast (Baula & Verde Turtles) |
From March to July. |
Full time |
-volunteers live with park rangers in ranger stations and help them to increase the amount of sea turtle hatchlings to give higher survival possibilities to these beautiful reptiles. |
Caribbean Coast |
15+ |
2 weeks |
Low / Interm. |
No |
National Park Manuel Antonio |
All year |
Full time |
-volunteers live with park rangers in ranger stations and help them in activities such as; orienting the tourists, maintaining trails and buildings, information signs, protecting wildlife, office work and surveys. |
Manuel Antonio Pacific ocean |
15+ |
2 weeks |
Low / Interm. |
No |
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