Live on an unspoilt beach on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, working to protect and conserve mother and baby turtles. The beach is a little patch of paradise where you can immerse yourself in the Tico way of life.

When?
You can volunteer for 1 – 12 weeks from the 1st July to the 15th December each year.

What’s it all about?
Mother turtles lay their eggs between July and December each year. You’ll be helping to patrol the beach at night, the key nesting time, looking for nesting mother turtles. When a mother turtle is spotted, you help to take data, collect the eggs and transport them to a safe beach-side hatchery so that they can hatch in safety. When they have hatched, you’ll release the baby turtles to the sea to start their new lives!
This is an amazing way to help bring a species back from the edge of extinction.

Accommodation and food
You’ll be living just metres away from the ocean in a shared volunteer dorm. The bedrooms are en-suite with western toilets and showers heated by the sun.

Three delicious meals per day are included in the price that you pay. Breakfast is a DIY buffet of toast, eggs and fruit, whilst lunch and dinner are cooked in the local community. Staples include rice and beans, vegetables, fruit, fish and meat.

How much does it cost?

1 week costs £1452 and additional weeks cost £660. Up to 12 weeks.

How do I get involved?
If you would like to take part in this programme then you can find more information on our website.

Alternatively, feel free to contact the team at [email protected]