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Project details:
Wow! These projects provide you with the best of Costa Rica in
the shape of turtle conservation and surfing lessons. Situated
on the beautiful beaches of the Nicoya Peninsula, you can pack a
truly wonderful experience into 2 short weeks.
Working with a Costa
Rican NGO, the municipal government and a local surf school, you
take an active part in vital efforts to conserve the Olive
Ridley, Black, Hawksbill and Leatherback turtles. All this,
combined with daily surfing lessons or practice, adds up to a
rewarding and fun project.
Why the project
needs volunteers:
Turtles are under threat in Costa Rica and volunteers are really
needed to help out with conservation efforts. This is your
opportunity to play a part in an ongoing struggle to save a
remarkable piece of Costa Rica's heritage. Turtle poaching is
very common in Costa Rica and before the conservation projects
started up the poaching rate was over 95% however this has now
decrease to 10% but volunteers are needed to continue protecting
these marvellous creatures.
What kind of
skills you need to go on this type of project:
You need to love the outdoors, be enthusiastic and like working
with animals. You do not need to be able to surf but you must be
a good swimmer to do this project. A fun and positive attitude
comes in handy too! The work and lessons are hard work be
prepared to fall asleep exhausted each day.
Your role as a
volunteer:
Your day will be filled with a combination of surfing lessons,
supervised surf practice and also turtle conservation. You could
get involved with night beach patrolling, research gathering and
preparing turtle hatcheries. There will also be daytime
activities such as beach cleaning, camp maintenance, hatchery
duty, manual labour from building hatcheries to construction
work to maintain the facilities at the camp. You will work 6
days a week and have one day off a week to be arranged with the
project.
Where the
project is based:
The project will be based on either the Nicoya Peninsula, the
nearest town being Samara or Matapalo also on the Pacific coast
but further south. They are both the perfect place if you want
to swim, surf, and relax.
You will be staying in
beach hut or tented accommodation, they have just added a cold
running water pipe but the conditions are still very basic.
You need to fly into San Jose International Airport (SJO) on
your official arrival date.
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