Sea Turtle Conservation

only  £499

Sea Turtle Conservation

Countries:

Costa Rica

Duration:

from 2 Weeks

Call:

0845 344 7636

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This placement would suit:

anyone who wants to protect sea turtles patrolling, monitoring and collecting eggs. Choose between working on the Pacific or Caribbean coast of Costa Rica!

 

Duration details:

4 weeks volunteer £799, 2 weeks language and 4 weeks volunteer £1099, 4 weeks language and 4 weeks volunteer £1399

 

   

Product Details

By assisting during the turtle-nesting season you can help really a difference. Before the project began, the poaching rate was over 95% but with the presence of our night patrols and the hatcheries on the beach, the survival rate has increased to over 90% last season.

Volunteer Role

The main objective of the project is to protect the nests from human poachers, pests and more recently from the erosion of the beach. There are two locations available Cahuita National Park or Gandoca National Park.

You will be involved in a variety of different activities depending on the time of year and which location you choose. However, typical activities include:

• Patrolling the beach at night to record turtle numbers and behaviour
• Working with the local community during the egg harvest
• Tagging rear flippers of turtles, taking nest dimension measurements
• Assisting baby turtles to the ocean to avoid predators such as birds
• Cleaning the beach to ensure litter does not interfere with the turtles
• Collecting eggs to store in the man-made beaches and hatcheries
• Night patrols

Locations

Pacific Coast - We work on 3 different sites along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, which you are free to choose between: Matapalo (Puntarenas), Buenavista and Playa Hermosa (Guanacaste).

Accommodation and Meals

Caribbean Coast

All meals included.

• Cahuita National Park - Volunteers will be staying next to the ranger station of Cahuita National Park. Bunk beds and sharing a room with around 6 other volunteers.
• Gandoca - Option of staying at the Sea Turtle field station or with local families that have cabins available. In either case rooms are shared with other volunteers.

Pacific Coast

• Matapalo - Rustic house with electricity, shared bathrooms.
• Buenavista - Camping site equipped with tents, a kitchen and a dining room. For your basic needs it has a toilet and space to shower.
• Playa Hermosa - Punta Mala National Wild Life Refuge - Volunteers will stay in a rustic house

only  £499

Sea Turtle Conservation

Countries:

Costa Rica

Duration:

from 2 Weeks

Call:

0845 344 7636

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