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  • Life Below Water

Leatherback Turtle Ambassador

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1 - 35 Wochen  ·  Alter 18 - 50+
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Highlights

  • Join an exciting volunteer opportunity focused on the protection of endangered sea turtles, contributing to their conservation and preservation
  • Engage in beach patrols during evening and night walks, actively searching for female turtles and their vulnerable nests, ensuring their safety from poachers and predators
  • Care for the turtle eggs, providing the necessary support and ensuring they are ready for their incredible journey back to the sea

Highlights

  • Join an exciting volunteer opportunity focused on the protection of endangered sea turtles, contributing to their conservation and preservation
  • Engage in beach patrols during evening and night walks, actively searching for female turtles and their vulnerable nests, ensuring their safety from poachers and predators
  • Care for the turtle eggs, providing the necessary support and ensuring they are ready for their incredible journey back to the sea
  • Make the most of your weekends by exploring breathtaking beaches and immersing yourself in the rich Costa Rican culture, creating unforgettable memories
  • Connect with passionate volunteers from around the world, forming meaningful friendships and establishing lifelong connections through shared experiences
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    Alter 18+
    Alleinreisend
    Pärchen
    Familien
    Gruppen
    50+

    Über das Programm

    Get in direct contact with turtles and help us conserve the biggest turtle in the sea! Here you will have the chance to meet and work with awesome animals!

    Our main mission at Tortugas de Pacuare is to protect endangered sea turtles such as the Leatherback sea turtle, Hawksbill sea turtle and the Green sea turtle. With the support of the local community and of the the international volunteers, we aim at conserving the environment. By working with sea ...

    Über das Programm

    Our main mission at Tortugas de Pacuare is to protect endangered sea turtles such as the Leatherback sea turtle, Hawksbill sea turtle and the Green sea turtle. With the support of the local community and of the the international volunteers, we aim at conserving the environment. By working with sea turtles, locals and environmental education programs, we will be able to educate people on the importance of caring about and protecting the valuable maritime ecosystem.

    Turtle seasons: 
    • Leatherback turtle season: from the last week of February to the end of June 
    • Green turtle season: from July to September 
    • Hawksbill turtle season: from April to August 

    One important thing when we work in animal protection is: wildlife isn't predictable, so we cannot exactly say how your experience will be. We are only sure one thing: mother nature is awesome and always surprise us. That's why we love to work saving turtles.

    Working with Turtles
    Working with the turtles means that you will be doing night patrols on the beach. With local guides and a group of people you will patrol on the beach to collect turtle eggs and relocate them to a turtle hatchery where they will be safe from poachers. Furthermore, you will be working at the hatchery, take care of the turtle eggs and the freshly hatched turtles and make sure that they are well prepared for their dangerous journey back into the sea.

    The Leatherback Turtle - Leatherbacks are the largest turtles on Earth, growing up to seven feet (two meters) long and exceeding 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms). These reptilian relics are the only remaining representatives of a family of turtles that traces its evolutionary roots back more than 100 million years. Once prevalent in every ocean, except the Arctic and Antarctic, the leatherback population has rapidly declined in many parts of the world. This is partly because of their shell. While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of the leatherback is somewhat flexible and almost rubbery to the touch. This makes it more vulnerable to predators and poachers. Furthermore, their eggs are often taken by humans from nests to be consumed for subsistence or as aphrodisiacs. 

    The Green Sea Turtle - The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It is named not for the color of its shell (which is normally brown or olive depending on its habitat), but for the greenish color of its skin. Weighing up to 700 pounds (317.5 kilograms) green turtles are among the largest sea turtles in the world. While most sea turtles warm themselves by swimming close to the surface of shallow waters, the Eastern Pacific green turtle will reach the land to bask in the sun. This habit makes them extremely vulnerable to predators and poachers, looking for their meat and eggs.

    Communal Work
    But there is communal work as well. You, the volunteers, will work in the maintenance of the camp or in our recycling program. We spend our time doing community service work and helping to maintain community facilities, local schools, sports fields, and execute beach cleanups in conjunction with the Blue Flag committee. In addition, we help the local population with construction of gardens.

    Our program is a communal initiative and we work closely with the people from Barra de Pacuare. You will learn lots about our culture. It is especially important for us to promote contact with locals. In return, they will be offering you the opportunity to do fishing tours, kayaking, or tours by boat to Tortuguero National Park. 

    Location
    The project is located 40 km south of Tortuguero in a small town called Barra de Pacuare, in the middle of the Caribbean, is a place surrounded by wildlife, our camp is powered by renewable energy, such as solar energy, since there is no wired electricity here. This makes us one of the most strategic destinations for the arrival of leatherback turtles, green turtles, and hawksbill turtles. These are the most threatened species and are in a serious danger of extinction.

    Our main goal is to save turtles. This is the reason why we keep the participation fee of the program very low. It helps us to maintain the station and to save one of the most amazing animals of the ocean.

    Tagesablauf

    Your schedule as a volunteer can vary each day, but mostly it will look like this one:

    Meals
    • 8:30 am: breakfast 
    • 12:30 am: lunch 
    Communal work
    • 9:30 am: communal work
    • 2:30 pm: communal work
    The total communal work during the day is approx. 2 hours 

    Turtle hatchery
    The turtle hatchery has to be protected ...

    Tagesablauf

    Your schedule as a volunteer can vary each day, but mostly it will look like this one:

    Meals
    • 8:30 am: breakfast 
    • 12:30 am: lunch 
    Communal work
    • 9:30 am: communal work
    • 2:30 pm: communal work
    The total communal work during the day is approx. 2 hours 

    Turtle hatchery
    The turtle hatchery has to be protected 24/7. These are the timetables that have to be respected. Of course, you won't work the whole day there.
    • 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
    • 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
    • 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
    • 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
    • 10:00 pm to 4:00 am
    • 4:00 am to 8:00 am
    Beach patrolling 
    The most important time to patrol on the beaches is at night. This is when the turtles usually come ashore to lay their eggs and thus, the most dangerous moment for them. 
    • 8:00 pm to 12:00 am
    • 12:00 am to 4:00 am

    Freizeitaktivitäten

    Our volunteers will have the chance to spend their time enjoying the wild life and meeting many different animals.

    Furthermore, they can do sports on the beach or simply tan and relax while enjoying a good book. 

    Also they can spend time together with the locals and enjoy getting to know a new ...

    Freizeitaktivitäten

    Our volunteers will have the chance to spend their time enjoying the wild life and meeting many different animals.

    Furthermore, they can do sports on the beach or simply tan and relax while enjoying a good book. 

    Also they can spend time together with the locals and enjoy getting to know a new culture. This is always a great opportunity to make new friends as well.

    Voraussetzungen

    Voraussetzungen

    Mindestalter: 18 Jahre

    Um an diesem Programm teilzunehmen, musst du zu Programmbeginn mindestens 18 Jahre alt sein. Es kann Ausnahmen geben, wenn du die Erlaubnis deines/r Erziehungsberechtigten vorlegen kannst oder wenn du von deinen Eltern begleitet wirst

    Sprachkenntnisse

    Du brauchst folgende Sprachkenntnisse: Englisch (Grundkenntnisse)

    Staatszugehörigkeit

    Es gibt keine Beschränkungen. Helfende Hände aus aller Welt sind willkommen.

    Arbeitszeiten

    Deine Hilfe wird an folgenden Tagen benötigt: Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag und Samstag

    Leistungen

    Leistungen

    Dienstleistungen vor Ort

    Our program includes: accommodation on site, 3 meals a day as well as the support of 2 Volunteer coordinators who will be attentive to coordinate anything you need before during and even once the program is over.

    We also offer the opportunity to our volunteers to combine programs, even if you only applied for one program and wish to divide your stay in any of our programs, we will take care of coordinating your reservation and transfer to the other camp (the change of programs is subject to availability of space in the programs)

    Abholung vom Flughafen Juan Santamaria International Airport

    Our driver will pick you up at the airport duly identified with the logo of our organization, he will get in touch with our coordinator infirming your arrival then will take you to the car where he will provide you with Wi-Fi


    In this way you can be in contact with your family, friends and with our coordinators, who will be attentive to your needs.

    If you wish to opt for this service, it is very important that you contact us and give us the details of your flight.

    Our driver will take you to the reserved hostel (In case your arrival in Costa Rica does not coincide with the departure of the buses to the location where the program is located) give you the bus ticket (buy a ticket in advance to reserve a seat for you on the bus), pick you up at the hostel on the day of your trip to the project and take you to the bus .

    The cost will be US$80 plus the hostel night (US$20 (dormitory) and US$40 (single/double room).


    A taxi (ordered from the camp) will pick you up from the bus and wait for you to take you to the project.

    The bus will leave you in the city closest to the town called Batan, from here a taxi will take you to the dock where you will take a boat that will take you to the camp, this service has a cost of $80 and covers the round trip, from Batan to the dock and boat from the dock to the camp,on your departure boat from the camp to the dock and taxi from the dock to Batan 

    You can also opt for a pick-up service from the airport to the camp, the cost of this service is $180 for one person + $45 for each extra person


    Unterkunft

    Our camp is a house with 5 dorms for 6 persons each room other house with 2 dorms for 8 persons each room, men's and women's sleep separate 

    You will wake up every morning with the ocean in front of your door and thousands of different bird songs, monkeys and many other animals, the camp it's surrounded by wildlife.

    Verpflegung

    We offer vegetarian and vegan food.

    • Breakfast: pancakes, omelet, Gallo pinto, empanadas, tortillas con huevo, and many different tropical fruits.
    • Lunch and dinner: different kinds of picadillos with rice and beans, tortilla de papa, spaghetti with coconut milk sauce, bread, patacones with beans paste, and many variable Costa Rican food
    • Please note that the food offered at camp is based on the Costa Rican diet, which is based on rice and beans.      The combination of beans and rice creates a complete protein. Rice alone and beans alone lack certain essential amino acids; however, when eaten together, each contributes the amino acids the other lacks to form a complete protein.

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    Flugtickets

    Der nächstgelegene Flughafen ist Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) in San Jose. Wir helfen dir günstige Flüge nach Costa Rica zu finden. FINDE GÜNSTIGE FLÜGE

    Reiseversicherung

    Ins Ausland zu gehen ist ein Abenteuer, auf das man sich stets gut vorbereiten sollte. Plötzliche Krankheit oder Verletzung, Stornierung oder Diebstahl - eine Reiseversicherung für Costa Rica bietet die nötige Sicherheit. ANGEBOT EINHOLEN

    Impfungen

    Bevor du deine Freiwilligenarbeit in Costa Rica antrittst, solltest du dich noch einmal von deinem Arzt beraten lassen und deine erforderlichen Impfungen für Costa Rica überprüfen. IMPFSCHUTZ ÜBERPRÜFEN

    Informationen zur Anreise

    Your arrival could be any days except for Sunday.

    How arrive to Pacuare:

    • In San Jose take the bus at the Gran Terminal Del Caribe (parada de buses de los Caribeños)
    • Choose the 2 pm bus to Batan
    • Get off the bus in Batan at this point: Soda y Heladería las Brisas and Berny, the taxi driver, will pick you up.
    • From the dock Don Luis Gutiérrez will bring you to the camp

    Costs of transportation $80 that include: pick up from Batan to the dock, boat trip from the dock to the camp on your arrival, on your departure boat trip from the camp to the dock and and pick up from the dock to Batan 


    If you prefer private transportation, feel free to let us know. We will organize one for $180, that include: pick up from the airport to the dock, boat trip from the dock to the camo, on your departure boat trip from the camp to the dock and taxi from the dock to Batan, from there you coud take the bus to San jose, or for adituinlncost nap cost taxi from the dock to San Jose or airport. 

    Verfügbarkeit
    Jan Feb Mär Apr Mai Jun Jul Aug Sep Okt Nov Dez

    Programmgebühren

    1 Woche (Mindestaufenthalt) 290€
    2 Wochen 536€
    3 Wochen 804€
    4 Wochen 1.041€
    5 Wochen 1.250€
    9 Wochen 2.219€
    17 Wochen 3.623€
    30 Wochen 6.339€
    35 Wochen (Maximaler Aufenthalt) 7.064€
    Durchschnittliche Gebühren 245€/Woche

    Programmgebühren

    245€ / Woche 1 - 35 Wochen Alter 18 - 50+

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    Dauer

    1 - 35 Wochen

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