Leatherback Turtle Ambassador
Koordinator | Luis
Koordinator | Luis
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Highlights
Volunteer by protecting endangered sea turtles!
Participate in patrol beaches in the evening and night-walks to locate female turtles and their at-risk nests. Relocate their eggs in a save place to protect them from poachers and predators!
Take care of turtle eggs and make sure that they are prepared for their journey back to the sea!
Enjoy your weekends by visiting stunning beaches and immerse yourself in the Costa Rican culture.
Meet like-minded volunteers from all over the world and build life-long friendships.
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!
This volunteer program is especially suitable for:
Alter 18+
Alleinreisend
Pärchen
Familien
Gruppen
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. 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.
Schildkrötenschutz
Aktivitäten
#Hotspots
Müll Recycling
Lederschildkröte
Families with small kids
Limon
Plastikmüll
Grüne Meeresschildkröte
Echte Karettschildkröte
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
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 culture. This is always a great opportunity to make new friends as well.
Wassersport
Schwimmen
Wandern
Sport
Voraussetzungen
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
Du brauchst folgende Sprachkenntnisse: Englisch (Grundkenntnisse)
Es gibt keine Beschränkungen. Helfende Hände aus aller Welt sind willkommen.
Deine Hilfe wird an folgenden Tagen benötigt:
Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag und Samstag
Leistungen
Fees include accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner, transportation it's not includes, if you request private transportation from the airport we are pleased to arrage for you for an extra cost
When paying the final fee, a 5% tax is added to cover the costs of the payment platforms.
Our camp is a house with 5 dorms for 4 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.
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, focaccia, pizza, bread, patacones with beans paste, and many variable and Caribbean food.
Limitierte Verbindung vor Ort
Visa, Flüge, Reiseversicherung und Impfungen sind NICHT in den Programmgebühren enthalten.
Das Abholen vom Flughafen ist auch nicht in den Programmgebühren enthalten.
Der nächstgelegene Flughafen ist Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) in San Jose. Wir helfen dir günstige Flüge nach Costa Rica zu finden.
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.
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.
Termine & Preise
KEINE KREDITKARTENGEBÜHREN
Informationen zur Anreise
Your arrival could be any days except for Sunday.
How arrive to Pacuare:
- On San Jose take bus in gran terminal del caribe (parada de buses de los Caribeños)
- Here take bus at 2 pm to Batan
- Get off the bus in Batan at this point: Soda y Heladería las Brisas
- Batán Centro: Here is the place where the bus stops on Batan. Wait for the taxi here. Adrián, the taxi driver, will pick up you to the dock place.
- There don Luis Gutiérrez will bring you to the camp
- Cost of the taxi $18 one way
- Cost of the boat $40 per person round trip
- If you request private transportation just let us know and we will arrange for you with pleasure, cost for the service $100 one way
Jan
Feb
Mär
Apr
Mai
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Okt
Nov
Dez
1 - 35 Wochen
Programmgebühren
1 Woche
(Mindestaufenthalt)
$250
2 Wochen
$500
3 Wochen
$750
4 Wochen
$1.000
5 Wochen
$1.250
9 Wochen
$2.150
17 Wochen
$4.000
30 Wochen
$7.000
35 Wochen
(Maximaler Aufenthalt)
$7.800
Durchschnittliche Gebühren
$236
/Woche
Bitte beachte, dass die oben angegebenen Gebühren geschätzt sind.
Tortugas de Pacuare
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