Sea Turtle Conservation | Mama Carey

 The sea turtle program season starts on 01 July until 31 December. All volunteers must make their own arrangements to the projects. For training purposes new volunteers are only received on Tuesdays.

 When you arrive to Costa Rica you have 2 ways to get to the project:

The first option is to take a domestic flight to the community of El Progreso in Drake Bay, once you have arrived at that place, take a taxi to the Agujitas community and once in Agujitas take a boat to Rincón de San Josecito, where the project is

The second option is the day of your arrival in Costa Rica, look for a lodging in San Jose, the next day take a bus from San José to Sierpe and once in Sierpe, you can take the boat that will get you to Rincón de San Josecito, where is the project.

To work as a volunteer in the project, you only need to have a tourist visa. Most US and European citizens automatically receive a 90-day visa upon entering the country and are not required to obtain one in advance. Citizens of several countries in South America, however, are required to obtain a tourist visa at the Costa Rican embassy in their country before arrival. Upon entering the country, immigration officials are likely to ask you to present a ticket to leave the country, and your airline will often not allow you to buy your one-way ticket without your return ticket. Many of the volunteers who come to the program are on vacation and, as such, have already issued the return ticket; but many are backpackers who enter through land borders and may not have fixed plans. We have had varied experiences at land borders, however, you must officially submit a hard copy of a return travel ticket within 90 days and a hard copy of a bank statement or card showing that you have access to it. minus $ 500.

If you plan to stay in Costa Rica for more than 90 days, we recommend that you simply make a short trip to Panama at the end of this period. You only have to leave Costa Rica for 1 day (sometimes even just a few hours is enough), then you can go back across the border and get another 90-day visa. It is possible to do this indefinitely and all the international personnel that are in the program have to do a 'run visa' like this every 90 days. People who stay for more than 90 days will be required to pay a higher tax on departure, be subject to restrictions on re-entry, and risk being deported if immigration officials decide to detain them at a checkpoint. , so they often do not.

Volunteers who participate in our program are required to have their own travel insurance that provides basic medical assistance throughout their entire stay in the program. Although there are adequate emergency procedures and evacuation plans, the program can not be responsible for the expenses caused by the medical assistance or emergency evacuation of the volunteers.