Our expedition takes you on an amazing journey along the Oaxaca coast, where you'll actively support up to 7 dedicated community groups in their crucial conservation efforts. This immersive experience offers a wide range of hands-on activities, from nighttime beach patrols to safeguard sea turtles and their nests, to restoring nature, monitoring marine fauna on boat excursions, exploring through snorkeling, raising environmental awareness, hiking and camping in the jungle. You'll even have the opportunity to care for rescued deer, among other activities!
But wait, there's more! Our journey offers an extraordinary chance to witness one of the world's most breathtaking natural spectacles: the Arribada. This impressive phenomenon of mass nesting of olive ridley sea turtles will truly captivate you. The arribada phenomenon is an occurrence that happens at only 12 beaches worldwide. Among these, Escobilla and Morro Ayuta in Oaxaca stand out as the most significant, hosting over 1.5 million turtles every year.
Here are some of the key activities you'll be involved in:
- Nighttime beach patrols to protect sea turtles and collect eggs for safe incubation.
- Educational sessions with children through environmental brigades.
- Boat trips to monitor marine fauna, including dolphins, whales, and rays, with the opportunity for snorkeling to explore corals.
- Planting fruit and medicinal trees in the jungle.
- Jungle hikes and camping adventures.
- Placing and collecting photo-trap cameras to monitor wildlife in the jungle.
- Caring for rescued white-tailed deer.
- Overseeing the development of baby crocodiles during their crucial first year.
- Participating in ecotourism activities that fund conservation efforts, such as observing the Arribada phenomenon and boat trips in the Chacahua Lagoon National Park.
- Assisting in rural entrepreneurship projects, including traditional bread making in wood-fired ovens and preparing typical Mexican food.
- Contributing to the well-being of horses through various activities.
Depending on the season, you can experience:
- Arribada, when thousands of sea turtles are nesting massively (few days mostly during waning moon effect from July to March)
- Newborn sea turtles in natural habitat. After 45 days of an arribada, millions of sea turtles born in order to start their lifes in the Pacific Ocean (few days per month from July to April)
- Leatherback sea turtle nesting, the biggest turtle in the world (from December to February)
- Whales (From November to February)
- Crocodiles hatching (June)
- Bird breeding, signing like crazy (April, May)
- A green, full of butterflies, Mexico (from June to December)
- A 100% sunny Mexico (from January to May)
This is an opportunity to live a unique
experience that combines conservation,
learning, joy, and adventure in a
paradisiacal environment: the lesserknown Mexico.
We will travel along 7 different communities in Oaxaca
coast, participating with groups
dedicated to conservation, ecotourism,
and sustainable development of their
communities.
Protection of sea turtles, tree planting
in the jungle, monitoring of marine
fauna by boat, environmental
education workshops, beach clean-ups,
among others, will be just some of the
activities we will carry out.
