Leatherback Turtle Ambassador
Coordinateur | Luis
Coordinateur | Luis
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Volunteer by protecting endangered sea turtles!
Patrol beaches on evening and night-walks to locate female turtles and their at-risk nests to 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 to conserve the biggest turtle in the sea, here you will have the chance to meet and work saving this awesome animals.
This volunteer program is especially suitable for:
Âge 18+
Seul voyageur
Couples
Familles
Groupes
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 and communal and environmental education programs, we will be able to educate people on the importance of caring about and protecting such a valuable part of the maritime ecosystem.
Turtle seasons:
Leatherback season from the last week of February to the end of June
Green turtle from July to September
Hawksbill from April to August
One important thing when we work in animal protection is: wildlife isn't predictable so we cannot say exactly how your experience will be, we are only sure one thing, mom nature it's awesome and always surprise us, is 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 becaus 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 extremley 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.
Preservation des tortues de mer
Waste Reduction
Tortue luth
Plastic Reduction
Green Sea Turtle
Tortue imbriquée
Journée Typique
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
Activités de Loisir
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.
Sports Nautiques
Natation
Randonnée
Des sports
Conditions
Pour participer à ce programme tu dois avoir au moins 18 ans quand le programme commence. Il peut y avoir des exceptions si tu peux montrer la permission de ton tuteur légal ou si tu es accompagné(e) par l'un de tes parents.
Tu dois parler anglais (niveau de base)
Aucune restriction. De l'aide venant de tous les coins du monde est bienvenu.
Nous avons besoin de ton aide le
lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi et samedi
Services inclus
Fees include accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner.
They also include a turtle training and tour of the forest.
Our camp is a house with two dorms. One of them can host up to ten people and the other one eight people.
You will wake up every morning with the ocean in front of your door.
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.
Accès limité sur le site du projet
Visa, billets d'avion, assurance voyage ne sont PAS inclus dans les frais de programme.
Le transfert de l'aéroport n'est pas inclus dans les frais non plus.
L'aéroport le plus proche est Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) à San Jose. Nous t'aidons à trouver des vols pas chers pour aller en Costa Rica.
Partir à l'étranger est une aventure et c'est toujours mieux d'être bien préparé. Que ce soit une maladie soudaine, une blessure ou du vol - une assurance voyage pour Costa Rica te protège en cas de situation imprévue.
Si tu envisages de faire du bénévolat en Costa Rica, nous te conseillons de consulter un médecin avant le début de ton voyage. Renseigne-toi sur les vaccins nécessaires pour Costa Rica.
Dates et Prix
PAS DE FRAIS DE CARTE DE CRÉDIT
Informations sur l'arrivée
Your arrival could be any days except 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 9 am to Batan
Get off the bus in Batan in this point
Soda y Heladería las Brisas
Batán Centro, here is the place where the bus stop 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 $15 one way
Cost of the boat $35 round trip
(The benefits generated by transportation are for the benefit of the school of the community of Barra Pacuare)
The transportation of volunteers to the camp is organized by the board of directors of the Barra de Pacuare school, the money raised is destined for improvements in the school and teaching materials for children
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1 - 35 sem
Frais de Programme
1 sem
(durée min.)
$250
2 sem
$500
3 sem
$750
4 sem
$1 000
5 sem
$1 250
9 sem
$2 150
17 sem
$4 000
30 sem
$7 000
35 sem
(durée max.)
$7 800
Coût moyen
$236
/sem
Merci de noter que les prix ci-dessus sont des prix estimés et qu'ils sont soumis aux fluctuations des taux de change.
Tortugas de Pacuare
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Leatherback Turtle Ambassador
Get in direct contact with turtles and help us to conserve the biggest turtle in the sea, here you will have the chance to meet and work saving this awesome animals.
$236/week
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