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  • Life Below Water

Work For Sea Turtle Conservation

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1 - 8 weken  ·  Leeftijd 18 - 50+
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Highlights

  • Work with turtles to help conserve their habitat and their receding population
  • Work includes protecting turtle nests from poachers, helping manage sustainable egg-harvesting programs, and working in hatcheries to ensure Costa Rica’s turtle population does not further recede
  • Meet other international participants from around the world

Highlights

  • Work with turtles to help conserve their habitat and their receding population
  • Work includes protecting turtle nests from poachers, helping manage sustainable egg-harvesting programs, and working in hatcheries to ensure Costa Rica’s turtle population does not further recede
  • Meet other international participants from around the world
  • Spend time on isolated non touristy beach in Pacific Coast
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    Vooral geschikt voor

    Leeftijd 18+
    Alleenstaanden
    Koppels
    Families
    Groepen
    50+

    Over het programma

    As a volunteer, you will work on projects intended to protect turtle nests from human poachers, help manage sustainable egg-harvesting programs, and work in hatcheries

    Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula is one of the wildest corners of Central America — a strip of rainforest and dark-sand coastline on the far south Pacific tip that holds an estimated 2.5% of all biodiversity on Earth. It is also where more than 7,000 olive ridley and Pacific green turtle nests are laid ...

    Over het programma

    Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula is one of the wildest corners of Central America — a strip of rainforest and dark-sand coastline on the far south Pacific tip that holds an estimated 2.5% of all biodiversity on Earth. It is also where more than 7,000 olive ridley and Pacific green turtle nests are laid each season, along an 8km stretch of beach that a small community team works year-round to protect.

    Join them and you become part of that team. Most of the work happens on patrol — three to five hours in the morning, or four to seven hours through the night — walking the nesting beach to reach new nests before poachers and predators do. You will record data on nesting females, tag flippers, move at-risk clutches into the protected hatchery, excavate hatched nests to measure survival rates, and help release hatchlings down to the surf.

    Between patrols there is plenty else to get stuck into: beach clean-ups, sorting and recycling the plastic that washes ashore, tree planting, English lessons and sea turtle conservation talks in local schools. That community side matters. The project deliberately creates paid work for former poachers and gold miners, making turtle protection a steadier living than the alternatives, and it contributes to five of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

    No previous experience is needed and full training is given when you arrive. What you do need is a tolerance for early starts, late finishes and physical work in the heat. In return you get a remote, genuinely non-touristy beach beside Corcovado National Park, the company of volunteers from all over the world, and a couple of weeks spent on conservation work that measurably moves the needle.

    Dagelijkse activiteiten

    Volunteers need to be flexible to work in this program, as the schedules are largely dependent on the season and breeding activities that take place. However, a general day would look something like this:

    4:30 am - Beach Patrol

    This is a year-round activity, even in the low season (March to July). ..

    Dagelijkse activiteiten

    Volunteers need to be flexible to work in this program, as the schedules are largely dependent on the season and breeding activities that take place. However, a general day would look something like this:

    4:30 am - Beach Patrol

    This is a year-round activity, even in the low season (March to July). Volunteers have to go for an early morning patrol of the beach to monitor and protect turtle breeding grounds.

    8:00 am - Breakfast at the accommodation

    Volunteers are usually free post-breakfast and can utilize this time by reading, exploring the local area, swimming or chilling on the beach.

    1:00 pm - Lunch at the accommodation

    Afternoon Volunteering duties Post-lunch, volunteers will be assigned various duties that mostly vary depending on the season. Usually, volunteers can expect to work for 2 - 3 hours each weekday afternoon completing tasks to monitor, preserve and care for sea turtles and wildlife (such as sloths, parrots, macaws, alligators and more) in the local area.

    Evenings/Nights Free time/Night patrols

    During the nesting period (from August through February) volunteers will be involved in night-time beach patrols to protect turtles, collect eggs and generally monitor the breeding grounds.

    Note: This is just a tentative schedule and the actual program schedule can vary.

    Vrijetijdsactiviteiten

    Volunteers are free to visit and see places or do shopping during their free time. You can explore the local markets or travel to the beaches which can be visited on the weekends. The country offers unparalleled natural beauty, active volcanoes, rainforests, and a wide range of national parks and ...

    Vrijetijdsactiviteiten

    Volunteers are free to visit and see places or do shopping during their free time. You can explore the local markets or travel to the beaches which can be visited on the weekends. The country offers unparalleled natural beauty, active volcanoes, rainforests, and a wide range of national parks and eco-tourism. In addition, Costa Rica has over 1,000 miles of gorgeous white-and-black sand beaches.

    Voorwaarden

    Voorwaarden

    Minimum leeftijd: 18 jaar

    Om deel te nemen aan het programma dien je tenminste 18 jaar oud te zijn op de startdatum van het programma. Er kunnen uitzonderingen gemaakt worden indien je een bewijs van toestemming kan aantonen van uw wettelijke voogd(en) of samen met je ouders deelneemt.

    Taalkennis

    Je dient over volgende taalkennis te beschikken Engels (gemiddeld niveau) ou Spaans (basis niveau)

    Vereiste documenten

    CV

    Nationaliteitsbeperkingen

    Geen beperkingen. Helpende handen van over de hele wereld zijn welkom.

    Andere vaardigheden

    Participants must be fit and healthy at the time of joining the program and should be prepared to work outdoors and get their hands dirty. Participants in the program should have a keen interest and love for animal conservation work. Participants should have no criminal convictions and should provide a clean criminal background check report.

    Tijdsinzet

    Uw helpende hand wordt verwacht op maandag, dinsdag, woensdag, donderdag en vrijdag

    Diensten ingesloten

    Diensten ingesloten

    Diensten op locatie

    • 24 hrs Assistance and support from VS Staff
    • Comprehensive Pre- Departure Information
    • Pickup from San Jose International Airport and transfer to accommodation
    • Transfer from San Jose to project location by bus
    • Accommodation 
    • Meals - Vegetarian at the project
    • Certificate Of Completion (Upon Request)

    Afhaal aan de luchthaven op Juan Santamaria International Airport

    Volunteers are picked up from the San Jose International Airport by the assigned local representative.

    Accomodatie

    As a volunteer for the Turtle Conservation Project, you'll be received from San Jose Airport and transferred to a host family accommodation in Heredia. Later, you'll be traveling to your project placement site, where you'll get accommodation at shared dorms at the project location. All the accommodations have basic amenities like attached bathrooms, electricity, etc. You'll be provided with 3 meals a day (included in program fee). Volunteers often take part in the kitchen and cook meals together, which will be great fun! All meals provided at the project are only vegetarian.

    Eten & Drank

    Upon arrival in Heredia, two meals a day are provided at the host family. While at the project, volunteers are provided with three cooked meals a day at the  project accommodation. Local Costa Rican cuisine is a fusion of cuisines from different parts of the world. Only vegetarian meals are provided at the project site. No non vegetarian meals are provided.

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    Beperkte toegang op de project site
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    Vlucht tickets

    De dichtste luchthaven is Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) in San Jose. We assisteren u met het vinden van goedkope vluchten naar Costa Rica. VIND GOEDKOPE VLUCHTEN

    Reisverzekering

    Naar het buitenland reizen is een avontuur en het is best om goed voorbereid te zijn. Plots ziek worden of gewond raken, annulaties of diefstal - een reisverzekering voor Costa Rica biedt zekerheid en is een meerwaarde. KRIJG EEN OFFERTE

    Vaccinaties

    Als je de intentie hebt om als vrijwilliger aan de slag te gaan in Costa Rica dien je eerst medisch advies in te winnen alvorens je eropuit trekt. Kijk de benodigde vaccinaties na voor Costa Rica. VACCINATIE CHECKER

    Gegevens over jouw aankomst

    Start dates: weekly, year-round — you can join this project in any week of the year. Pick the start date that suits you when you apply.

    On arrival: fly into Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José, where a member of our team will meet you. Your onward transfer from San José to the project on the Osa Peninsula is by bus and is included in your fee.

    Accommodation: volunteers on the Osa Peninsula stay directly at the project site, in shared dorm-style rooms alongside the rest of the team.

    Please note: the return airport drop at the end of your placement is not included, and any pre- or post-project nights in San José are arranged and paid separately. We can book these for you on request.
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    Programmakosten

    $679 per week 1 - 8 weken Leeftijd 18 - 50+

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    Restbetaling

    Tijdens de aanmeldingsprocedure spreek je met de lokale organisatie af hoe je de restbetaling doet. Deze restbetaling is pas verschuldigd dichter bij het begin van je reis.

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