Volunteer Travel in Costa Rica; located in the heart of Central America, Costa Rica is a tropical vacation paradise with one of the most bio-diverse and rich landscapes known to the world. It is home to countless species of birds, monkey's, butterflies, frogs, turtles and exotic plants. The people of Costa Rica live and breathe the 'Pura Vida' lifestyle, which means 'Pure Life'. Volunteer Vacations in Costa Rica are a great way to immersion your self into Costa Rican life and culture whilst visiting Costa Rica.
Our volunteer teaching projects in Costa Rica are for volunteers who are interested in working with children and teaching English and other subjects such as computers, music and art. These voluntary work programs are based in schools, comminutes and institutions that are low resourced but require English language tuition and practice.
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This volunteer project is an excellent opportunity for sports minded individuals and groups to spend a gap year, career break or short vacation period working in sports. If you have a passion for sports and fitness, then this will be a truly unique and rewarding experience for you.
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Volunteer in marine and sea turtle conservation programs on Costa Rica's Pacific and Caribbean Coasts. Volunteers on these projects play a critical role in the day to day preservation of these endangered turtles.
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Volunteering on this program involves working in children's home providing social community development assistance to the children and the careers of this home.
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The wildlife refuge cares for rescued injured indigenous animals of Costa Rica's Guanacaste province. This small center cares for a wide range of mammals and bird whose natural habitat has been reduced by local infrastructure development.
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The ecological farm is a non-profit venture whose goal is to spread awareness of environmentally sustainable agricultural methods to other farmers in the region. The farm is intended to provide an example to other farms of how ecological farming practices can be employed successfully.
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This is a great opportunity to teach class in a school which provides a ground-breaking approach to education. Volunteers can also choose to work on a multitude of land stewardship projects ranging from reforestation to bio-diesel manufacturing and from gardening to trail maintenance.
Read more about: Volunteer in Monteverde's Cloud Forest School
The tropical regeneration project requires volunteers that are interested in learning about the interrelationships within tropical forests and working with indigenous forests on 40 hectares besides Lake Arenal.
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Volunteer in Costa Rica and study Spanish at one of the country's leading language schools. This is a great program to study Spanish and practice you new found skills during your volunteer placement.
Read more about: Volunteer and Study Spanish in Costa Rica