PARTENAIRE
The sea turtle conservation program is a scientific-based conservation activity in which the organizations involved try to increase the amount of sea turtle hatchings in order to give higher survival rates.
The camps are located within walking distances from the beach. Apart from the sea turtles, you will also have high chances of seeing tropical birds, iguanas and monkeys. The main goal of these projects is to help the recovery of sea turtle populations. The species of sea turtles that you can find on the Montezuma beach are Leatherback (very rare), Olive riddle (most common), Black turtle (more in December) depending in which season you visit.
International volunteers support:
Montezuma beach, which is located on the peninsula of Nicoya, province of Puntarenas and belongs to the conservation area of Tempisque.
The Extra fee indicated covers a period of TWO WEEKS, and includes:
- Transfer from the airport to a hostel in San Jose.
- Two nights in a hostel in San Jose, breakfast included.
- Orientation day, a day in which we give a cultural introduction to Costa Rica, safety and transportation recommendations, directions to the project and a tour of San Jose with lunch included.
- Accommodation and meals at the project.
The program has flexible dates depending on the availability of the project, with flexibility from 2 weeks to 4 months, but this includes an additional fee to the indicated fee.
gare la plus proche
Volunteers will be picked up at the airport.
Itinéraire vers le point de RDV
Volunteers will be picked up at the airport.
Informations supplémentaires
● Has to be an organized, structured person. (Very important).
● The volunteer needs to like it/needs to have the willingness to work in a natural tropic forest and beach and to work physically.
● Basic Spanish Level and/or basic English
● To be respectful towards the internal rules of the project
● To love nature, as the main goal of these projects is the protection of turtles
● To be in good physical condition as the patrols imply long walks along the beach at night
● To be open to share accommodation and bedroom with other volunteers
● To be very flexible and to do different tasks during the day which may involve cooking and cleaning as volunteers may be also responsible of taking care of the camp
● Interest in environmental issues.
● The volunteer should enjoy working with people and foster good human relations.
● Proactivity is a must.
● Volunteers must be ready to work independently even when the coordinator is not present.
● Honest, responsible, punctual, positive person.
● Leadership Skills.
● Good attitude.
● Open to flexibility of schedules.
● Optional skills (cooking-, carpentry-, electricity-skills etc.)
Remarques
The ASVO Sea Turtle Stations are permanent projects, so they receive volunteers all year long. They have a capacity of around 20-30 volunteers per week and there are no limitations in the number of female or male volunteers, but yes, we recommend volunteers to be adults (+18).
Montezuma, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
