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Join our sea turtle conservation project in Matapalo, Quepos 🐢 Help protect endangered species threatened by pollution, poaching, and low hatchling survival rates. Volunteers play a key role in preserving these turtles through meaningful, hands-on work while living close to nature and the ocean 🌊✨
25 hours of help per week
Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.
Amount: US$ 300 Per week
Fee pays for: Materials for volunteer activities and Donation to project
Description: The participation fee is used for program expenses, such as payroll, research materials, and technical support for other conservation programs. We also provide scientific support to those who obtain research permits. Our program depends entirely on the fees volunteers pay to participate, so we must charge a fee to maintain the program.
2 days off per week
Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.
Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Between 18 and 80 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
What You’ll Do:
Sea turtle conservation – As a volunteer, you’ll have the opportunity to be involved in the entire turtle hatching process. This includes taking shifts patrolling the beach in the evenings to locate female turtles who have come ashore to lay their nests.
Nests are then transported to a hatchery, where they can be monitored 24/7 on 6 hours per shift to protect them from poachers and predatory animals. You will take one shift every few days to keep watch of the hatchery. Finally, upon hatching, you will assist the baby sea turtles in reaching the ocean safely to ensure maximum survival rates. You may also help in the general maintenance of the hatchery.
Other tasks – Volunteers will also participate in sloth walks to monitor and record the migration patterns of local sloth populations. Additionally, you’ll assist us in gathering beach litter once per week ( Tasks may vary depending on the time of year) . You can expect to help with cleaning the kitchen and bedrooms once per week, the conditions are those of a camp, volunteers will be assigned the task of cleaning common areas, showers, toilets, etc. You’ll also have the opportunity to take part in community service work with local schools and community facilities.
Volunteers will support different activities related to turtle conservation, with flexible schedules depending on tides and weather conditions 🌊
- Turtle patrolling: Night shifts of approximately 4 hours, depending on tide conditions.
- Hatchery shifts: 6-hour shifts in the hatchery, operating 24/7 (day or night shifts may be assigned).
- Daily tasks: Typically from 9:00–11:00 a.m. and 3:00–5:00 p.m., including general support tasks (schedule may vary depending on weather conditions).
1. Respect schedule work
2. Do not drink alcoholic beverages or drugs in the camp and the nursery or during work hours, you will have days off so you can go anywhere you want
3. Respect the rest times in the camp
4. Respect the staff and the other volunteers
5. Sexual harassment is totally prohibited
6. The person who comes to the camp under the influence of alcohol or drugs will be prevented from entering
