Costa Rica – The Sea Turtle Initiative
Member Savings
Sign in to see which companies give additional
savings to Travelstride Members (it’s free)
Overview
Highlights
- Volunteering with a sea turtle conservation organization
- Getting up close and personal with howler monkeys, toucans and reptiles
- Visiting a center that rescues and rehabilitates ocelots and pumas
- Hiking through lush rainforest with a naturalist guide
- Live steps from pristine Costa Rican beaches
- Boating through unspoiled rainforest to view crocodiles and tropical birds
- Flying through the treetops on a zip line adventure
- Tubing down a jungle river surrounded by beautiful vegetation
What's this trip about?
Details
Travel Themes
Destinations
Attractions
Activities
Trip includes
- 7 nights lodging in lodges, beach hotels, and mountainside retreats
- All meals throughout the trip
- English-speaking local guides that are there to support, guide, and
- inform you throughout the trip
- Reliable in-country transportation with experienced drivers
- Admissions and entrance fees to national parks, historic sites and
- other scheduled events throughout the trip
- $50,000 emergency medical evacuation insurance
- Trip literature
- Turnkey customer support from preparing for your trip to arrival
Popular Trips
Itinerary
Meals: Dinner
Arriving at the airport in Costa Rica, a member of our staff will meet you and take you to a nearby hotel where we’ll spend the fir t evening. After a warm welcome, your guide will discuss the schedule for the coming week. Enjoy an authentic local welcome dinner together and have a relaxing evening getting to know the group.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Enjoy a classic Costa Rican breakfast and freshly brewed local coffee before driving through the mountains to our new home on the coast. We’ll receive a briefing about the work of sea turtle conservationists before embarking on a night patrol to scope the nesting area. Sample patrol times include 10pm - 1am, and 1am-4am.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
After an optional beach clean up for those interested, we'll have a talk to learn more about the hatchery and why it's used. We will learn firsth and how to dig a sea turtle nest so we are ready for when we have eggs from our night patrol and need to put them in the hatchery for safety.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Meet the infamous Jungle Mike and learn about the diverse insect kingdom of Costa Rica as you explore an open air butterfly farm and jungle path. Afterwards, sample various organic honeys that are locally harvested. In the evening, head out for another sea turtle patrol along the beach.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
We'll head out after breakfast to a local fishing village where we'll learn about their way of life and the battle they fight against large commercial fishing vessels. Learn to make educated choices when buying sustainable sea...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Today we’ll return to the region around Liberia. After driving a few hours, we will visit an animal rescue center that rehabilitates endangered wildlife such as pumas, ocelots, and even jaguars. After lunch, continue on to a mountainside hacienda and arrive to our accommodations before dark.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Feel the adrenaline as you fly through the treetops on a zip-line course of 8 different lines. Then we’ll cool off by tubing down the Rio Colorado. Spin and bounce your way down river, getting drenched by the cool mountain wat...
Meals: Breakfast
Wake up with breakfast at the lodge. Travelers will be taken to the airport in time for their flights home.
Want a tailor-made trip instead?
Your trip, your way, planned by an expert:
- You choose budget, destinations, activities, transport & lodging type
- Expert designs the itinerary for you, and once approved, takes care of logistics
Dates & Availability
Check Current Availability, prices, specials with Discover Corps.
The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
Prices may vary due to local taxes and trip seasonality. Click "Request Info" to inquire directly with the tour operator for the final trip price.
Discover Corps Reviews & Ratings
Other Discover Corps Reviews
Costa Rica is a must!
I recently returned from the Costa Rican wildlife safari. I was a bit concerned with Covid however every place was extremely clean and had places for you to wash you...
Discover Corps provided us an amazing trip
Discover Corps provided us an amazing trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. The staff was friendly and helpful, the guides in-country were excellent and the foo...
2nd Trip with DC - Will Not Use Them Again
Our trip started off with a lunch at Maya Gardens. We went to see the poultry in their pens while waiting for lunch, thinking it was a petting zoo. The poor birds ...
Travelers also viewed
Tour Operator
Discover Corps is a volunteer travel company that is pioneering a new way to explore life and culture around the world in a way that rejuvenates the human spirit.
Our vision is of a world where people value our shared humanity and promote global citizenship while celebrating our many unique cultures.
Our mission is to give travelers a deeper understanding of life in communities around the world while helping to improve the lives of the people we visit.
We accomplish this by operating enjoyable and safe, enjoyable volunteer vacation programs that provide real connections between travelers and the communities. We specialize in trips for adults and families.
Our Trips and Projects
Discover Corps volunteer projects are driven by the local communities — not by us. We respond to requests where our travelers can make a meaningful contribution in a short amount of time. In order to maximize your time, our local staff plan everything in advance and provide you with the support you need while you’re there. From building classrooms and improving water systems to creating eco-friendly homes, we partner with local communities to help them achieve their development goals.
While our trips only last a week or two, we strive for a long-term impact by partnering with organizations that have ongoing relationships with the communities where we volunteer. This allows each of our volunteer groups to become a link in the chain of our partner’s ongoing work.
We are a certified B Corporation, which means we have passed a rigorous independent audit of our social, environmental, and legal practices. B Corporations (or Benefit Corporations) are recognized by the State of California as providing a social good.
Discover Corps operates trips for the National Peace Corps Association as well as other non-profit organizations and universities.
About Travelstride
Find your perfect trip
Save time
Save money
Travel confidently
Logistics
What's excluded
- International airfare
- Alcoholic beverages
- Tips for Discover Corps Guide and driver
- Laundry services, room-service, or phone calls
Accommodation
7 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches and 7 Dinners
Custom groups?
Have a group of 6 or more? We can operate a trip for your group. Whether it’s a family reunion, corporate group, alumni association or a professional or student organization, we’ll make it easy and turnkey for your group to have an incredible experience.
Sea Turtle Calendar*
July - August
Beginning of the olive ridley nesting season. Patrol the beach to see nesting sea turtles and gather the eggs to put into the hatchery.
September – October :
Prime nesting and hatchling season. We'll patrol the beaches for nesting sea turtles and move the eggs to the hatchery. You have a good chance of seeing hatchlings!
November – December:
End of nesting season. We will still encounter nesting sea turtles and have a very high chance to see hatchlings as well.
Become a member
- Save up to $700 per person
- Access members-only specials
- Personalize trip recommendations