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.
İş Tanımı
Volunteers will be working in:
● Monitoring the ocean turtle nesting at Montezuma beach
● Signaling of the beaches and construction of the hatchery of the sea turtle projects
● Night patrols for protection and collection of information about the sea turtles.
● Construction and reparation of the trails for public use at Montezuma beach.
● Maintenance of the infrastructure of the project
● Cleaning of the beach
● Support in environmental education activities and communal protection
● Night patrols: 6 days a week, 3-6 hours per night (depends on how many volunteers are here)
● Community work (Schools education workshops, building community spaces, street signs)
Konaklama ve Yemek
Hosting situation provided by the Project.
The accommodation is very simple and not a luxurious hotel. You will be sharing your room with several volunteers, of course you will still be having your own bed.
There will be 3 meals a day, which are quite basic.
Konum ve Serbest Zaman
Montezuma is a little village surrounded by a lot of nature (beaches, rivers, waterfalls), animals (monkeys, iguanas, birds, whales, sea turtles, coatis, racoons).
The turtle hatchery is about 5 minutes away from the house where the volunteers live.
In the village are 2 supermarkets, the next ATM and the next pharmacy are located in Cobano.
Some activities for volunteers to do in their free time would be surfing, hiking, horse-riding and going to Isla Tortuga. There is also a National Park called “Parque Nacional Cabo Blanco” located close to the project (about 9 km).
Notlar
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).
