"Over the course of two weeks, I was lucky enough to experience the incredible wildlife and Pura Vida culture in Ostional.
I participated in early morning patrols, night patrols, nest excavations, and nest density digs, and even saw both hatchling turtles and an arribada. In other words, I got to experience every single possible role a volunteer with this program can undergo!
I learned a lot about conservation and working together with a community and researchers to benefit both the wildlife and humans in a fragile area. The dry season weather was incredibly hot but the ocean was lovely (you had to stay pretty shallow in the rough, albeit fun, surf).
Erin Yungblut from Canada tells about her time volunteering for 2 weeks in February 2017 at our Olive Ridley Conservation Programme in Costa Rica
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