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Costa Rica Volunteer Adventures

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Just wanted to take a minute to talk a little about some of my favorite trips to plan, our Costa Rica Volunteer Adventures. Spend part of your time as a wildlife volunteer and the rest on an epic adventure of a lifetime! Our trips are fully customizable to your travel style and budget, our Costa Rica Volunteer Adventures are no exception.

The trips we create can take many shapes! There are several options for those looking to get more involved when visiting Costa Rica. If you want to get up close and personal with sloths, volunteering is the best way to do it! On the other hand, if you want to visit an orphanage or organic farm, these options are also available. We will match your interests when creating your adventure.

Bably Sloths

For example, In the Arenal Volcano area I love sending travelers to Proyecto Asis Wildlife Rescue Center for a half day or full day wildlife volunteer experience. Here you work with orphaned monkeys, sloths, and other wildlife. These rescue facilitates are vital to helping those that have no voice in this world. The goal is always to release animals once they have healed but in some cases this is not possible due to injury or trauma. These facilities take care of the needs of our most beloved and treasured neighbors.

2020 Costa Rica wildlife volunteer

If you are a dog lover like me you may want to volunteer at one of our dog shelters here in Costa Rica! There are several that can always use a helping hand. Territorio de Zaguates is probably the most famous, well known for their EPIC dog hikes, this is also an EPIC ADD ON for our trips! Imagine yourself hiking through the fields with several hundred dogs as your guide! We can help make that happen.

A volunteer adventure adds a deeper meaning to a trip and it helps the local communities you visit. After all, giving back to our communities we share the world with is the greatest gift we can give. We do not take any commissions for any volunteer elements in any of our trips. Our feeling has always been that money spent on this stays with the rescue facility in its entirety.

We hope to hear from you soon to start planning your very own Costa Rica volunteer adventure!

Covid-19 Costa Rica Travel Update

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It is true that the face of travel in the short term and likely the mid term have changed, but that is not to say the age of travel has come to an end!  The traveler in me will always find a way to experience new places and see things for the first time and I am not alone. There will be a new normal, as travel starts to reopen for Costa Rica and around the world, but it has started.

The entire tourism sector has made changes in booking and sanitation procedures, including hotels, airlines, and tour companies. There are also things we can do as your travel planner that can create a safer environment for you. For our part, because our trips are all completely customized, that allows us to think outside the box and go even further to protect our clients. If you are concerned about traveling with the virus on the loose, we simply make your trip private to limit your exposure to other travelers. This means:

  • Private Transfers – This limits exposure to other travelers while you are on your Costa Rica vacation, it is much safer than shared transfers.
  • Private Tours – This again limits exposure to other travelers, it will be you and your private guide on the tour. This is also a much better tour experience, having the guide all to yourself as opposed to sharing his time.
  • Focus on Nature – We focus the trips away from cities and larger population areas. Costa Rica is all about nature so we focus on that to limit general exposure.

With careful planning you can experience Costa Rica with little worry of catching the virus while you are here. Costa Rica is all about nature and that is where the focus will be. You still get our handpicked guides and drivers, our 24-hour trip support, and one of the best customized travel experiences of our life.

It has been surreal to see what this has done to modern life, this world we have created with all its conveniences is indeed fragile and we have all been reminded of that. I hope that everyone stays safe, we are working hard on new travel ideas and look forward to the day when travel starts to come back to normal in the world. Sending our love from Costa Rica.
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