Costa Rica Leatherback Adventure
The leatherback is one of nature's truly unique creatures. Their immense size boggles the mind; these turtles can average more than 6 feet long and 800 lbs. Their softer shell allows them to dive deeper than any other sea turtle and their size and dark color allows them to inhabit cold waters.
Meet our local partner Save The Turtles Of Parismina to study and protect leatherbacks along the northern Caribbean coast. The work includes walking the nesting beach, helping to measure the turtles, collecting eggs and move them to hatcheries, and working with hatchlings (if present).
During the day, you will participate in community activities including handicraft and cooking classes, a beach cleanup, and a boat tour of the canals. On the way back to San Jose, you'll visit a unique butterfly farm.
Customize Your Groups Trip
Leatherback Turtle Research
Walk a leatherback turtle nesting beach with local researchers and help participate in their research. Your group will accompany conservationists on the nesting beach and help collect data on the turtles. If hatchlings are present, you can help release them (later in the season - late May / June).
Parismina Community
Choose from a variety of activities with the local community. Participate with local residents in a handicraft workshop and paint your own gourd. Join a beach cleanup to keep the nesting beach clear. Take a Latin dance class. Explore the canal rainforest by boat, looking for wildlife including sloths, monkeys, frogs, and many species of birds.
Pierella Butterfly Farm
Visit a unique butterfly farm to see many colorful species of butterflies and learn about their biology. You may have opportunities to see frogs like the poison dart and red-eyed tree frogs, sloths, monkeys, and many birds including green macaws and toucans.
What To Expect
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These estimates are based on our unique Conservation Impact Pricing model. Profits from your trip will support our local partners and global conservation programs.
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