Leatherback turtle nested on the Paradise Beach project!
Last week we received a VERY exciting update from the Costa Rica turtle project! On Tuesday 25th November a leatherback turtle nested on the Paradise Beach project. These are one of the …
Category: Costa Rica Turtles
Ghost gear putting marine life in danger
This month the World Animal Protection is tackling Ghost Gear by collaborating with a number of organisations and businesses to help solve this world wide problem. What is Ghost Gear? …
Oyster Reviews: Volunteering with turtles in Costa Rica
Find out what Oyster volunteers have said in these reviews of our turtle volunteering project in Costa Rica: “Getting involved with actual conservation work (night patrols, hatchery work, hatchling releases etc) was a …
Costa Rica: adventures of a gap year volunteer
Turtle gap year volunteer Anne describes a day’s expedition in Costa Rica To say that I was out of control would be an understatement. I was completely and utterly extremely dangerously out …
Learning to surf at a tropical Costa Rican beach
Watching the local surfers this morning from the hatchery, I was gripped with a rush of adrenaline tinged with fear. I really wanted to give surfing a go again, in a place …
Settling in at the paradise beach, Costa Rica
On my first morning in the tropical locationI was awoken at 5am by the sound of what sounded like an ape in my bedroom. In actual fact, it was a group of …
Anne’s Costa Rican turtle journey continues- to the tropical project
The bus journey to San José was an experience. It left at around 3am, which in theory sounded perfect, as I reckoned on sleeping all the way to the capital, arriving at …
The final days at the paradise beach placement
Tomorrow I am leaving this beach, and I must admit that I am going to be sad to go. I have had such an amazing time here, keeping very busy with the …
A day in the life of working with turtles
Anne’s account of life at the Paradise Beach Placement continues: This morning I woke up and realised that something very strange was going on. It was very quiet. An intensely bright light …
The sighting of the Giant- amazing turtles in Costa Rica
I awoke on my first day at the paradise beach project to the torrential rain that I have become accustomed to. Will it ever stop? We first walked to the soda, the …
