Our Summer Adventure program is working out wonderfully. I have no words to describe the amazing legacy our volunteers are leaving whatever they are, in Tropical Adventures we feel very honored to host this beautiful people. Right now, our volunteers are working in the Sea Turtle project in Camaronal, where they’re helping out the three coordinators there to preserve the turtles. They’ve already been in Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean Coast working with iguanas and on the Talamanca Indigenous Reservation working with a retirement home and teaching English at an elementary school and cultural center.

Next week, we’re going to be in the Monte Alto project. There, we’re going to be helping out Miguel and Alcides in creating trails, general maintenance of the orquid garden and two wildlife management workshops. Our volunteers have been taking excellent tours at the same time, such as white water rafting, canopy (zip-line), visiting some Panama waterfalls, fishing, hot springs, volcanoes, kayaking, organic farms and many more to come. It has been a great summer adventure for them and for all of us at Tropical Adventures.

At the same time, we’re receiving new volunteers almost every day in all of our projects. Three families are coming next week to do what we call Voluntouring, which is a combo of volunteering and touring around Costa Rica. These are customized programs we put together for families, groups or individuals to support our projects and take some tours around the country. This way of traveling is becoming more and more popular every day. It’s a vacation with a purpose.

At Tropical Adventures we take care of our volunteers. We want them to have a great time in their projects, their tours, with their host families or hotels, we provide them with an excellent personalized attention while they’re in Costa Rica, good medical insurance, cell phone rental, orientation / training, 24-hour emergency support, transportation, great food and most important…we make them feel like they’re family. It’s not just volunteering, it’s a Tropical Adventure!