Buenavista sea turtle conservation volunteer project
You have the chance to help the sea turtles survive!! A wonderful legacy from prehistoric times.
Buenavista sea turtle conservation program is a scientific based conservation activity whose objective is to is help to preserve the sea turtles and the associated ecosystems of an area in the Costa Rican Pacific coast.
The aim is to increase the amount of sea turtle hatchlings to give higher survival possibilities to this beautiful reptiles. The project works to preserve the nests on the beach and to generate scientific information, to describe the dynamics of nesting by collecting data.
Buenavista beach a primary nesting site for three of the four species of marine turtles which has not official protection: the Leatherbacks, olive riddle and green turtle, depending of season. More than 300 nests have been observed in a season.
It works with Costa Rican and international volunteers to protect the hatchlings and their development.
Some of the main problems are the intense development , excessive lighting that confuses the turtles, the flourising tourism and the taking of eggs and the depredation of nests,
Volunteer Program
The camp site is 800 meters away from the ocean, the mangroves are in the back and the Rio Buena Vista is a few meters away.
You will see turtles as well as lot of sea birds, crocodiles, iguanas among others. The main goal of this project is to help the sea turtle populations to recover.
It is located in the Guanacaste province at the Province of Nicoya. The project is
3.5 kilometres to the north of Samara Beach
General Tasks
Nightly beach patrols for the protection of marine turtles and collecting the eggs
Identify and account for turtle tracks on the beaches.
Search for turtle nests.
Count numbers of eggs found in each nest and relocate the eggs to a secure egg nursery.
Assist in cleaning the immediate surrounds of nesting zones.
Monitor relocated turtle nests; monitor nest temperatures.
Liberating baby turtles for their initial journey to sea.
Take biometric measurements of turtles.
Work in the organic gardens and in trail building activities.
Construction of nurseries to protect the nests from depredation and harvesting,
Assisting in a variety of maintenance activities.
Buenavista sea turtle conservation program is a scientific based conservation activity whose objective is to is help to preserve the sea turtles and the associated ecosystems of an area in the Costa Rican Pacific coast.
The aim is to increase the amount of sea turtle hatchlings to give higher survival possibilities to this beautiful reptiles. The project works to preserve the nests on the beach and to generate scientific information, to describe the dynamics of nesting by collecting data.
Buenavista beach a primary nesting site for three of the four species of marine turtles which has not official protection: the Leatherbacks, olive riddle and green turtle, depending of season. More than 300 nests have been observed in a season.
It works with Costa Rican and international volunteers to protect the hatchlings and their development.
Some of the main problems are the intense development , excessive lighting that confuses the turtles, the flourising tourism and the taking of eggs and the depredation of nests,
Volunteer Program
The camp site is 800 meters away from the ocean, the mangroves are in the back and the Rio Buena Vista is a few meters away.
You will see turtles as well as lot of sea birds, crocodiles, iguanas among others. The main goal of this project is to help the sea turtle populations to recover.
It is located in the Guanacaste province at the Province of Nicoya. The project is
3.5 kilometres to the north of Samara Beach
General Tasks
Nightly beach patrols for the protection of marine turtles and collecting the eggs
Identify and account for turtle tracks on the beaches.
Search for turtle nests.
Count numbers of eggs found in each nest and relocate the eggs to a secure egg nursery.
Assist in cleaning the immediate surrounds of nesting zones.
Monitor relocated turtle nests; monitor nest temperatures.
Liberating baby turtles for their initial journey to sea.
Take biometric measurements of turtles.
Work in the organic gardens and in trail building activities.
Construction of nurseries to protect the nests from depredation and harvesting,
Assisting in a variety of maintenance activities.
