Marino Ballena volunteer project

Marino Ballena National Park is named after the Humpback Whales that migrate here each year to mate before returning to the north. The park protects the largest coral reef on the Pacific side of Costa Rica and the Ballena Islands, the whales can be seen with their young between December and April and in September and October.
Playas Uvita and Ballena are relatively unvisited stretches of white and golden sand.
The largest coral reef on the Pacific Coast of Central America forms a crescent necklace with the three small islands known as Las Tres Hermanas (three sisters) and Ballena Island as the center piece. Olive Ridley and Hawksbill turtles can be seen laying their eggs on night visit to the beach between May and November.
The National Park is about 120 miles southwest of San José on the Pacific coast.

Volunteer programme

The programme was created to help the conservation of the richness of Marino Ballena National Park, to assure the maintenance of habitats critical to the reproduction and egg-laying of many marine species, preserve the productivity of the biological communities that inhabit the coastal zone.
Volunteers help with the following:
-maintainance of trails, cleaning and protection the camping areas.
 -maintain the infrastructure to support the labor of the officials responsible for the area.
-provide customer service and pay monitor tourist activities in the area
-Control Walks

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