VOLUNTEERING PROGRAMME 2026
Get to know Costa Rica while helping to leave a positive footprint on social and environmental projects.
What is volunteering?
It is a one-day or multi-day program aiming to contribute to community development by developing projects to raise awareness among participants of the importance of proper waste management, reforestation, planting, and the environment. Environment, the preservation of values and traditions, among other things, to achieve sustainable development.
In addition to voluntary work, the participant has the opportunity to experience the farming experience and take part in leisure or cultural activities, such as tortilla courses in a wooden kitchen (stove), traditional cooking courses depending on the region, sports afternoons (Jenga), mini rodeo with calves and milking the cow, the night of dance with popular music, the night of gatherings (stories, legends, and stories of the community), the night of serenade with guitar, dinner with typical sandwiches, an afternoon of traditional games, live with the grandparents and hear their stories about their youth. In addition, learn the process of making artisanal cheese or coffee and participate in the farewell party/dinner. Most importantly, connect with this community because if you stay, it would be in family homes, and there you can bond with the family, who you can see as your parents and siblings.
- Preparation of organic gardens for the families of the community.
- Construction of an organic garden for the school.
- Construction of a community kindergarten / garden for selling products in the capital.
- Preparation of the host gardens for birds and butterflies.
- Construction of sewage filter beds in households.
- Monitoring, investigation and maintenance of paths in the various companies.
- Preparation and implementation of extracurricular educational programs for children and young people.
- Accommodation with the families of the community.
- Exclusive space for volunteers.
- Shared bathroom with the family
- All meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner).
- Logistics for carrying out projects
Net price per person per night for each option is 50.00 USD full board
On request: volunteering on Isla Chira.
This place belongs to Miramar de Puntarenas, 25 kilometres from the Delta pump. It is a small rural community with a pleasant and cool climate, very similar to Monteverde, surrounded by pastures and forests. Use google maps: CABAÑAS LAS ORQUIDEAS (Zapotal de Miramar).
The primary source of income is from milk production, cheese, and homemade custard. It’s a tiny community, but the people are amazing and very friendly and helpful—meeting point: Posada Rural Las Orquídeas, where Fressy and Juan Carlos will meet you.
Juanilama is located 7 kilometers north of Santa Rosa de Pocosol in the canton of San Carlos. About 100 residents live in this parish, most of whom are dedicated to livestock and milk production and their derivatives. Aside from farming like pineapples, bananas and tubers given the conditions of the hot and humid climate it usually has. Within the community is the Juanilama Ecological Reserve, a 25 hectare primary forest that protects an impressive waterfall.
The meeting point at the community ranch in front of the school that will receive it is Sandra.
Municipality in the area of Los Santos, of the Quetzales National Park, 12 kilometers. You have the opportunity to walk a little through the park to reach this 100% rural municipality, surrounded by mountains, rivers with completely clean water, and a dairy area. The residents are very authentic and still keep the “pura vida.” Its economic income is from coffee, avocado, and blackberry. David Retana will meet you at the Flor de Loto restaurant around midday to familiarize you with the community and surroundings.
You are in Aguas Zarcas de la Fortuna in Venice. They are a community with a total of 64 people, they have a school, a college and a sports field. 13 families are involved in the project; they support young people to take part in the activities. Your income will be from cassava production.
Meet in the community hall that welcomes you to Mauricio.
The Térraba are an indigenous group from the South Pacific area with a rich cultural heritage. They live near the Grande de Terraba River and are a community that has survived thanks to their knowledge of cultivating the land for hundreds of years.
6 Km South of Santa Clara Service Station, on Route 32. The Manú Centre is a non-profit civil society, constituted in 1995 thanks to the efforts of three non-governmental organisations, who at that time decided to establish a centre for accommodation, food and training classrooms in which to carry out their training activities with the beneficiaries of their work.
The name of our lodge is dedicated to the manú tree (Minguartia guianensis), a tree typical of the tropical rainforest, whose distribution extends from our northern neighbouring country to tropical South America. Its wood is highly appreciated by the peasants for its hardness and resistance, being frequently used for the construction of fences and the construction of corrals, sheds or the structure of floors and walls of rural houses.
The community of Barra del Colorado is part of volunteer programmes aimed at the development and well-being of the community. Therefore, in collaboration with private companies, NGOs, and volunteers, the following activities are offered to benefit the area: the restoration of schools, the cleaning of beaches and rivers, as well as talks and awareness workshops for children and young people in the area.
Essential notes on Barra del Colorado:
– We operate with a minimum of 2 pax.
-The destination must be reached by boat, you must arrive at Puerto Lindo, and two options are offered:
Public Boat in Puerto Lindo, Hours: Monday to Saturday, 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Price per way $10.00 per person, to be paid directly to the driver in cash.
Private Boat in Puerto Lindo, Maximum capacity of 12 people.
A flexible schedule to choose from. Price per way $90.00.
