Jalova, Costa Rica
Volunteer in Jalova
Join a team of international participants in Tortuguero National Park on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast.
GVI’s research station in Jalova is found in Tortuguero National Park, surrounded on three sides by protected rainforest and on the other by a beach that is home to one of the largest nesting colonies of green turtles in the world. Your hands-on work will contribute to the long-term management and conservation of this stunning rainforest reserve.Â
Critical science
You'll contribute to vital conservation research targeted at protecting the earth's most valuable ecosystems.
Ethical engagement
Using the UN's SDGs as a framework, we've made a commitment to positive, constructive and sustainable impact.
Beautiful adventures
You'll spend your days exploring some of the world's most breathtaking, exhilarating and remote wildernesses.
New and Exclusive: GVI Experiences
A locally curated selection of extra activities are now included across our programs.
Learn to pick and husk a coconut
Visit the world's oldest sea turtle research group
Meditate on the beach at sunrise
Take a jungle nightwalk and frog watch
Canoe along jungle river canals at dawn
Stargaze and learn the northern constellations
Hike an extinct volcano, Cerro Tortuguero
Visit a sustainable chocolate farm
