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
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