by admin | Nov 25, 2019 | Internships, Turtles, Volunteering
Reserva Playa Tortuga is very proud to share this article from Workingabroad.com with all of you, where we are placed as the number one on the list of TOP 10 Best Volunteering Abroad Projects for 2020. Here’s the extract: 1. Playa Tortuga Conservation Volunteer...
by admin | Jun 22, 2019 | Community, RPT Research, Turtles, Volunteering
The 2019 turtle’s season is almost here and during the second week of July, the Reserve will officially start the beach night monitoring for the protection of sea turtles. If you live in the Costa Ballena area and want to join the night monitoring, we invite you...
by admin | Feb 11, 2019 | birds, butterflies, children, Community, education, summer club, Turtles
So, the Summer Club 2019 is over and surely the kids had a blast. They learnt not just on the theory, but also on the field, about so many species and ecosystem in generally. Some of the activities they did were: canopy at Hacienda Baru, turtle exhumation and release,...
by admin | Oct 24, 2018 | RPT Research, Turtles
The week of August 20 to 25 there were very special moments in Reserva Playa Tortuga, as the first two releases of baby turtles were made in the 2018 season. A total of 164 hatchlings started their journey across the oceans. In case any of these hatchlings survive and...
by admin | Aug 14, 2018 | RPT Research, Turtles, Volunteering
Very early the morning of the 22nd of June, after returning from a crocodile monitoring, members of the Reserva Playa Tortuga observed turtle tracks on the beach and found a nest with 91 eggs. This is the first official nest of the 2018 season. Playa Tortuga is a...
by admin | Jan 22, 2018 | monkeys, RPT Research, Turtles, Volunteering
About 40 students between 17 and 18 years old from the Galloway School in Atlanta, US, visited the Reserva Playa Tortuga during January of this year. Accompanied by their teachers Lynda Jenkins and Stephen Fleming-Cooper, the students had the opportunity to stay for...
Reserva Playa Tortuga is a non-profit biological research and education center formed in 2009 by community members (“citizen scientists”) and Costa Rican scientists. read more