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...
by admin | Dec 12, 2017 | monkeys, RPT Research, Volunteering
During the month of November, the staff and some volunteers started the monkey surveys which involve a beautiful 2 hour walk around the reserve, through jungle and river, with some amazing views of both ocean and mountain. There are both Capuchin and Howler monkeys in...
by admin | Mar 6, 2017 | Internships
Barry van der Veeken I am an Applied Biology student at HAS University in the Netherlands. As part of my education I got the privilege to do an internship abroad. I chose for Costa Rica and RPT because of the biodiversity, beautiful location and good reviews of other...
by admin | Feb 23, 2017 | RPT Research
As mentioned last year (here), Reserva Playa Tortuga has been researching the effects of sand erosion at Playa Tortuga. As a part of our partnership with the Georgia Sea Turtle Center (GSTC), our former Americorp research intern, Ashley Lavere, presented the results...
by admin | Dec 18, 2016 | RPT Research
While turtles are obviously a primary focus here at Reserva Playa Tortuga, we also take our role as stewards of the environment and all its inhabitants very seriously. This is why we have other programs in place, such as the crocodilian study, the butterfly garden and...
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