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Last replied
15 Apr 2024
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Description
We are a Costa Rican project which is located into the tropical rain forest of the Osa Peninsula at the south Pacific area in Costa Rica.
Our dream is to become a biodiversity research place where people can come and learn about our native species. We think you must know what you have in order to conserve it.
We are still working on this process and need help in many subjects.
My name is Rebeca, I am a biologist who came 15 years ago from the city to live in this forest.
My husband is Ananias, he had live all his life into this paradise. Our two children are Valeria 4 year old and Braulio 1 year old. Allan is working for us in this place, he lives there full time and takes care of our visitors.
The closest town is 4,5 km from the Station, you must cross rivers to get there and during the rainy season (August to November) it can get really complicated. We have electricity by solar panels and for the moment we offer 3 bungalows, dinning room, kitchen, shared bathrooms, garden and several trails into our 52 ha property where we have rivers, waterfalls and swimming holes.
We are located next to Corcovado National Park, the most biological intense place on earth according with National Geographic. So, we have lots of wildlife around.
We are now also looking for some help with our kids Valeria 5 years old and Braulio 2 year old, this will be exclusive for woman over 30 years old with experience on child care.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
If you like nature this will be the perfect place for you, during your free time you can hike around our beautiful forest and probably see many wildlife.
You will also have the chance to practice and improve your Spanish with local people.
This is a very far away area in Costa Rica, there are still very interesting cultural behaviors around local people, in general costarricans are very kind and friendly people.
We have also good food prepared with natural ingredients, many of those cultivated right here at our gardens.
Help
This are the things we need right now:
1. Make some new trails and repair some old ones
2. Species inventory (plants, frogs, snakes, spiders and insects if possible). For this we definitely need people with experience or with good contacts to make the correct identification of the species. You must also have a good camera to take good quality photos.
3. Customer service is the most important help we will need
We will need help with cooking, cleaning and basic things you must do in the place where you live.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Accommodation
If we have not clients at our bungalows you will stay in one of those, if we have clients you can stay on a tent.
Everything is very simple but very clean. We are into the tropical forest, so you must expect to see insects, poisonous snakes, bats and many different creatures.
What else ...
People that comes to our place definitely must love and respect nature, do not use drugs or alcohol at our place.
Be sure you really want to help us working and you are not just looking for a cheap vacation in Costa Rica.
Be sure you are not afraid about wild animals, because this is their house and you will have close encounters.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
15 hours/week- no food, 25 hours/week- food
Feedback (16)
I stayed 2 weeks at Rebeca's and it was my first ever Workaway, so I was kind of nervous for sure.
I loved that place from the first moment I stepped foot on the beautiful premises.
Completely submerged in tropical rainforest where all you can hear and see is nature.. it was just… read more
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I stayed 2 weeks at Rebeca's and it was my first ever Workaway, so I was kind of nervous for sure.
I loved that place from the first moment I stepped foot on the beautiful premises.
Completely submerged in tropical rainforest where all you can hear and see is nature.. it was just… read more
Since the project is very remote you have to be prepared to live without any service or much electricity but for me it was… read more
Due to… read more
He spended most of the time by himself at our project located in the forest and he was totally addapted.
We highly recommend Máx for other projects!
We helped with preparing the cabins for guests, caretaking the lodge, gardening, keeping the trails cleared, painting cabins and helping with the… read more
We enjoyed our time so much and hope to visit again some day!
Muchas… read more
They took good photos and help us with some of our research projects like the buterfly trap project and the frog identification.
We will always remember them and we are very happy that they decided to… read more
You were such a great help for us.
I really hope you can come back and I still dream some day we can do research together in our project!
Les deseamos lo mejor en su viaje en la vida y esperamos talvez algun dia volvernos a topar.
Un lugar increíble, difícil de olvidar, solo para gente especial, amantes de la naturaleza y de la Costa Rica pura y salvaje, un lugar para encontrarse con uno mismo y valorar las cosas… read more
We saw snakes, an array of beautiful birds, howler monkeys, spiders… read more
Rebeca was a very friendly host, highly knowledgeable and helpful. In fact, I was in serious problem when I came here (lost most of my gear on the road), so she allowed me to use her personal computer to… read more
