SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION • COSTA RICA
Together we protect
sea turtles and
their habitat.
Turtle Trax offers volunteer opportunities that supports biodiversity, sea turtle conservation and the empowerment of local communities in Costa Rica’s southern Nicoya Peninsula.
Our Mission
Biodiversity Protection
Turtle Trax S. A., is an organization that promotes rural-ecotourism which encourages and supports the protection of biodiversity and the empowerment of local communities in Costa Rica's southern Nicoya Peninsula.
Sea Turtle Projects (CREMA)
Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn about the importance and threats that sea turtle populations are facing currently.
Environmental education and awareness
Turtle Trax believes that environmental education and awareness from an early age is extremely important in order to promote such topics to continue in the future.
Awareness about the solid waste management
Turtle Trax believes that environmental education and awareness from an early age is extremely important in order to promote such topics to continue in the future.
OUR BEACH PROJECTS
Four communities. One shared purpose.
Corozalito
Corozalito is known for the possibility of witnessing an arribada—the massive synchronous nesting event that may involve several thousand turtles.
Bejuco
This project is operated in close collaboration with the small-scale fishing community of Bejuco, providing a sustainable supplemental source of income.
Costa de Oro
Located just south of San Miguel, Costa de Oro hosts several hundred nesting olive ridley sea turtles per season. Occasional hawksbill and green turtles nest here too.
San Miguel
This was our first community-based sea turtle conservation site. Operating uninterrupted since 1998, several hundred olive ridley sea turtles nest here per season (Jul–Dec).
OUR IMPACT
Measured in real conservation work.
Nests protected during the season
Hatchlings released during the season
Volunteers working in our projects
Beach cleanups during the season
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES
What people say.
An environmental group dedicated to not only the conservation of turtles but helping to make sustainable environmentally friendly communities.
Kim Davies
From beginning to end a truly amazing experience... everybody here makes you feel welcome and part of the team. Thank you so much.
Barbara Brown
This trip really put life into perspective. I will never forget being able to see the Milky Way the first time I ever saw a sea turtle on the beach.
Savannah Clemente