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September Arribada in Corozalito,

September Arribada in Corozalito,

SEPTEMBER ARRIBADA IN COROZALITO Turtles came mainly at night Corozalito just had its second arribada! An arribada is an event where hundreds or thousands of Olive Ridley sea turtles come to the beach to nest at the same time! We take advantage of this time to record…

ARRIBADA COROZALITO

ARRIBADA COROZALITO

ARRIBADA COROZALITO See you later! We had a great arribada! We want to thank the entire community for helping out during this amazing event. If you want to stay updated for when the next arribada happens make sure to give us a Like/share/follow! in our Facebook page…

ARRIBADA

ARRIBADA

ARRIBADA Corozalito has had its ARRIBADA. An Arribada is an event that happens almost every season, where hundreds or thousands of nesting females come to nest at the same time. This is a unique event that only happens with the Olive Ridley sea turtle. We are…

Interships and volunteering in Costa Rica

Interships and volunteering in Costa Rica

Interships and volunteering in Costa Rica Fascinated about sea turtles? Seeking to obtain field experience and help to conserve these amazing creatures? Turtle Trax has been listed as one of the Top Conservation Internships and Volunteer Opportunities by Conservation…

Bejuco Sea Turtle Nesting Season Started

Bejuco Sea Turtle Nesting Season Started

Bejuco Sea Turtle Nesting Season Started This past Monday CREMA’s Bejuco project started, and now all the 4 nesting projects (San Miguel, Costa de Oro, Bejuco  and Corozalito) are running. Yesterday all the team mobilized to Bejuco to help conditioning the hatchery,…

Volunteering plays an important role in marine conservation and community development

Volunteering plays an important role in marine conservation and community development

Over the last 16 years, volunteers have worked hard on our project beaches to protect thousands of sea turtle nests and release hundreds of thousands of hatchings into the Pacific Ocean. The funds received from volunteers are used to run our turtle projects, and help provide an income for local community members through opportunities such as guiding patrols and cooking meals.

Good start of the 2019 turtle season

Good start of the 2019 turtle season

Good start of the 2019 turtle season We are off to a good start The CREMA research team found this turtle during sunrise in one of the first censuses of their training.As part of the rules, to secure a good handling of the turtles the voluteers usually work turtles by…