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Monteverde Butterfly Garden
Costa Rica Volunteer Placement
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- Volunteer Only
A private organization created to provide education about Costa Rica's butterflies and ecology.
The costarrican-american owned project is very well organized. Focusing on giving information about butterflies to the tourist visitors in the Monteverde Area, the Butterfly Garden has volunteers from different countries working as guides, making it a very intercultural experience.
Give tours of butterfly garden and museum. Other duties include general maintenance of building, gardening, care of exhibits.
Work Schedule: 09:30-4:00 Seven days a week. The Butterfly Garden is open 365 days/year.
Location of Placements: Monteverde
Lodging: Onsite housing provide. Dormitory style onsite.
Requirements:
- Minimum age: 18 years.
- Minimum commitment: 8 weeks.
- Minimum Spanish level: Low-Intermediate
- Fluent in ENGLISH for tours
- Knowledge of environmental education, tourism and/or biology
- Knowledge of German, French, Italian, or Spanish helpful
Important Things to Consider:
- Mostly English spoken.
- Little nightlife in the area.
- At least one week of language classes are recommended, in order to meet with the onsite staff.
- Work is related with butterflies and insects in general.
- Rain forest: A lot of mosquitoes and other insects.
Other Comments:
The maximum number of volunteers that this organization accepts is 4.
(note: that we don’t know if positions are available until you apply).
Longer placements fare much better (12-24 weeks): the work becomes more hands-on, learning increases & you're able to be fully involved. You may not be exposed to a lot of Spanish. Demanding placement. Full training offered for longer commitments.
Program Fees:
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