Costa Rica & Nicaragua expeditions

Raleigh has been working in Costa Rica & Nicaragua for the past seven years. Volunteers have completed 168 environmental projects and community projects; all with the absolute dedication of 1931 venturers and 454 volunteer managers.

Why Costa Rica & Nicaragua?

Find out more about Costa Rica & Nicaragua

Choosing a Costa Rica and Nicaragua expedition allows you to get to know two different countries. Costa Rica with its beautiful variety of national parks, world-class biodiversity, stunning & challenging trekking terrain and remote indigenous reserves and Nicaragua with it remote rural communities, traditional 'campesino' culture and fascinating history make for a rich and diverse location to undertake volunteer projects. As a volunteer in Costa Rica & Nicaragua you could be living and working among communities to improve health and educational services, helping to protect the countries' natural environment and trekking over mountainous terrain, beaches, jungles and volcanoes.

Engage yourself in our selection of recommended books and films to discover more about Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

Read more about the types of volunteer projects you may be working on:

Community projects
Environmental projects
Adventure

Want to know more?

To find out more, simply choose from below which best describes you:

Aged 17-24	Aged 25+	Schools & groups	Youth agencies	Companies

Browse our photos, blogs and videos and word of mouth for an insight into Raleigh life there and download an information pack

Read about past Costa Rica & Nicaragua expeditions in our expedition magazines:

June - September 2008 (12MB)
September - December 2008 (5MB)
January - April 2009 (3MB)
June - September 2009 (5MB)
September - December 2009 (2MB)

Related links
Lonely Planet Guide to Central America
Rough Guide to Costa Rica
 

Espanol por favor
Before doing volunteer work in Costa Rica & Nicaragua with Raleigh it's important to try and learn some basic Spanish. A little Spanish can go a long way and you'll get more out of your volunteering experience if you can interact with the community in their mother tongue. In your welcome pack we'll recommend language schools in Costa Rica that you could attend before joining an expedition.

Want to travel to Costa Rica & Nicaragua to do voluntary work? Call us on 020 7183 1270 for a chat about volunteering opportunities!