Giving Back – Helping the Sea Turtle Refuge

Giving Back – Helping the Sea Turtle Refuge

The service projects at Playa Tulin are some of our most popular as they involve everyone’s favorite topic: sea turtles. However the projects at Tulin often involve more than collecting of the eggs and helping the little ones safely into the ocean. The sea turtle refuge at Tulin is an organization that survives because of the hard work of volunteers like the students at Outward Bound Costa Rica. As many of our alumni know, the facilities at Tulin are rather spartan and can always benefit from some projects to help refurbish and repair, which in turn helps other volunteers and the staff to better do their job. Additional projects such as management of the landscape and area (building fences, clearing out debris, etc) help immensely to keep the area clear and organized. Take a look at the work the most recent Tropical Challenge group did; they collected all the drift wood and turned it into a fence for the refuge’s beach area.

All the wood by the beach was turned into an awesome fence

The refuge and surrounding facility gets quite a few visitors a year, and gets even more wear and tear due to heavy use and lack of repairs. Some of our upcoming service projects will involve repairs and improvements to the facility. Our Program Director was recently at Tulin and took pictures of some of the particular things that we will be working on, take a look!

This structure will be needing some new siding and a fresh coat of paint
Some new tin roofing will do the trick on this structure
This corner and some others like it could use some additional concrete

One of the best parts about Playa Tulin and the park rangers who work there is the opportunity they give to help preserve one of natures most incredible animals. However it is also very rewarding to be able to give back to the reserve and its workers – a location and people who care immensely for their responsibilities and work tirelessly to help the sea turtles and educate others about their importance. We here at Outward Bound Costa Rica appreciate the work done by the Playa Tulin Reserve and look forward to opportunities where we can help give back!

If you would like to learn more about opportunities specifically related to helping the facilities at Playa Tulin, please email our Programming Director at programdirector@crrobs.org.