Outward Bound Costa Rica is often associated with university students, the Girl Scouts, and adventurous youth groups and young travelers; however, unlike Trix™, we are not just for kids! We have several adrenaline-charged; make-your-friends-insanely-jealous; economical adult courses which range from an Adult Surf Getaway to venues for a new career in outdoor adventure sports and […]
Just this morning, the entire 24 Day Multi-Element Course left us. It is always a tear-jerker: both among the Outward Bound Costa Rica staff and the students, themselves. This group was an especially gregarious group of Americans, Canadians, Spanish, and English students. They started their 3-week adventure on June 30 and after jungle trekking; white […]
When most people think of COSTA RICA OUTWARD BOUND, they think of surfing; waterfall rappelling; trekking volcanoes; sea kayaking; camping in the jungle; sailing; white water rafting; SCUBA diving; zip-wire flying; and other outdoor adventure sports. But what few may not know is that two core values of COSTA RICA OUTWARD BOUND are community service […]
The two most common medical queries we get at Outward Bound Costa Rica: “Do I need any vaccinations?” “Is malaria a problem? Do I need to get anti-malarial drugs?” Do I need any vaccinations? Costa Rica Outward Bound only requires that all students have their diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus (DPT) vaccine. However, Outward Bound Costa Rica suggests […]
Outward Bound Costa Rica students heading to Playa Avellanas this summer will be making a big difference for Costa Rica’s sea turtle population. While “turtle season” does not really begin until eggs are laid around September and October, there is a lot of work to do for aiding their conservation. Recently Laura Statesir, our Program […]
“…impossible to describe.” 14-year-old Anna ended her course last week with this statement. She and six other troop members from Girl Scout Troop #2122 completed an eight-day course last week after their troop leader, Jennifer York, had a plan to bring her Girl Scouts to Costa Rica for an exciting cultural experience. After one week of hiking, […]
The Programming and Communications offices have been thanking their lucky Katies lately. Katie Odell, one of our 2007 30-Day Multi-Element with Spanish Emphasis (photo: top right with fellow student Brandon Park) alumni, arrived June 14th to the relief of our base staff. There is a ton of work to do, and it’s more than we can […]
Jim Rowe bought property in Manuel Antonio in 1995 when he first had a vision for an outdoor education adventure school. It’s hard to believe fifteen years later that it serves as a supplement to a much grander rainforest base. No longer the central hub of business, students pass through it now for relaxation, surf lessons, […]
It’s not often you supply food to an island of indigenous people who actually need it. And by “actually,” we mean that even a home full of fifteen orphans did not have anything to eat last Saturday the 19th until eight Girl Scouts and their two instructors arrived with bags of food. Two weekends ago, […]
“Wait… you’re in Costa Rica right now? Oh, how cool!”This is a common reaction to parents and students that talk to us on the phone. Base is a frequent term in our Outward Bound Costa Rica vocabulary. But based on some comments from students and parents, we gather that its purpose, function, description, and location are not as […]
Waterfall rappelling is easily one of the most photographed activities we have here at Outward Bound Costa Rica. When editors of local newspapers decide to publish something about one of our alumni in their “Hometown Heroes” sections, they will inevitably choose the photo of the student waterfall rappelling over any others we submit. This activity mixes […]
So, you thought you were coordinated? Give this PB sport a try. “PB,” as in, our favorite little village of Piedras Blancas. And “sport,” as in, Carreras de Cintas in which athletes stick a peg through a tiny hanging ring while on a horse. Inevitably, you have been one of the Outward Bound Costa Rica students or […]
“Do you recommend that I bring a mosquito net?” Ahhhh, the popular question about the torpo (Costa Rican Spanish for “mosquito net”)…. This easily falls in our top ten most frequently-asked packing list questions, so it’s about time that we answered it in a public setting. This also leads us to explain another “optional” packing […]
Well, we finally did it. When Scott returned from a seven-day cat-and-mouse journey in Panama last week, we knew it meant one thing: the new van finally arrived.He summarized his cultural experience: “Nowhere are the differences between Central America and North America more evident than in the navigation of law, bureaucracy and borders.” In short: it wasn’t easy.To acquire such a beautiful […]
One of the many great parts of traveling abroad is checking out new currency, and Costa Rican money is no disappointment. With volcanoes, sharks, and jaguars and vibrant colors, the bills are full of Costa Rica´s natural wonders. (Read below for our Outward Bound Costa Rica recommendations and rules for bringing money on course.*) Costa […]