Two Girl Scouts Troops have joined us in the past few days to respectively participate in a Rainforest & Culture Custom Program and a Panama Service Custom Expedition. The Girl Scouts Troop 31655, with 11 participants from Nothern California, will hike 16km in total, as they discover the Piedras Blancas National Park, following a route that a […]
You’ve chosen your program and reserved your spot. You’re all set for an adventure with Outward Bound Costa Rica! Now you’re counting down the days until you land in San José, ready to begin. But how can you make sure you come prepared, ready to get the most out of your experience with us? We’ve […]
Students from SUNY New Paltz arrived a week ago to our rainforest base in Costa Rica to begin their Custom Course with Outward Bound Costa Rica. After preparing their backpack with their experienced local instructors, students set out early in the morning to drive to Santa Maria, where they started an intense hike in the […]
The students from Hurricane Island Outward Bound School recently returned to our Costa Rican rainforest base from a surfing phase in Playa Uvita, an ideal spot for beginners. For many of the students, this phase of their course was their first experience surfing. “I was able to stand on the board and catch broken waves from the […]
This fall, as part of a nine-month gap year program that takes them around the world, 16 students from the Winterline Global Skills Program joined Outward Bound Costa Rica to push their limits in the outdoors of Panama and Costa Rica. The Winterline Global Skills Program encourages the development of individuals equipped to be citizens […]
Outward Bound Costa Rica welcomes your group to Central America for the experience of a lifetime. First, check out our exciting videos below to explore our three program platforms (Spanish Language & Culture, Leadership & Team Building, and Service Adventure) and hear what our students and chaperones have to say about their experience. Then, view […]
Ilia Corella Hometown: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands OLS Spring 2015 Alum Ilia transitioned from student to instructor with the Outdoor Leader Semester after completing her course in Spring 2015 and then working as an Outward Bound Costa Rica Field Instructor Intern during the summer season. She couldn’t wait to work as an intern on all of the Scuba & Sea Turtle Adventure Girl […]
Every year Girl Scouts travel to Costa Rica to participate in service adventures. This December, Girl Scout troop 5644 from Virginia joined us in Costa Rica for a customized Group Program. During their eight-day course, the girls made a difference in local communities while participating in culturally-rich service projects working with the indigenous Cabecar population in […]
The Communications staff here is excited to welcome our new Custom Course Manager to the OBCR team! Kate Burke will be dedicated to running and developing OBCR’s Custom courses, also known as our Build an Adventure program. She hopes to collaborate with others to create high-impact, meaningful learning opportunities in beautiful Costa Rica. Here on […]
The Communications staff here is excited to welcome our new Custom Course Manager to the OBCR team! Michelle Luise Mazzeo will be in charge of running and developing OBCR’s Custom courses, also known as our Build an Adventure program. Michelle hopes to create as many opportunities as possible for people to get the Outward Bound […]
Outward Bound Costa Rica is well known for its semester and summer courses, but what you may not know is that we also offer educational institutions, corporate groups, social organizations, friends and families the opportunity to design and experience their “own” Outward Bound experience—we call this a “custom course”. Shawn Pendergrass is our Custom Course […]
University of Alabama students wouldn’t have guessed any of their days to end to the tune of “Yankee Doodle” when they came here in May as part of their Alabama Action Abroad program. But before bed one evening, as the nightly meeting was coming to an end, the Cacique cued AJ Collins, the Hanashita, to […]
jour·ney [jur-nee]–noun1. (dictionary.com) a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip2. (Teton Science School) a direct experience in the ecological or cultural environment that serves as an essential part of learning With the name “Teton Science School” you might be wondering how it is different from any other school […]
University of Alabama returned to us for the second time this school year (see this newsletter article about the service project they completed last December); this time, with Alabama Action Abroad. This group of honors student spent a semester studying global poverty and service, and ended their course with a service trip to Costa Rica […]
University of Alabama‘s students arrive on Monday, and they have a big service job in Talamanca ahead of them. And who better to lead them than our veteran Tico Land Instructor, Orlando Zamora, along with one of our newest instructors, Sean Marr? Our Custom Course Manager, Shawn Pendergrass, will also accompany this group of eleven […]