Hola! When we last left off, students had made the trek to the Lopez family homestay where they got a first-hand lesson on how to harvest pure Costa Rican sugarcane and turn it into candy using the traditional Trapiche tool, cauldrons, molds and a lot of hard work. After getting their fill, they spent their […]
Summertime here at Outward Bound Costa Rica is officially wrapping up! Check in next Tuesday for our last Summer Adventures update! We’ve had an amazing summer with our Summer Adventures students and Girl Scout destinations program. The have surfed, hiked, rafted, rapelled, explored and served all over Costa Rica and Panama and we’re already anticipating next year! Rainforest Exploration […]
During the first part of their Leadership Semester course, the group of ten students bonded on a trek through Piedras Blancas. They backpacked their way to two homestays- one with the Lopez family and the other with the Granados family, finally ending with a couple days for a solo. During their solos, students are traditionally […]
We can’t get enough of hearing about epic journeys done by relatively ordinary people with extraordinary ideas. Gareth Jones and Aaron Chervenak, starting next month, will begin a 9000km trip from Brazil’s most northern point to its most southern point. The duo will photodocument and video their expedition as they kayak, hike and bike to […]
The leadership course is back on base after 10 days of hiking through the remote Piedras Blancas region! Their trip included amazing vistas, heart pounding uphills, personal challenge activities, opportunities to work on the farm, and a whole lot more. Take a look at some of the students’ very own pictures below. Next up for […]