If you are an animal lover and you always wanted to be around exotic animals, this project in the rainforest of Costa Rica is just the thing for you! Here you can immerse in a fascinating world and promote animal protection and plant biodiversity.
This program allows you to work for stay and food in Ecuador, while learning about the local culture, exploring the amazing country and improving your Spanish skills.
The program place is located close to the city of Ibarra, approximately 120 km (75 mi) north of the country’s capital, Quito.
This volunteer work in Costa Rica takes place in one of the country’s national parks. Although Costa Rica is a very small country, the vegetation and wildlife are extremely diverse. The national parks system was established to protect the country’s unique nature and biodiversity since the beginning of the environmental conservation movement.
The Manu National Park is located in the middle of the Peruvian Amazonas region in south eastern Peru. The territory reaches almost 19,000 km2 (7,336 m2) and was declared a national park in 1973, to serve as a protection and preservation zone for vegetation and wildlife. Additionally, it aims to preserve the traditional lifestyle and culture of the native Peruvian population.
This volunteer program in Peru takes place in the beautiful colonial city of Cusco, which is the starting point for excursions to the world-famous Machu Picchu. Volunteers are placed in different children’s homes for girls or boys or mixed. These institutions offer a refuge for children and teenagers who come from socially disadvantaged and poor families.
On the one hand, Cusco is a stronghold for tourists from all over the world, as the famous Inca city of Machu Picchu is not far away and Cusco itself has a World Heritage status as a colonial city and the former capital of the Inca empire. Unfortunately, it is also one of the Peruvian cities with the highest rate of violence against women.
Although the children suffer from a variety of disabilities, most are affected by autism or Down syndrome. If you would love children and would like to work with those who need help the most, this is your chance to show your social commitment while volunteering abroad.
To reduce the number of street dogs, there is a dog shelter in Cusco that gives many dogs a new home. Currently, there are about 30 dogs at this shelter being treated and trained (number is subject to changes). The shelter’s primary goal is to help rehabilitate the dogs so that they can be put up for adoption after their recovery.
Peru is home to an amazing wealth of different animal species; the Andean region in particular is the natural habitat of many wild animals and bird species. On the other side of the country in the Amazonas Region, Peru hosts an impressive number of exotic species and very diverse wildlife. The animal sanctuary in the Cusco region specialize in taking in wild animals that can no longer live independently in the wild.
The horse ranch is located 800 km north of Lima in the area of a huge dry forest of Carob Trees, Zapotes and Vischayos. The owners, a nice family, run the ranch as a tourism project and offers riding excursions, riding holidays, farm holidays, etc. If you already know about horses and love riding, this is the place for you.