filed in Costa Rica on Jan.06, 2011
News just in: our four intrepid Costa Rica Leapers have arrived in San Jose and spent today being briefed by their project co-ordinators Marco and Roberto. As one of Costa Rica’s top-dogs in turtle conservation Roberto gave them a wealth of information about the species they’ll be helping to protect for the next 4 weeks [...]
filed in Costa Rica on Dec.15, 2010
Last month The Leap’s intrepid Alice headed back to Costa Rica (it’s a tough job!) to see how the projects and communities we’ve been working with since 2006 are coming along. For the past 4 years lovely Leap volunteers have been working at El Silencio community on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, helping the [...]
filed in Costa Rica on May.13, 2009
What makes Costa Rica a HOT HOT HOT destination for Gap years? Let The Leap list the ways… 1. Culture Costa Ricans, also knows as ‘Ticos’ are notoriously warm and welcoming people and make the country a fantastic destination for gap years. Whether it’s coaxing unsuspecting Leapers out of their seats for a bout of [...]
