Volunteer in Central America

Volunteer in Central America

Projects Abroad offers placements in Costa Rica, Central America, to volunteers of all abilities and ages, from anywhere in the world. Whether you are retired or on a gap-year; taking a career break or on holiday from work, school, college or university; volunteering as an elective student or an intern, we have a voluntary project to suit you.

Projects Abroad has been organising volunteer placements since 1992 and we are the world’s leading overseas volunteering organisation. We have many placements available in each of our destinations, which means that we can offer a great degree of flexibility – not only do you choose the project that you want, the duration of this project and your own start date, but we will also work with you to find a placement which best suits your abilities and interests.

Volunteer placements in Central America: Costa Rica

We have a range of volunteering opportunities in Costa Rica. The country is renowned for its biodiversity and, as a result, our Conservation & Environment project is second-to-none. We also offer Teaching, Care, Sports, Journalism and Spanish Language placements.

Our office in Costa Rica is located in Liberia in Guanacaste province. Projects are located in the town or the surrounding area. Our Conservation & Environment project is located in Barra Honda National Park.

Travel & Tourism in Central America

There is plenty of scope for visiting other parts of your Costa Rica whilst you are on your project, and weekend trips are regularly organised by Projects Abroad staff and volunteers to places like San Jose, the nation’s capital, and Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, a seaside town near the Panama border.

Opportunities for further travel in Central America abound; the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean are just on your doorstep, Panama – to the east - holds the key to the door of South America and Nicaragua and the rest of Central America lie to the north.