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Become a part of the answer by joining one of our Eco-Volunteer Programs! CCC has set up these very unique travel and research programs to give the public an outstanding opportunity to not only see the depth of our organization's research, but to also be a part of it! In addition, CCC can provide accommodations for scientists and research groups studying the local flora and fauna.
"Everyone ought to see a turtle nesting. It is an impressive thing to see, the pilgrimage of a sea creature back to the land its ancestors left a hundred million years ago. The nesting rites begin, for the watcher, at least, when the turtle strands in the surf. That part is hard to watch, those minutes when she comes up with the breakers and stays there for a while, rising with a wave then bumping back softly on the sand, making up her mind. She blinks and peers, turns her nose down and presses it onto the wave-washed bottom, then looks up and all around and blinks some more. She is clearly making a decision. What her criteria are, nobody knows ...The turtle is wild and skittish when she first touches shore, and even the light of a match struck far up the beach may send her back to the sea." - Archie Carr, The Windward Road
This passage conveys the fascination that brings people from all over the world to the remote black sand beaches of Tortuguero, Costa Rica. In 1954, Dr. Archie Carr initiated his pioneering work on marine turtles at Tortuguero. During the past five decades, this ongoing study has become the longest continuing sea turtle research program in the world. As a CCC Eco-Volunteer Participant you will have an unforgettable experience that may even change your life. You can help continue CCC's over 50 years of research and conservation efforts by assisting CCC's biologists study sea turtles and Neo-tropical birds. (View Slideshow)
By joining one of CCC's Eco-Volunteer Programs, you will not only support our research efforts financially, you will get the chance to work with us and other research participant volunteers in Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Research Participants stay at our facilities on-site at the John H. Phipps Biological Field Station, located in a tropical rainforest setting, and just steps from the black sand beach. Visiting researchers and participants wanting a more comfortable accomodations can stay in the Landon T. Clay Scientists Residence.
You will work hands-on with our research staff on the program of your choice. But please understand that the Caribbean Conservation Corporation's research programs are scientific research projects, not guided tours or package holidays. You will be assisting researchers with scientific field work at a remote field station, and when not working you will have unsupervised free time to relax and enjoy the nature surrounding you.
 Named by National Geographic Adventure as one of the ten hands-on scientific expeditions to get involved in. Volunteer Research Trips: Get Scientific - If your interest in scientific exploration goes beyond watching public television, join one of these hand-on, volunteer vacations that get you close to the action alongside scientists in the field.
Sound like fun? Then we want you as part of our team. Our Eco-Volunteers truly make a difference in advancing our research, and you can too!
Watch a video of life as a CCC Eco-Volunteer
Eco-Volunteer Brochure 
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