This 16 day course includes two primary phases; a land phase where students will trek and travel home to home and live our of backpacks through through the mountains of the Los Santos Forest Preserve and a water phase where students will learn the white-water based skills of swift-water rescue, river hydrology and dynamics, and white-water kayaking on the world class Savagre River. The course will conclude with a short surf camp.
Students will spend 13 nights in rural Spanish speaking Costa Rican homes, gain comprehensive backpacking and trekking skills, explore remote villages, and participate in a wide variety of cross cultural, sustainability, and adventurer activities. Students will develop cross-cultural awareness and interpersonal communication skills through daily intentional experiences. All students will be evaluated based on one pre-course research project and lesson plan, daily journaling, one reflection paper, and team participation. This course utilizes three world class locations; the Los Santos Forest Preserve, the Savagre River, Ballena Marine National Park.
Basic Information
Location
Costa Rica
Program Type
Winter Intensive
Cost
$3800-$4000 (Estimate)
Student Experience
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