28 of Carmel's Biology students visited Costa Rica over the Easter holidays.

The trip was partly work and partly pleasure. The students first worked with a group of Costa Ricans on a Turtle Conservation project. They went out on night patrols to find the turtles laying their eggs. The eggs were then collected and taken to a safe place to hatch to protect them from poachers. 

During the day the students helped make a new turtle hatchery and to clear the beach of driftwood to give clear areas for the turtles for the turtles to lay their eggs on.

We then moved to Cahuita beach for some fun. The students did a rainforest walk and saw monkeys, poisonous snakes and a wide variety of plants.
They then went snorkelling over the coral reef.

Our third stop was the Sarapiqui activity centre. The students stayed in deluxe tents in the rainforest and went to sleep to the sounds of tree frogs, cicadas and howler monkeys.

The next day they swung through the trees on zip wires for a rainforest canopy tour – voted the best activity of the holiday.

Then it was back to the airport and the long flight home.

Student comments included:-
‘A life changing experience’
‘The wildlife we saw was amazing’
‘The high spot was seeing a snake eat a frog in the sink!!’
‘My favourite animal was the two toed sloth’