I had an amazing time on the Costa Rica Animal Rescue Project, I'll always look back on the people and animals that I met, and the experiences I had with enjoyment. Costa Rica is such a beautiful country, and I was amazed from the first day at how colourful it was.
The staff and other volunteers were so friendly and helpful, they made me feel welcome and helped me when I was feeling homesick.
I loved how hands on the work with the animals was, allowing us to handle amazing animals like baby howler monkeys, white-faced capuchins, sloths, kinkajous, Bambi the deer(!) as well as Green parrots, Scarlett Macaws and more. The main duties are feeding the animals and cleaning their enclosures, but an important part of the work is babysitting (adorable) baby monkeys! While I was there, I got to meet the sweet baby howler monkeys, Catherine, Yanik and Mavi and the cheeky Capuchins, Simone and Wim! One of my favourite experiences was getting hugs from the three-toed sloths, Elvis, Priscilla and Butowsky.
The work can be quite dirty! And tiring because of how warm it is! But I really enjoyed the cold showers because of the heat, and there's a lovely pool to cool down in, or you can walk to the beach which is just across the road!
Something I really liked about this project was that we knew we were really making a difference at the sanctuary. It doesn't receive any government funding, and relies on volunteers to do the work looking after the animals. This really is a worthwhile project looking after rescued wildlife, some of whom came from a very sad background, and I would recommend this project to anyone who cares for animals, and encourage anyone to have the fantastic experience I did.
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