Volunteer
This is not a tour.
Most people come to Costa Rica for the sweets — zip lines, resort pools, curated wildlife encounters from a van window. This is the meats. Primary cloud forest at 1,500m, real work with your hands, no signal, no itinerary, and a family that has kept this land alive for over 25 years who will show you things you cannot find on any map.
There is something specific that happens when you do physical work in a place this old and this intact. Your body has a job. The forest doesn't care what you left behind. If you need that right now, this might be for you.
The property. October 2024. Those two figures in the distance give you the scale.
Before you go further — read this.
There are no structures. No bathrooms. No hot water. You are camping in cold, wet cloud forest at 1,500m+ elevation. It rains. It is muddy. It is not a walk in the park. It is also extraordinary — but only if you know what you are signing up for.
What you are signing up for
- —4–5 hours of physical work per day. Trail clearing, fencing, building. Real work.
- —Camping. Tents, cold, wet, no bathroom. Cloud forest around 1,600m. If that sounds miserable to you, this is not your trip.
- —Food provided on the land. Simple, real food.
- —Working alongside the caretaker family. They know every trail, spring, and tree. You will learn more from a day with them than from a week anywhere else in the country.
- —Remote. No zip lines nearby. No smoothie bar. No curated experience. The real Costa Rica.
- —Valid passport and reasonable fitness required. No construction experience needed.
July 2026 — First Expedition
Dates TBD · July 2026 · Costa Rica
This is the first time a crew has ever documented this property. A wildlife photographer will lead the documentation — photography, video, drone footage. We will make the first full walk to the highest point of the property, map all springs and water sources, and produce the first real visual record of what this place is.
The caretaker family will lead us. We will follow.
Can't make the expedition but want to help?
We need video editors, translators, social media help, and more — none of which requires a passport or sleeping in the rain.
Offer your skills →Future Expeditions
After July 2026, expeditions will run regularly as the trail system develops. The work changes as the project grows — trail building, platform construction, birding surveys, wildlife monitoring. Sign up and we will reach out when dates are confirmed.