Volunteer Opportunities

Help the Environment and Local People- Give Back on Your Next Vacation!

Volunteer tourism is is a great way to add an extra dimension to your holiday, and Bocas del Toro has some fantastic volunteer opportunities. Whether its picking up plastic bags on the beach so sea turtles don't choke to death or helping paint a local school, vacations in the tropical setting help you unwind from your life back home while doing something meaningful for this emerging sustainable tourism destination.

Stop by our Tourist Information Center between Calle 1 and 2 to check out the latest volunteer opportunities!

Here are some options available:

Operation Safe Drinking Water

This fabulous organization installs rain catchment tanks for indigenous schools and villages that are low-cost, low-tech, last for years — and refill every time it rains. Volunteers can help with the installation, and discover far-flung islands and villages at the same time.

Year-round, throughout the province of Bocas del Toro              

Contact: Joe Bass

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 Website:  www.operationsafedrinkingwater.org/blog/

Phone: 6817-5081

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AAMVECONA

Monitoring and conservation of sea turtles

February – July, Mainland San San Pond Sak Wetlands

Contact: Kherson Ruíz and BSTA

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Phone: 6494-5001

Website: www.eco-index.org/ong/aamvecona-pa-eng.html

Information: Tours cost $17 per day, which includes the cost of transportation, lodging, and food.  Groups with more than 10 people and a minimum stay of one week will receive a special discount.

AAMVECONA

Monitoring of Manatees

Year-round, Mainland- San San Pond Sak Wetlands

Contact: Kherson Ruíz and BSTA

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Phone: 6494-5001

Website: www.eco-index.org/ong/aamvecona-pa-eng.html

Information: Tours cost $17 per day, which includes the cost of transportation, lodging, and food.  Groups with more than 10 people and a minimum stay of one week will receive a special discount.

Teaching English

Year-round, Mainland- Punta Robalo

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