Eco tours for educators on a budget: Teachers can experience Costa Rica

If you are a teacher/educator and have always wanted to experience an incredible ecological expedition to Costa Rica but thinks it’s too expensive, this may be the trip for you.

EcoTeach, an eco-tour provider since 1994, is offering a special itinerary designed for budget-minded teachers on summer vacation. From beaches and turtles, to highlands and volcanoes and many adventures in-between, educators will get shoulder-to-shoulder with local community members dedicated to protecting their environment.

Since 1994, over 8,000 travelers have journeyed with EcoTeach to Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru working side by side with local communities to change perceptions and behavior regarding conservation and ecology.

Participants of the Costa Rican educators’ excursions will patrol Caribbean beaches in search of nesting and hatching turtles by night, and cruise the canals by day searching for a vast array of wildlife and fauna.

Visiting an organic farm and a rural school, they will have the opportunity to experience “authentic” Costa Rica. Other adventures will include flying over the rain forest canopy by zipline, exploring Veragua Rainforest Park and visiting with local researchers and looking for red hot lava flowing down the sides of Volcán Arenal.

While the trip’s value is $1,400/per person, it’s being offered to educators at a discounted price of $1,000 per person. Educators are invited to bring one companion for the same discounted price.

The cost includes accommodations, meals, private in-country transportation, airport transfers, a bilingual naturalist guide, and post-departure travel insurance. It does not include airfare, tips or expenses of a personal nature.

There are two set eight-day departures on July 10 and July 17, 2010. It is also available at the same price to private groups of six or more.

Check out the entire itinerary online at http://ecoteach.com/2010/10Custom/10AdultTurtleTrip.pdf.