La gran Vista
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About the project
La gran Vista
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
La Gran Vista, located just outside San Isidro de General in South Pacific Costa Rica, is an Environmental Conservation Project where students, volunteers, and visitors can learn how a tropical organic farm function. We are an Educational Institute where individuals can learn how to do things such as milking a cow, harvesting a mango tree, or using medicinal herbs. La Gran Vista gives everyone an opportunity to learn about life at its most basic form and exist in a fully sustainable community.
We are happy to receive volunteers, Travelers Tours, student groups, field work, Sustainable Tourism, summer camps groups, educational tours families, and environmental interns from abroad. In addition, eco-tourism organizations send groups of volunteers to La Gran Vista every year to participate in the project.
We offer opportunities for undergraduate groups, Alternative Spring Break, Regenerative Travel Summer Camps, graduate students, and researchers to pursue specific interests or field work pertaining to sustainability and organic farming. Students looking to pursue a career in sustainability will have the opportunity to have practical experience that will be invaluable to their future endeavors.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers tasks:
Organic farming.
Soil regeneration and conservation.
Natural herbicides.
Natural pesticides.
Enhancement of the natural environment.
Worm composting.
Medicinal herbs.
Reforestation methods and seed saving.
Biogas Producction
Zero to little waste
Animal Care
Knowledge of local plant species
Others topics.
On average, a volunteer works 30 hours a week.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation, Internet, and 3 meals a day. The volunteers will stay with La Gran Vista family in a rustic cabin. There are six rooms set aside for the students, with two beds in each and an open place to set up camping tents with room for six people or more.
🍲 Food
Volunteers will receive meals a day. Meals will be cooked by the family, consisting of simple Costa Rica cuisine, which can include a plate with meat or eggs, rice and beans, vegetables and salad, Sopa Negra, pastas and olla de carne.
⚠️ Requirements
All students must carry a comprehensive medical insurance policy; in addition, participants are encouraged to consult a travel clinic and/or their personal physician to discuss recommended immunizations for Costa Rica. We encourage every participant to be up to date on his/her tetanus shot (good for 10 years). La Gran Vista has never had problems with malaria or cholera in the area where the project is located, though these are both present in Costa Rica.
Bring a positive, hard-working attitude. Volunteers must have their own comprehensive medical insurance, plus some sort of travel insurance, including a cancellation policy
🤝 Meeting point
Upon arrival in Costa Rica. Once in San José, volunteers take a three hour bus journey to San Isidro ( Tracopa Company, stopping next to the Super Weber supermarket in a village called Repunta (15 minutes out of San Isidro). From there, volunteers will be picked up and driven to Finca La Gran Vista
ℹ️ Additional information
We charge $62 per person per day.
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📅 Available sessions
CRC-30
01/01/2025 at 00:00 → 31/12/2030 at 00:00
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
15–99 years old
Solidarity donation
62.00 USD ≈ 56 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
San José Province, Daniel Flores, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Costa Rica Colon (CRC / ₡)
Exchange rate
1 CRC = 0.001986 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
Central Standard Time
Local time: 21:05 (12/11/2026)
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