Custom Group Trips

Tailor your own volunteer/adventure experience to suit your group's requirements.

If you are part of a group looking to volunteer and make a difference, ISV can customize a program to suit your needs, provided your area of interest fits with our mission. ISV volunteer projects aim to contribute to sustainable development with a focus on environmental conservation and social community development. 

Our projects are normally 2 weeks in duration; however, ISV can also create customized programs of varying lengths and focus areas that will exceed your expectations. Group sizes range from a minimum of 8 volunteers (depending on the project and your group needs). Contact ISV with your enquiry and group trip needs. Let us know what type of trip you would like and we'll put the perfect program together for your group.

In Costa Rica, ISV projects aim to protect the nation’s incredible diversity of plants and animals, while encouraging sustainable development, providing support to communities and educating children.

Specialty focus trips in Costa Rica include:

• Environmental Studies/Science
• Performing or Visual Arts
• International/ Global Development Studies 
• Sustainable Community Development
• Agriculture, Permaculture and Horticulture
• Marine Biology,  Ecology, Botany and Zoology
• Sea Turtle Conservation
• Dolphin Conservation
• Geography
• Forestry 
• Anthropology
• Spanish Language
• Teaching
• Sports and Recreation
• Tourism, Sustainable Tourism, Ecotourism

Skilled Group Trip: Sea Turtle Conservation

Aside from the numerous specialty group trips listed below, ISV offers a unique experience for volunteers with Pre-Veterinary, Veterinary, Marine Biology, or Zoology  training and skills. Spend 2 weeks on the Caribbean coast of southern Costa Rica conducting scientific research on endangered sea turtles. Receive training and participate in data collection to help with tasks that may include turtle counts, tagging, habitat characterization, tissue sampling for DNA analysis, reef surveys and beach clean-ups. If you would like to volunteer on one of these projects as a group, or an individual, please contact the ISV office.  Please note there may be specific eligibility requirements depending on the project needs.  A group size of at least eight volunteers is required to run this project.  Contact the Office for details.

Special Interests Projects

Environmental Studies/Science

Dedicate your group efforts to a range of projects focused on preserving some of the most fragile ecosystems in the world. Animal conservation, habitat regeneration and scientific research are just some other projects to which your group may wish to contribute.

The ISV program is perfect for the following types of group trips:

• Professor-Led Trips - For professors or teaching staff wishing to give students a hands-on education in the field with an academic focus.
• Service Learning trips - To broaden the mind and swell the heart, ISV service learning trips will allow your group to travel with a purpose.
• Skilled trips – Does you group have a specialty skill that you would like to incorporate into your volunteer experience?
• Alternative Spring Break - Combine volunteering and adventure for a spring break trip you will never forget.
• High Schools - Customized high school programs for ages 15-18.
• Corporate - Team building and bonding for the corporate world. These trips are a fantastic way to break down communication barriers and build a team by working towards specific goals.
• Family - Volunteer together to make a difference together as a family
• Faith-Based - For faith-based groups who would like to use an ISV program for service and team building.