Sea Turtle Conservation Internship in Mexico
Learn sea turtle survey monitoring techniques and enhance your scientific knowledge.
Durations:Â 2 - 12 weeks
40 hrs of fieldwork per week
1:6 staff to participant ratio
Includes GVI ExperiencesBook with confidence
Travel flexibility, because life happens! Modify your booking, even up to 48 hours before departure. T&Cs apply.
Program information
This program involves monitoring and recording turtle nesting behaviour along Mexico’s Caribbean coast, patrolling beaches at night and early morning for nesting turtles and collecting nest data. During the day, you’ll study sea turtle feeding behaviour in seagrass meadows, collaborate on environmental education projects, and even lead independent research.
Everyone’s invited. Get up to 80% of your program fees covered.
GVI Foundation Grants are now available for conservation programs abroad. Up to CADÂ 10,000 based on your motivation and circumstances. Apply by 31 Oct.
Book with confidence
Travel flexibility, because life happens! Modify your booking, even up to 48 hours before departure. T&Cs apply.
Included in your program, at no extra cost.
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Learn to cook traditional Yucatan food
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Climb rock formations in the jungle
Learn the unique geography of the Yucatan Peninsula
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Learn to cook traditional Yucatan food
Take a beach yoga class
Learn about hyperbaric medicine
Stand-up paddleboard at sunrise
Climb rock formations in the jungle
Learn the unique geography of the Yucatan Peninsula
Ancient Aztec cocoa experience
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