Proyecto Campanario's second mission is to promote environmental education to all who spend time at Campanario, both local and international visitors. Campanario offers 4 basic programs to accommodate different age levels, interests, and different lengths of stay. Please select the program best suited for you:

Ecological Tourism Expeditions for the adult or family group.
Rainforest Conservation Camps for families and/or middle and high school students.
Tropical Ecology Student Courses for university, high school, and middle school students.
Tropical Ecology Teachers' Programs.

"Give the gift of a nature trek to your family." Ecological Tourism Expeditions for the adult or family group. Rainforest Conservation Camps for families and/or middle and high school students. Tropical Ecology Student Courses for university, high school, and middle school students. Tropical Ecology Teachers’ Programs.

"Get away for retreats and your own personal adventure." Enviromentally minded individuals, families, groups of friends, and corporate executives who want to plan their vacations, annual get-togethers and retreats are welcome at Campanario. You can spend your days hiking with our naturalists, or you might also choose to go fishing, kayaking, swimming, and snorkeling. Be sure to plan time for just relaxing on the beach or in a hammock. Our goal is to have you absorb as many of the sights, sounds, and smells of the rainforest as possible. A minimum of a 4-day, 3-night trip is necessary, but a 6-day, 5-night trip is recommended to more fully absorb the wonders of the area.

"Become involved in environmental education." Conservation Camps are special programs we've designed for families and middle and high school students. The camps are usually scheduled during school vacations and last 6 days and 5 nights. They are limited in size to ensure adequate instruction and supervision. Students of all ages participate in extensive hikes and workshops in the rainforest to appreciate all its wealth. Evening sessions look into the history of the area and discuss deforestation and other social pressures affecting the tropics. Fishing, snorkeling, and visits to other areas are also included. Don't worry, there’s some beach time in the schedule also.

Contact the San Jose office for schedules and details.

Give your students and yourself more than a textbook!!
Tropical Ecology Courses for university, high school, and middle school students are given usually during the school year as serious "field trips" which are coordinated through the students' schools. The hikes and adventures for these courses focus on different elements of tropical ecology to study particular flora, fauna, micro-ecosystems, and symbiotic relationships, growth and life cycles, survival adaptations, etc. A couple of evening talks can be expected and a service project in the local community is required. A trip to at least one other protected area is included. The goal is to have each student gain a more complete understanding of the fragility of the tropical rainforest and of the need to protect it.

Students (or their parents) reading this who are interested in a course of this nature should also contact their school biology teacher to begin coordination efforts as early as possible. University groups interested in tropical ecology courses in the Campanario Biological Reserve or throughout Costa Rica should contact the San José office for planning.

Tropical Ecology Teachers' Programs are designed to give hands-on experience to the active instructor who wants personal knowledge of the tropics to complement the area which he or she teaches. This rigorous program, which runs two weeks, includes most course materials, requires a small amount of pre-program reading, and assumes a basic understanding of biology on the part of the participant.

The program spends one week on site at the Proyecto Campanario facilities in the rainforest and another week traveling to different areas of Costa Rica for experience in other life zones. It is hoped that you, as a teacher, will take back to your students the understanding of the urgency to work together to conserve what is left of the tropical eco-systems.