Mexico Conservation

  • Who?Groups of 3 -10 students aged 18+
  • When? Projects have flexible dates and run all year round
  • Where? Tecoman, Mexico.
Conservation in Mexico
Conservation in Mexico

Your group will be located at the Campamento Tecoman biological station on the Pacific Coast where you will spend your time participating in a variety of conservation projects. You will be working on our turtle project - helping count and collect the precious Olive Ridley turtle eggs before burying them in a safe enclosure to protect them from predators and poachers. Once the eggs have hatched you will help release the newborns into the sea. Volunteers also look after the adult turtles that we have in pools; these turtles have been injured and would not survive in the wild. Finally you will also be involved in our crocodile conservation work and a study of the wildlife in the local lagoon.

Mexico is a real meeting-place of cultures; a modern, industrialised and well-educated country that's full of history. It is also one of the most diverse countries in the world in terms of biodiversity, with over 200,000 different species of flora and fauna. Living on our camp in Tecoman, your group will be staying in shared tents on the beach and the camp is equipped with all bathroom and kitchen facilities as well as a hammock area for relaxing and with a small bar located nearby.