Ocean Spirits Leatherback Sea Turtle Volunteer Project, Grenada

Project Costs

The cost for a 2-week placement is £1169 for 2 weeks, £2111 for 4 weeks, £2786 for 6 weeks, £3462 for 8 weeks.

This includes accommodation in a 3 bedroom house, food, airport transfer (one pick-up scheduled for 6pm at Point Salines International Airport, Grenada on first day of placement), training and supervision; project t-shirts and WorkingAbroad Projects backup and placement support. Airfare, travel/medical insurance and personal expenses are not included in the cost. It is mandatory for you to take out travel and medical insurance for the duration of the project.

Payment Terms

To secure your placement on the project, you will need to complete and submit the application form with your application payment of £180 (included in the total project costs listed above). If for some reason your application is not accepted, we will reimburse this payment fully. For those accepted, full payment must be made 2 months prior to departure. Once you have been accepted on the programme, we will send you a confirmation email including a short welcome pack full of information and facts to ensure you are fully prepared for your visit.

Project Dates

Project durations are for 2 weeks, and there are possibilities to join for 4, 6 or 8 weeks too – please email: Victoria.McNeil@workingabroad.com for more details on this or about the possibilities for alternate placement durations.  We can be flexible with dates.

The nesting period for leatherbacks is from March – July. During this period you will spend the majority of your time conducting field research and assist with turtle watches.  Baby hatchlings start to emerge from May onwards, so you will also be doing nest excavations at that point.

Those participating in July will focus on Morning Surveys, nest excavations and hatchling release.  NB Night patrols will cease once nesting numbers drop at some point in July. Sporadic night patrols may then take place as we also encounter hawksbill turtles nesting at Levera.