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🌊 Volunteer in Sea Turtle Conservation in Boa Vista (Cabo Verde)

The experience

Volunteer projects are shaped by real community needs and matched to your skills. You can support environmental preservation, entrepreneurship, public health, education, culture, or social projects — always in collaboration with local partners. Meaningful work that creates positive impact for both volunteers and the community.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

Additional fee required

Amount: € 100 Per week

Fee pays for: Materials for volunteer activities and Donation to project

Description: • 400 Euro per month • 50 Euro administration fee (one-time) • You’ll need to cover your own travel expenses to Boa Vista

What you get

1 day off per week

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Portuguese

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Our sea turtle volunteer program on Boa Vista offers a hands-on conservation experience for international volunteers. Participants live at La Cacao Camp, a remote beach camp, and work closely with local rangers to protect loggerhead sea turtles. Volunteers take part in night patrols and morning census, assist with tagging and measuring nesting turtles, and help maintain the camp. The program combines meaningful conservation work with cultural exchange, teamwork, and life in a natural, off-grid environment. Volunteers also enjoy free time during the day to explore the island, relax on the beach, or participate in other optional educational activities. The program is a digital detox experience, encouraging participants to disconnect and immerse themselves fully in nature and conservation work.

Activities & Shift

Volunteers participate in a variety of activities that support sea turtle conservation:
• Night patrols: walking the beaches to monitor nesting turtles and protect nests.
• Morning census: recording nesting activity and hatchling data.
• Tagging & measuring: assisting with scientific monitoring of adult turtles.
• Hatchery work: caring for eggs and monitoring hatchlings (starting end of August).
• Camp duties: helping with cooking, cleaning, and general maintenance.
• Beach cleanups and educational activities: supporting community awareness and environmental care.

Shift schedule:
• Volunteers work primarily at night, 6 nights in a row, followed by 1 day off.
• Morning census occur immediately after patrols.
• Daytime is mostly free for rest, recreation, or optional activities.

Rules

• Minimum stay: 1 month, maximum stay: 3 months.
• Fixed arrival days: 1st of July, 1st of August, 1st of September; departures at the end of the month.
• Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and speak English or Portuguese.
• Volunteers are responsible for their own travel to and from Boa Vista.
• Participation fee of 400 EUR per month and administration fee of 50 EUR must be paid; all fees are non-refundable.
• Volunteers must be prepared to live in simple shared tents and use basic sanitary facilities, including a biogas toilet.
• Meals are provided, using locally sourced ingredients; they may be simple and repetitive.
• Volunteers should be flexible, communicative, and ready to work under challenging conditions (heat, sand, mosquitoes, night patrols).
• Cooperation, respect, and a willingness to follow instructions are expected at all times.