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Argentina

5

Beautiful experience, we were planing to stay for 3 weeks and finally we were so happy that we extend 1 more week. The experience was truly amazing, the workers are the best and the connections with other travelers I will take it for my hole life. For sure I will recommend it and if it's possible come back some day🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

over 2 years ago

Canada

5

We loved our time at the surf camp! The atmosphere was definitely more party oriented than expected, but there were opportunities to rest and connect with nature if you look for them. 8am yoga every morning was one of these chances (there are extra mats, we regret using luggage space to bring ours). Great people, fun paid excursions! The value was definitely there - an hour of simple work like meal prep/serving, raking, pool cleaning, or dish washing and $110 per week is more than fair for Tamarindo. The camp isn't right in town but there were daily shuttles. Bring eyemask&earplugs to sleep!

over 2 years ago

Canada

4

I stayed at the surf camp for 3 weeks as a volunteer. I had a really amazing time and meet so many amazing people! The food served at camp is good and the activities are all super fun. The dorms are very hot and not screened in so lots of bugs get in, it's not to bad but definitely invest in a bug net and bug spray. The facilities are all renovated so the showers and toilets are really nice now. The volunteer work was really easy and you can pick a new job each week. The camp also does excursions each week that are fun but pricey.I highly recommend this camp if you are solo and want to meet people

over 1 year ago

United Kingdom

4

Dream sea is a sick place. If you are trying to learn how to surf and meet lots of homies at the same time this is the place to do it. Meals where good, dorms where good and the people were awesome.

over 1 year ago

Germany

1

The camp wasn't as expected - even though I've had a fun time with the other volunteers, I'd not recommend stayin at the surf camp. The conditions in the dorm you sleep in are very bad. There's only one fan in the 20 bed dorm so the air doesn't circulate at all and a lot of my stuff was covered with mould so I had to throw it away. Theres also mould inside the dorms. During my stay a lot of the volunteers got sick and it took them in those conditions a long time to recover. The managers at the camp doesn't care about that at all. Most of the volunteers are 18 years old, some even younger.

over 1 year ago

United States

1

I really wanted to love the surf camp but it ended up being more of a nightmare than a dream. the only good thing about this place were the other volunteers. never enough food, went to bed hungry every day, disgusting toilets and showers, moldy/wet beds, no laundry facility so everything was moldy and dirty, no housekeeping, WAY overpriced surf lessons and boards were in horrible condition, overpriced drinks and excursions, and 40 min walk to the beach if you didn't get on the one shuttle. i had to leave early because i was getting sick from the mold exposure.

almost 2 years ago

Germany

3

It was a nice experience. The people were nice and it was so easy to find friends because everyone was very open. But what I didn't liked was that at the camp everything is about money. The only care about getting money and they don't really care about the people. The host was also not very nice.

almost 2 years ago

United States

4

I had a very love-hate relationship with my experience here. It can be very hard for introverts or people that value time to themselves. If you go into it thinking of it as a pimped-out-camping experience, you will get along just fine. It is BUGGY, the accommodation is VERY basic, there's no hot water, and you probably won't ever feel clean while there. the surf camp is, however, REALLY good at what it's supposed to be good for which is making friends from all over the world to travel onwards with and providing a great experience for first-time travelers. Please reach out to me with any questions!

about 2 years ago

Canada

4

Alright so for the most part i loved dream sea! It is a great place it is just much more expensive then i expected and the beds you get are not so great i was lucky i had an okay bed but it's far from everyone. The thing i didn't really like is that volunteers are a source of revenue for them and more often then not their is not enough food for a second plate so for someone like me who eats a lot it's very annoying and to always have to ask to make more food is very tiring. For the working part it's great you don't have that many hours and you can switch job every Monday! I recommend!

about 2 years ago

United States

4

The surf camp was a fun time! I met lots of cool people from all over the world and got better at surfing. The jobs are very easy and get reassigned every week. The living conditions aren't great, but there's always so much going on that you don't spend much time in the dorms.

about 2 years ago

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