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Name: Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound School (CRROBS)
Phone Number: (800)676-2018
Fax Number: (866)374-2483
Email: info@crrobs.org
Website: www.crrobs.org
Director: James Rowe, PhD
Location: Costa Rica
Duration: 8 to 120 Days Depending on Course
Tuition: $1255 to $11,995 Depending on Course
Financial Aid: Available up to 30% off regular course cost
Curriculum Highlights: Hiking through the cloudforest and rainforest, whitewater rafting and kayaking, cultural homestay experiences.
Setting: Beaches, Mountains and Jungles of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panamá
School Information: Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound inspires and develops leadership, compassion, responsibility, respect for the environment and commitment to serve through adventure-based wilderness experiences led by the most skilled, safety-conscious staff. Our outdoor experiential education school offers over fifty courses per year, ranging from 8 day expeditions to 120 day semester adventures. Courses are never larger than fifteen students with at least two instructors per course.

Multi-Element : 15 and 24 day adventures. Activities include hiking through the rainforest, rappelling down waterfalls, climbing 60 feet high trees, whitewater rafting down Class III-IV rapids, cultural homestays with Mestizo families and surfing.

Surf : 15 and 30 day courses learning surfing techniques on terrific and diverse waves in Costa Rica.

Reef & Rainforest : 15 days hiking through the Caribbean lowland rainforest in Costa Rica and exploring Bocas del Toro in Panama. Activities include birding, living with indigenous communities, snorkeling through reefs, seeing dolphins, cycling and caving.

Spanish Emphasis : 30 days of Multi-element adventure coupled with living with local families and getting practical experience speaking Spanish.

Summer Semester: 60 day semester course available for high school and college credit. Learn to whitewater kayak and raft, hike across the country, and surf up and down the Pacific coast.

Tri-Country: 85 day semester course available for high school and college credit. Experience three countries in Central America and learn to SCUBA dive, wakeboard, whitewater raft and kayak, hike across all of Costa Rica, and surf the warm waters on the Nicoya peninsula.

Water & Wave: 70 day semester course available for high school and college credit. Surf, captain a raft and kayak through beautiful rivers and Class III-IV rapids, get your NAUI SCUBA certification and dive in Caribbean reefs, and surf all the way down the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Nicaragua!

Spanish Immersion Adventure: 120 day semester course available for high school and college credit. Intensive Spanish courses with Veritas University coupled with Outward Bound adventures and homestays for practical use of Spanish.

The challenge is unique and very different from most that I have been through. It's surely a lifetime experience. The homestay allowed me to interact and communicate with the locals, not only to understand their habits and daily lives, but also really know and make friends with them. Awesome!
Emily Chow
19, Hong Kong, China
15 day Multi-Element, Summer 2006

It was fun, and I became a lot better surfer. It's a great environment for bettering yourself as a surfer. You're here for fifteen days focusing on nothing else. If I was at home, I'd maybe go out for an hour and a half one day a week. Here, I'm out a minimum of three hours a day. The waves are so consistent. The instructors are great. Everyone in our course got up their first time with an instructor. I got ride the wave of my life-actually I got to ride the three waves of my life.
Travis Manasco
19, North Carolina, USA
15 day Surf Intensive, Summer 2006

It was challenging and fulfilling-essentials for growth. Hiking was really hard and challenging. The hiking portion was really well-done-following through on the curriculum-being taught about where we are, and what we're seeing. It was physically challenging and I was already in really good shape, and I liked the great views and helpful guides. The course was overall well-balanced, and the transitions between parts of the trip were great. The flow was really good. The SCUBA part was awesome. The dives were really planned out and it was all beautiful. I definitely improved my surfing. Learned how to ride a shortboard, duck-dive and a lot of other stuff. There was a great variety of waves, and the instructors taking videos was cool. I could see what I was doing wrong.
Alan Womble
18, California, USA
Tri-Country Semester Fall 2006