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  TIRIMBINA RAIN FOREST CENTER

The Tirimbina Rainforest Center is a tropical science resource and travel destination where education, research, and striking beauty combine for outstanding encounters with nature.

We offer visitor facilities at the Centro Neotrópico Sarapiquís and the Reserve, along with education and research programs, workshops and curriculum in both Wisconsin and Costa Rica. Located within the rainforest and river environments of Costa Rica, TRC highlights biodiversity, ecological systems, conservation and human culture.

Join us for a fresh experience in learning, science, and natural history travel.

Education Programs - Costa Rica

Under the supervision of a Tirimbina Rainforest Center Education Director, the Centro Neotropico SarapiquíS provides programs to serve resident guests, local or touring day visitors, teachers, students for day or extended visits, special interest adult groups, and volunteer naturalists and guides.

Educational programs are designed to address the needs, interests and abilities of those who visit the center.

School groups, elementary and high school, are guided through learning experiences tailored for their needs.

Higher education students may be involved in investigations and research that will unravel the complexities of survival.

Adults who are informal learners find opportunities to explore as extensively as they wish.

The Center offers an environmental education program that, are unlike any other in Costa Rica. Programs to be offered will ultimately include:

• Audio-visual presentations

• Guided tours of the rainforest trails

• Self-guided island exploration

• Workshops in natural history, arts and culture.

• Short eco-courses in natural history subjects

• School classes: biodiversity, aquatic studies, wildlife communities, forest analysis

• Extended programs for school groups: teacher or TRC-designed topics

• Lay research:  participation in an on-going scientific research project

• Evening lectures by local speakers, visiting scientists, TRC education director.

• Creative arts

• Guide and volunteers training

• Student internships in enviromental education

• Teacher training and curriculum