Costa Rica's Natural Legacy

A journey through Costa Rica with WWF Experts (Sold Out)


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To register or if you have questions, please contact Aly Jacobsen at Natural Habitat Adventures (888) 993-8687 or [email protected].

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Costa Rica has been a pioneer in protection of its natural assets since WWF began working there in the 1970s. In 1988, WWF arranged a $3 million debt-for-nature swap in Costa Rica, a conservation finance concept that has been successfully replicated throughout the world and continues to be a model used to protect and sustainably manage some of the most valuable natural resources in the world.​

While many of WWF's early projects are now sustained independently, Costa Rica's conservation legacy can be celebrated and enjoyed across the country. Perhaps no itinerary shows you more of its varied wild treasures than this one. Flanked by miles of empty beaches on the Pacific and the Caribbean, Costa Rica's interior is a lush tangle of rain forest, mist-veiled mountains, rushing rivers, active volcanoes, and habitat for some of the greatest biodiversity on Earth. Within the layers of green upon green, thousands of species thrive—gigantic ferns, magenta orchids, neon-bright parrots, iridescent hummingbirds, three- toed sloths, monkeys, peccaries, agoutis, crocodiles, sea turtles, iguanas and frogs...and that's just for starters! Amid the colors and cacophony of the tropical jungle, your senses have never been so engaged.

Reservation Info/Trip Details

Dates: March 12 – 12, 2023

Price (+ Internal Air) : $7,495 per person, double occupancy

Internal Air Cost: $1484 per person

Single Occupancy: $1495

Deposit: $500 per person

Group size: 8 guests

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About Our Experts

Esteban Brenes
Esteban Brenes WWF's Conservation Finance Director

Esteban joined WWF’s Conservation Finance team in July 2001 and has worked on debt-for-nature swaps, design and evaluation of conservation funds, ecosystem services and financial sustainability studies for protected areas systems in several countries in Latin America, Madagascar, Cambodia, Myanmar Bhutan, and Indonesia. Based in Costa Rica, he leads major initiatives to design and implement conservation finance mechanisms to support long-term, self-sustaining conservation programs. Prior to joining WWF, Esteban spent five years in the World Bank's Environmental Department, focusing on issues such as carbon emissions trading, green finance, natural resource management, and environmental user fees. Prior to the World Bank, Esteban was an associate attorney with Facio & Cañas, an international law firm in San José, Costa Rica. Esteban received a law degree from the University of Costa Rica Law School in 1994 and a master's in environmental law from George Washington University in 1996. Esteban will be the WWF Expert for the February 20 - March 1 itinerary.

Aimée Leslie
Aimée Leslie WWF-Peru’s Conservation Director

Originally from Costa Rica, Aimée Leslie has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Management from the Inter-American University of Costa Rica and a Master's Degree in Education for Sustainable Development from UNED in Spain. She has worked for WWF for 10 years, as WWF International as Global Program Manager for Cetaceans and Sea Turtles based in Switzerland from 2011 to 2017, and in 2018 she joined WWF-Peru as Director of the Marine and Wildlife Program, recently assuming the role of Conservation Director. Before that, she worked for The Leatherback Trust in Costa Rica, IFAW in Mexico, and Greenpeace in Argentina, where she began her conservation career in 2005. She was a member of the IWC Scientific Committee, the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialists Group, and the CMS Bycatch Working Group. She is currently finishing her Ph.D. in Leadership and Sustainability at the University of Lancaster and Cumbria in England, with a focus on developing traceability in the Peruvian fisheries for mahi mahi and jumbo squid. Aimée will be the WWF Expert for the March 3 – March 12, 2023 itinerary.


To register or if you have questions, please contact Aly Jacobsen at Natural Habitat Adventures (888) 993-8687 or [email protected].