Field Courses
Who Are These Trips For?
Perfect for university professors looking to enrich their courses with real-world experiences, these trips combine academic rigor with the adventure of discovery. Field Courses are designed for undergraduate, graduate, and sometimes advanced high school students who want to dive deeper into their studies through hands-on learning and exploration.
Field Courses
What’s Included?
Field Courses are built to support professors and their students in creating impactful academic experiences. These trips include:
Local Guide/Coordinator
These experts will bring invaluable knowledge, skills, insights, and connections to the destination. Our Guide/Coordinators are matched with your course based on skillset and knowledge base, and pride themselves on imparting natural history information that is academically informed and accurate.
Please note: seasoned professors with prior experience may choose to lead courses on their own, supported by our planning team.
Private Driver & Vehicle
For smooth transitions, safety, and the comfort of knowing your group stays together from start to finish.
Customized in-country Support
Whether it’s navigating a field station or coordinating national park permits, we ensure everything runs seamlessly so professors can focus on teaching.
Also included…
Customized Itineraries
Every itinerary is tailored to meet the unique goals of the course and to maximize student learning and enjoyment. Common features include:
Academic Focus
Themed around specific topics such as tropical ecology, biodiversity, or environmental sustainability, each course is designed to enhance classroom learning with fieldwork and interactions with local experts.
Comparative Ecosystems
Many itineraries include stays in multiple ecosystem types to give students a broader perspective, from lush rainforests to coastal mangroves and highland cloud forests.
Field Stations
Students often stay at field stations, research facilities, or national parks, with access to the systems they are studying.
Pre-Departure Support
Virtual Orientations prepare students with essential trip details, expectations, and packing guidance for a smooth experience.
Optional Mobile Library
For Costa Rica programs, we offer a curated selection of field books covering all taxa and natural history, allowing students to dive deeper into their surroundings. Whether identifying species, studying ecosystems, or enriching their field observations, we send you the options, you choose the books you’d like us to travel with!
We understand what it takes to deliver a meaningful academic experience in the field. With years of experience designing educational trips, we work closely with professors to create courses that are both academically rigorous and logistically seamless. Plus, because we live and work in the regions we serve, we ensure every trip has a deep connection to local communities and ecosystems.
Whether you’re looking to enhance a tropical ecology course, dive into cultural anthropology, or explore another field of study, we’ll help you design a program that meets your academic goals and inspires your students!