Pod Volunteer Reviews

"Having just returned from 4 weeks at Manu Learning Center, I'm having difficulty coming up with words to describe my time there. I am a 69 year old adventurer, conservationist and lover of rainforests. When I read about MLC and the possibility of volunteering, I signed up immediately. \r\nWhen you sign up for an experience like this, you don't really know the reality of it until you are immersed in it. From the minute they picked me up from the airport, until they returned me for my flight home, everything was taken care of from all the travel, food, lodging and volunteer time. \r\nEveryday was an adventure. One needs to be quite fit to fully participate, so make sure you get prepared physically. The hiking is continuous and is tricky at best because you are navigating mud, roots, rocks and streams. While walking, you are either looking for animals and butterflies to collect data on. \r\nMornings start early. The food is plentiful. You'll want to bring lots of snacks. The biodiversity was rich, but often we saw just tracks. But the tracks were everywhere: puma, jaguar, peccary, deer, tapirs...One of our crew met a jaguar on a trail and two others had an encounter with a puma. It gave me so much hope that this patch of land that used to be a cattle ranch had returned to enough health to support so many animals. I saw monkeys daily and a friend taught me their routines, so we could really get to know them. Birds were everywhere as well as butterflies. We saw peccary, a tapir scared us on a night hike, there are agoutis in the compound,\r\nIf you are a hearty soul who wants to make a small difference, this is your place. I loved it all."

"I joined the Marine Conservation project in Kefalonia with Pod Volunteer, and it was an amazing experience from start to finish. Each day offered something new \u2014 from seagrass and sand dune monitoring to bird surveys and beach profiling. The variety of fieldwork made every day rewarding, and it was great to see how each task contributed to the wider conservation effort.\r\n\r\nThe team were incredibly supportive and knowledgeable, creating a friendly and purposeful atmosphere throughout. It was also a great opportunity to meet people from different backgrounds who all shared an interest in protecting the environment.\r\n\r\nOverall, it was a fulfilling and eye-opening experience that combined meaningful conservation work with the chance to explore a beautiful part of Greece. I\u2019d highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn, contribute, and be part of something positive."

"I joined the Marine Conservation project in Kefalonia with Pod Volunteer, and it was an amazing experience from start to finish. Each day offered something new \u2014 from seagrass and sand dune monitoring to bird surveys and beach profiling. The variety of fieldwork made every day rewarding, and it was great to see how each task contributed to the wider conservation effort.\r\n\r\nThe team were incredibly supportive and knowledgeable, creating a friendly and purposeful atmosphere throughout. It was also a great opportunity to meet people from different backgrounds who all shared an interest in protecting the environment.\r\n\r\nOverall, it was a fulfilling and eye-opening experience that combined meaningful conservation work with the chance to explore a beautiful part of Greece. I\u2019d highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn, contribute, and be part of something positive."

"I joined the Marine Conservation project in Kefalonia with Pod Volunteer, and it was an amazing experience from start to finish. Each day offered something new \u2014 from seagrass and sand dune monitoring to bird surveys and beach profiling. The variety of fieldwork made every day rewarding, and it was great to see how each task contributed to the wider conservation effort.\r\n\r\nThe team were incredibly supportive and knowledgeable, creating a friendly and purposeful atmosphere throughout. It was also a great opportunity to meet people from different backgrounds who all shared an interest in protecting the environment.\r\n\r\nOverall, it was a fulfilling and eye-opening experience that combined meaningful conservation work with the chance to explore a beautiful part of Greece. I\u2019d highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn, contribute, and be part of something positive."

"I joined the Marine Conservation project in Kefalonia with Pod Volunteer, and it was an amazing experience from start to finish. Each day offered something new \u2014 from seagrass and sand dune monitoring to bird surveys and beach profiling. The variety of fieldwork made every day rewarding, and it was great to see how each task contributed to the wider conservation effort.\r\n\r\nThe team were incredibly supportive and knowledgeable, creating a friendly and purposeful atmosphere throughout. It was also a great opportunity to meet people from different backgrounds who all shared an interest in protecting the environment.\r\n\r\nOverall, it was a fulfilling and eye-opening experience that combined meaningful conservation work with the chance to explore a beautiful part of Greece. I\u2019d highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn, contribute, and be part of something positive."

"I joined the Marine Conservation project in Kefalonia with Pod Volunteer, and it was an amazing experience from start to finish. Each day offered something new \u2014 from seagrass and sand dune monitoring to bird surveys and beach profiling. The variety of fieldwork made every day rewarding, and it was great to see how each task contributed to the wider conservation effort.\r\n\r\nThe team were incredibly supportive and knowledgeable, creating a friendly and purposeful atmosphere throughout. It was also a great opportunity to meet people from different backgrounds who all shared an interest in protecting the environment.\r\n\r\nOverall, it was a fulfilling and eye-opening experience that combined meaningful conservation work with the chance to explore a beautiful part of Greece. I\u2019d highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn, contribute, and be part of something positive."

"I really enjoyed my week at pod\u2019s playa torture reserva in Costa Rica. I loved seeing the turtles and being involved in the project . Although I spent time in the rainforest and working on other studies such as crocodiles and butterflies I wish I could have seen more of the turtles over the week. I also enjoyed meeting a range of other people. "