Study Abroad in Monteverde
COLLEGE STUDY ABRAD
Explore Monteverde, Costa Rica
Monteverde plays host to Costa Rica’s treasured rain forest, where a staggering number of species – including pumas, monkeys, quetzal, and the endangered three wattled bellbird – are readily on display, proving the perfect location for studies in sustainability and conservation.
HOW FAR TO…
- Santiago de Chile — 5,084 km/3,159 miles
- Rio de Janeiro — 5,824 km/3,618 miles
- Havana — 1,450 km/900 miles
- Buenos Aires — 5,712 km/3,549 miles
- Santiago — 1,828 km/1,135 miles
- Cape Town — 11,853 km/7,365 miles
- London — 8,744 km/5,433 miles
WHERE STUDENTS STUDY
CIEE Monteverde
Fully equipped with classrooms, computers, and library facilities, as well as indoor and outdoor common areas, to accommodate experiential and traditional learning.
INTERNSHIPS & VOLUNTEERING
Depending on their program of study and availability, students may be able to participate in an internship or volunteer.
STUDY TOURS & CULTURAL EXCURSIONS
Every CIEE semester program has frequent cultural excursions and a multi-day study tour uniquely designed to complement the program’s academics and enhance students’ cultural
immersion. In Monteverde, past study tours and excursions have included:
- Exploring the lush rainforest of Corcovado National Park
- Traveling to Santa Rosa National Park, famous for its rare seasonally-dry forest
- Visiting Carara National Park, home of the country’s largest population of scarlet macaws
- Taking guided tours of organic coffee and pineapple plantations
- Visiting Bocas del Toro Islands of Panama
- Traveling down the Rio San Juan De Nicaragua to the Indio Maiz Biological Reserve
- Hiking near Rincon de la Vieja Volcano
Study Abroad Programs in Monteverde
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Sustainability + the Environment
Monteverde, Costa Rica
Monteverde the place to get up close and personal with some of the world’s most astonishing biodiversity.
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Tropical Ecology + Conservation
Monteverde, Costa Rica
Wake up to the sound of howler monkeys at a unique biological station, on the doorstep of the 57,000-acre Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve.
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Summer Tropical Ecology + Conservation
Monteverde, Costa Rica
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Summer Sustainability + The Environment
Monteverde, Costa Rica
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January in Monteverde
Monteverde, Costa Rica
Spend J-term in sunny Costa Rica learning Sustainable Development for the Tropics.
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Open Campus Block: STEM + Society
Monteverde, Costa Rica
The only study-abroad program that allows you to start in Monteverde, then travel to two other countries in one term!
Live from Monteverde
