The greatest cultural experience of my life I never imagined my first experience out of the U.S. being a one-way ticket to go live in
Connecting with nature was when I felt true happiness. I grew up in a small town in Southern Oregon, surrounded by beautiful forests and rivers.
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#OptOutside was a campaign that was started by REI back in 2015. #OptOutside was a campaign that was started by REI back in 2015. They decided to
One of our Girl Scouts and Alumni Ambassadors, Mary Frost, gives an insight into what it feels like to be Cacique on course. A Cacique is
On July 22, 2018 Outward Bound Costa Rica (OBCR) welcomed five students from Nunavut and the Northwest Territories of Canada for a 9-day hiking adventure through picturesque and remote rainforests of Costa Rica. The group traveled to Costa Rica, through the Northern Youth Abroad…
Below are the images and stories from a great week on course across Costa Rica and Panama! Scuba & Sea Turtle Adventure did not miss a beat getting started on their journey! They rose early Sunday morning to travel across the southern border into Panama. From the Panamanian coast they took…
We have six groups on course this week! Caribbean Scuba and Service and Surf Service & CPR students enjoyed short stay at our base in San Ramón de Tres Ríos and then loaded in a van and headed down to the border of Panama! Upon arrival in Panama, they boarded a boat taxi which…
It has been an action-packed week as the summer is getting into full swing. Read below to find out what our groups have been up to! After establishing camp at their site in Playa Uvita on the Pacific coast, Catching Waves got started on their main event: surfing. In addition to riding the waves…
We are diving into high season with Girl Scout and Open Enrollment groups out on course! Scuba & Sea Turtle Adventure (Session #1) Girl Scouts were greeted at Juan Santamaria Airport and brought them back to base where they met their course instructors, Molly and Mariany. After their brief stay…
On June 3, 2018 Outward Bound Costa Rica (OBCR) welcomed nine Girl Scouts and six chaperons from Girl Scout Troop #690 of Eagle River, Alaska for an 11-day Custom Course adventure. “From the tops of the trees to the rapids of the river, Outward Bound Costa Rica left me with an experience…
In late March, Outward Bound Costa Rica welcomed Girl Scouts and parents from Troop 50287 of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to our rainforest base! The group met their instructors, Donna and Mauren, for orientation, bonding, and packing before heading out the following morning for 9 days of hiking the remote regions of Piedras Blancas, staying
“It was like a lifetime of experiences/lessons compressed into two weeks. I used every sense, every skill, every limb, every milligram of energy in the shortest space of time possible. I know that this was more than an educational experience because when I try to explain the activities/learning to others, I often