Gap Year Programs in Guanacaste,Costa Rica

I really enjoyed getting to know the instructors more personally. As for the activities, I had a lot of fun doing the waterfall rappel. A very eye opening experience in terms of experiencing culture and learning to respect and understand people who are different. I learnt how people live different lives and believe different things but we all have similarities.

My favorite part of this course was the ending. It is bittersweet to know that it has come to an end, but now is the time that I look back on how much I have changed and also bonded with my troop/guides. This course changed me. in our generation, it is very common that we don't look around and explore. This course gave me the opportunity to experience challenges, accomplishments and pure joy in life.

I'd been planning for this trip for many years and everything in Costa Rica was even better and more exciting than I imagined. I always felt safe, but I was out of my comfort zone almost always. Even when it was hard, we had fun and got to see so many different parts of the country, We learned so much, saw so many new things, pushed ourselves, and got so much closer.

Outward Bound is really great for people mentally and physically. It is very healthy and life-changing. I learned that I could do anything if I just push myself more than usual. It has changed my outlook on life and people and I overcame my fear of heights.

made new friends and had meaningful encounters with the locals all while experiencing a mutlitude of new activites and lifestyles. Doing service in an indigenous village and getting to experience life as they do was englightening and inspiring. It made me realise how little is truly needed to get by and be happy. Less = more - having less builds more meaningful relationships and experiences.

It is an amazing opportunity to break out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself and learn about a completely different culture. It was a very rare and incredible experience. By stepping out of myself, I was returned to myself.

Outward Bound provided an experience full of adventure, knowledge, culture, service and great food. - it is hard to come by so much in other programs. Service presents the best opportunity to get out of your own ways and into a different culture. I deeply appreciate being in a community among the Bri Bri to enrich my own personal knowledge of the World. It was meaningful to directly see how a community benefited from my help, as they enriched my life.

I think Outward Bound is a safe way to explore a foreign country, it has really fun events as well. You become independent in some ways but Outward Bound is also about being part of a group. It was challenging and pushed me out of my comfort zone but it was amazing and fun and I will hold on to these memories forever. I learned that I really enjoy travelling and challenging myself. I definitely want to see more of the World in the future.

It was so nice to have efficient leaders while on course. I also really enjoyed how Outward Bound allowed us to experience the culture while still providing some sense of normality. I learned that I need to step out of my comfort zone sometimes in order to live life to the fullest aswell as being more mindful of others. Also not all spiders are dangerous!

The kids learning to be responsible for the themselves and to support each other - I'm really motivated to get back to rock climbing when I get home. I loved all the rappelling. I'm also excited to work on my Spanish more. I'm dying for my own kids to come!

It was very nicely curated. I thought it was a good mixture of luxury and roughing it - staying at the homestays. I loved the hike into Piedras Blancas. It was so special to have Mauren show us her hometown. It was such a pristine location and very challenging so the kids felt very accomplished to get there. It refreshed my love for the outdoor recreation and it rekindled my interest in outdoor education. As an elementary teacher, I have so many responsibilities that distract me from the use of outdoor education. I loved the meeting format - I feel this could be useful in the classroom.

It made me grow in a lot of different ways and I got really good experiences and met amazing people so overall I am extremely grateful for everything that happened on this trip. It is smart to do things you have never tried before because you might end up loving them and that is definitely what happens this trip. I will continue to try new things.

It was lifechanging, mindgrowing and out of your comfort zone awesome. My favorite part was releasing 88 turtles in one night. It was so cool to watch them all make it to shore. I was so happy to see them make it to the ocean.

I really loved all of the big activities like ziplining because of the adrenaline rush. I also really liked spending time with the counciler. All my expectations were high expectations and they definitely met those. I remember everything in good memories

Not only did we have beautiful dives, I learned about Panamanian culture through kids and adults alike. My favorite parts of the course were interacting with the kids because they were so cute and fun and scuba diving because I saw so many beautiful animals and the shipwreck was so cool. A new challenge that pushes you through physical/emotional struggles and beautiful new views of life.

Outward Bound Costa Rica's trip was much more challenging than I thought but definitely set my mental ability and physical ability much higher. This experience was beyond fun as well and most definitely worth it. My favorite part was learning about the culture in general in a really fun way. I also really enjoyed the meetings at the end because it taught me a lot about being efficient.

I think I learned a lot, about animals that we would see and I think it was really cool that everyday somebody would have to study up on a subject that had something to do with what you'd do that day. The most meaningful part of my couse was stayin at all of the homestays and experiencing what they do everyday and playing with the kids at the Lopez's house. I thought that really gave me a better perspective of different peoples lives and hav a different culture. It's a fun learning experience and helps you to live in the moment, connect with friends and check a few things off your bucket list.