Study Abroad Programs in Tela, Honduras

Operation Wallacea is a research and environmental organisation, working alongside university and college academics to build long-term datasets to put towards various conservation management goals. We recruit volunteers to help out with the data collection and train them in the skills and background that are needed to help effectively. There's also the option to complete dissertations or senior theses at our sites. The Honduras project has both a terrestrial component, based in Cusuco National Park, and a marine component, based on the islands of Utila and Tela. One of Operation Wallacea's oldest sites, there are a large number of ongoing projects, all centred around monitoring the biodiversity change in a highly endangered environment. Volunteers can get involved with everything from herpetofauna surveys to invertebrate surveys, bats, small mammals, coral, and fish, among many other things. There's also the option of doing a canopy access experience.