About Our Group
This is the amount of participants who came SOLO on this program.
What is TEN?
This grain, often served with black beans, is a staple of many Costa Rican meals.
What is RICE?
This slow-moving mammal with long claws spends most of its life hanging upside down in trees.
What is a SLOTH?
The Central Valley is home to Costa Rica’s capital city. What is this capital city?
What is SAN JOSE?
This is the official language of Costa Rica.
What is SPANISH?
This is the amount of participants who live in California.
What is FIVE?
This green fruit is often fried into chips or served as a starchy side dish in Costa Rica.
What is PLANTAIN?
This large cat, rarely seen by humans, is one of the top predators in Costa Rica’s rainforests.
What is a JAGUAR?
Costa Rica was home to one of the most active volcanoes from 1968 until 2010. What is this volcano called?
What is ARENAL?
Costa Ricans often say this phrase, meaning “pure life” or “all good.”
What is PURA VIDA?
This is the amount of participants have done a WCC program in the past.
What is TWO?
This sweet tropical fruit, known for its spiky outside and juicy inside, grows well in Costa Rica’s climate.
What is PINEAPPLE?
Costa Rica is home to both green and leatherback species of this ocean animal that lays eggs on the beaches.
What is a SEA TURTLE?
Costa Rica has many ________ plantations because of its rich volcanic soil. We tour one of these on our trip.
What is COFFEE?
This small colorful currency features pictures of wildlife like monkeys and sharks.
What is the Costa Rican COLÓN?
This is the only month was no one in our group born in (staff & participants)?
What is DECEMBER?
This popular Costa Rican soup is made with beef, corn, plantains, and other vegetables simmered together.
What is OLLA DE CARNE?
Known for its bright red eyes and colorful body, this small amphibian is one of Costa Rica’s most famous frogs.
What is the RED-EYED TREE FROG?
This area in Costa Rica that we visit is famous for its cloud forest, where the forest stays covered in mist.
What is MONTEVERDE?
Costa Rica sits between these two large bodies of water. What are they?
What is the PACIFIC OCEAN and the CARIBBEAN SEA?
This the the TOTAL number of trips have the staff been on (not including this one).
What is FIFTEEN?
The traditional Costa Rican breakfast dish made of rice and black beans mixed together.
What is GALLO PINTO?
This loud monkey, named for the sounds it makes, can often be heard before it’s seen in Costa Rica’s forests.
What is a HOWLER MONKEY?
This beach that we visit is named for the pinkish hue of its sand at sunrise and sunset.
What is FLAMINGO?
Costa Rica makes up only about 0.03% of the Earth’s land, but holds nearly this percent of the world’s biodiversity.
What is 5%?