Terraventuras Jungle Expedities

Placement organization

Name of organization: Terraventuras Jungle Expedities
Town/city: Puerto Viejo
Country: Costa Rica
Website: http://terraventuras.com

Name of student: Nienke Bouw

Specialist area: TM
Placement period: 2013-2014

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Touroperator
Organization’s activities: – operating tours
– selling tours
– tailor made tours
-guiding tours
Target group of the organization: adventures healthy people who care about the environment
Company culture: informal
2 managers from europe
Number of employees: 9
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? – Tourguiding and backoffice
Brief description of your daily activities: Welcome the guests, transfer talk, providing information during the tour, giving safety instructions, small talk with the guests, handing out evalution forms

At he office
write down the improvements
translate documents
Tasks related to sustainability
Brief description of your company assignment: Making a script manual for each tour as a guideline for the guides
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: moderate guidance

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? sociable, independent, responsible
Additional company requirements for this placement? guiding skills
English: Advanced
Spanish: Basic
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? company
How did you go to work every day? bicycle

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? no
Do you need a work permit? np
How did you arrange the necessary documents:
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents?
Did you need certain vaccinations? Yes
How long in advance? 2 months

Language course

Did you take a language course before you started your placement? Yes
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? no but it makes it easy

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 750
Accommodation (monthly): € 120
Local transport (monthly): € 0
General costs of living (monthly): € 280
Costs of visa: € 0
Costs of work permit: € 0
What did the company pay for/to you? Bicycle
Possibility to go on tours for free
Discount accomodation

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
Reading books
Reading about costa rica on internet
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? no

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: nienke.bouw@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: – Dont walk alone at night
–
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: – Beach
-Surf
– National Parks
-Restaurants
– Bars
– Yoga

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link