Nicholls State University HONOR PROGRAM IN COSTA RICA Date: December 07 - December 23, 2012
Rate per student: $1900 For Applications and brochures: Dr. Martin L. Simpson, Nicholls State University, Phone: (985) 448-4628 e-mail: martin.simpson@nicholls.edu

Beginning in San Jose during a eighteen day period, students will be traveling the entire length of the program, visiting seven different locations from coast to coast: San Jose: City tour, market and Poas Volcano Tortuguero: , the most important nesting site in the Western Hemisphere of the green turtles boating on channels surrounded by rain forest; Earth University: ongoing projects on the rain forest; Organization for Tropical Studies reserve at Sarapiqui: Guided tour in the best rain forest of Costa Rica; Monteverde Cloud Forest: Visit to the world heritage cloud forest; Guanacaste National Park: the last remain of the tropical dry forest; Rincon de la Vieja Volcano: Hike up the volcano; Hermosa Beach: 4 nights at the famous Papagayo Gulf for rest and optional activities.