• Live & Learn Spanish. For just $175/wk immerse yourself in a typical little Costa Rican village. Price includes 20 hrs. of Spanish instruction, homestay with Costa Rican family, 3 delicious meals a day, laundry and airport (San Jose) transfers. This community-based language school has been setup as a non-profit to be run by the community, for the community.

• Academy New Learning Be Different !! Enjoy a new and exciting method of learning:"Natural and practical 100% ". A friendly atmosphere; tours, activities and much more are waiting for you !!

• Centro de Idiomas Intercultura Two campuses, beach and city, academic credit, homestays, cultural activities calendar, latin dance classes daily, and volunteer programs.

• CPI Spanish immersion programs at THREE fully established campuses. See the most stunning locations of Costa Rica: the Monteverde Cloud Forest,Flamingo Beach and Heredia while receiving the same high quality Spanish instruction.

• Conversa Established in 1975. Spanish Programs at two locations, Santa Ana campus and San Jose in-town school. U.S. college credit available.

• Cosi A Spanish language school in Costa Rica that offers intensive Spanish classes beginning each week all year round, at the city and at the beach.

• CRLA - Costa Rica Language Academy Costa Rican owned and operated language school offering first rate Spanish instruction by professional, qualified teachers, in a warm and friendly environment.

• D'Amore Beach and Spanish all in one! Beautiful Manuel Antonio is the location of this incredible school. A la playa!

• El Paraiso School Study spanish in a tropical paradise and enjoy classes of surf, dance, cooking, cultural activities, all included.

• Forester Instituto Internacional Spanish language school offers professional instruction, homestays, excursions program, U.S. academic credit.

• ILERI Costa Rica Escazu / Panama city & Bocas del Toro: ILERI is a small institute in Escazú. You will have the option of staying with a costarrican family .We have programs for people of all ages.

• Intensa Your best choice to learn spanish and visit the most exciting places in Costa Rica. College credits. Special rates for groups.

• Institute for Central American Studies Mesoamerica Language Program Come to Costa Rica, learn a new language, enjoy a new cultural experience; we offer an intensive, accredited, conversationally-oriented Spanish program at all levels.




• Instituto Guanacasteco Tropical Samara Beach and the colonial town of Nicoya. Two locations to better serve you in pristine Guanacaste province. Surrounded by national parks and reserves.

• The Corcovado Foundation is a non profit organization dedicated to protecting the natural resources of the Osa Peninsula and Corcovado National Park, especially by stopping illegal hunting and logging.

• Universal de Idiomas For-credit and non-credit courses in small, personal classroom settings. Over 18 years experience.

• Wayra Spanish Institute Spanish at Tamarindo Beach. Learn in nature, speak in scenic splendor, pronounce in paradise. Lots of activities: surfing, diving, golf, horseback riding... Auch in DEUTSCH.

Non-Profit Organizations and Study Centers and Internships

• FLACSO(Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences): all of Flacso Costa Rica's published materials are available to purchase on-line direct from the center.

Biology and Ecology Courses

• INBioparque an educational and recreational center that includes interpreted trails with permanent exhibits (frogs, tarantulas, bees, ants, bromeliads, orchids and butterflies), interactive exhibition halls and audiovisuals.

• TROPICAL SCIENCE CENTER ANDMONTEVERDE CLOUD FOREST PRESERVE: Tropical Dendrology and Birding courses lastingtwo-three weeks are offered every year.

• The Carbonera School is located on the Osa Peninsula in Southwestern Costa Rica. At a gathering of neighbors in January 1991 the idea of a community school was shifted from a dream into action. This dream is kept alive through generous donations of Lapa Rios' guests and the hard work of the community.

Other educational resources in CR

• K12 Link in Costa Rica
  KIDLINK contact: Vigny Alvarado Castillo, (valvarad@arenal.uned.ac.cr)
  Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San Jose, Costa Rica.
  TEL: (506) 533-2121, FAX: (506) 533-4990

• Costa Rica Books Online