Life Off campus

Although our campus is officially 15 acres, we like to think of all of Costa Rica as our extended campus and outdoor learning laboratory!
We are fortunate to be much more than a college-preparatory school comparable with schools in the U.S. and around the world We are that and much more thanks to the dramatic natural setting we enjoy every day, and that is the primary reason students and parents cite for choosing CDSG.

CDSG boarders attend regular classes and participate in extracur-ricular, sports, and community service activities during the week. On weekends, however, they take learning, adventure, and plain old fun outside the classroom and off campus, through a series of planned trips and activities throughout Costa Rica.
Typical destinations and experiences include:

• • Arenal Volcano area, Costa Rica’s most active and well known volcano.
• • The vibrant cloud forests of Monteverde
• • Camping trips to nearby beaches or islands.
• • Beautiful Manuel Antonio National Park
• • Camping at Santa Rosa
• • Exploring Rincon de la Vieja
• • Thermal power plant tour at Miravalles
• • Witnessing the incredible Ostional Olive Ridley turtle arri val
• • White water rafting the Pacuare or Reventazon rivers
• • Cave-spelunking at Arenal or Barra Honda
  
• • Horseback riding – available almost anywhere and everywhere in Costa Rica, usually combined with a special destination or inside a National Park.
• • Sailing, on one of several available catamarans or sail boats
  
• • Snorkeling off nearby reefs in warm Pacific waters
• • Scuba diving (we provide scuba certification for those who are uncertified)
• • Surfing
• • Sea kayaking

You do not need to be a professional scuba diver, horseback rider, hiker, surfer, or all around adventurer. Trips are designed to be available, enjoyable and challenging to all, and while you may find some things to be new and strange, you will be re-warded by the satisfaction of experiencing and learning something new with every challenge. On this page, you see just a very small sample of all the things we do at CDSG. We often wonder if these pictures, and the experiences they represent for our students, could be taken at any other boarding school in the world.