Gap Year Sports Costa Rica

Take a gap year to Central America and join one of the gap year sports programmes in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica offers the ideal location for gap year sports programmes. With more water per square mile than any other country worldwide bar New Zealand, Costa Rica is to many the spiritual home to water sports abroad. With great scuba diving, excellent waves and strong winds, Costa Rica is the destination for gap year water sports.

We offer a number of new sports programmes in Costa Rica, catering for all different types of sports enthusiasts. If you are interested in sports volunteering and looking to do some sports coaching abroad, we have the sports coaching volunteer project. Alternatively, if you are into adventure sports abroad, then we have the brand new surfing and kitesurfing programmes.

To learn more about the gap year sports programmes in Costa Rica, use the following links:

Costa Rica Kite Surfing Programme Do something completely different in stunning surroundings – kite surfing! You’ll learn to glide across the waves of the Pacific Ocean and if you wish, you can take language lessons and discover the culture in San José. Costa Rica Spanish and Salsa Learn the lingo in the mornings with small classes that focus on speaking and understanding. Dance the afternoons away with lessons in Salsa and Chachacha and take part in cultural activities in between. Costa Rica Sports and Teaching Programme Football – Basketball – Volleyball – General Sports   Help with PE lessons in local schools and organise games of football and other sports. Your skills and enthusiasm will inspire underprivileged children who often have to make do with little or no equipment. Costa Rica Surfing Programme Ride some of the warmest waves in the world, against a backdrop of beautiful sand and a deep blue sky. Suitable for beginners and amateurs, the course includes intensive coaching and unlimited use of a board. Costa Rica Water Sports Adventure An action-packed, adrenaline-pumping holiday that will have you kite surfing, learning Spanish, white water rafting, cooking traditional dishes, surfing, dancing the Latino way and more – all amid seriously spectacular scenery!