Come work, intern or volunteer in the land of tropical rivers, thick rainforest and active volcanoes.

Opportunities for adventure guiding, marketing & sales, web programming, volunteering at the Proyecto Asis Animal Rescue Shelter, maintenance & construction, and much more!


Please send us a letter indicating why you want to work or volunteer with Desafio Adventure Company, include your resume, language abilities and 3 references we can contact.

We look forward to hearing from you!



LOOKING FOR GROUP TOUR LEADERS

Our Group Tour Leaders are responsible for groups of students for the full time that the students and their teacher(s) are in Costa Rica. He or she would work with our staff to prepare before the program, manage the operations and logistics during the program, and also to wrap up after the program. The most important thing at all times is the students' safety.

He or she is a dedicated and conscientious individual who loves sharing their enthusiasm and life experiences with teenagers.

In order to succeed as the Group Tour Leader, he or she will need previous experience working with high school age students in group situations, as well as a demonstrated willingness to take responsibility and solve problems in the field. We prefer that he or she has experience leading volunteer projects in a rural community. He or she will also need excellent English and Spanish skills, flexibility, good organization, and a sense of humor. We are counting on his or her passion to create the best experience possible for the students.

Please contact adventure@desafiocostarica.com! to request an application form.




We believe our employees like working for us because we try to encourage them to balance their busy work lives with active and healthy personal lifestyles.


We offer:

discounts for memberships at local fitness centers

some telecommuting and flex-time options, where possible

on-site recycling and food composting at our lunch locations

waste-reduction (e.g. paperless workplace policies; biodigestor solid waste toilets and ecologically-sound grey water treatment)

low-interest loans for purchasing adventure equipment, bikes or other personal-improvement needs

carpooling opportunities

discounts for employees who want to travel around Costa Rica and/or try our other adventures or experience tourism-related services throughout the country

opportunities for staff to help us with our programs that benefit the environment and our community

all government-sponsored universal health care coverage and worker's compensation insurance

free, continuing-education opportunities via the National Institute of Learning (INA) and other international organizations, when available

opportunities for profit-sharing (e.g. a portion of the sale of adventure t-shirts, photo CDs on tours is returned to staff)

And for new employees, we ask they make the following pledge when hired:

"As an employee of Desafío Adventure Company, I am proud to be honest, responsible, professional, confident, reliable, sincere and passionate about the work I do and the life I live."

Our company administrative mantra is:

"We do things right the first time, efficiently and in as little time as possible",
for that reason, many high-level tour companies and hotels like to book with us.

And we only have two rules in our company:

Be safe! never do things that will cause an accident or put someone in a dangerous situation

Have Serious Fun!

If Desafío Adventure Company seems like the right company for you and you're looking for a job in one of the leading adventure companies in Central America, please e-mail us!