This is not a
casual commitment

Single programme

Seeds & Stories or Roots and Rhythms

Standard

Worked Examples

Whats included

Seeds & Stories

• All sessions, educators & materials

• Programm Journal

• Daily seasonal fruit snack & water

What is not included

Programme fees cover everything within the programme. Flights, accommodation in Puerto Viejo, and transfers from the airport to the Caribbean coast are not included. We are happy to point you toward where families tend to stay and answer practical questions about getting here on your discovery call.

Who is this for

This section matters. Not every family is the right fit, and we would rather be honest about that than have the wrong family in the room.

Seeds & Stories is for families where the parent wants to be present. You are not dropping off and going to work. You are in it alongside your child. The half-day format leaves afternoons free, but the mornings ask you to show up and participate.

Roots & Rhythms is for children who are ready to step in independently — and for working parents who need quality, structured days while they work. Your child will be part of a small group, building real skills and real relationships over three weeks. You will know exactly where they are and who they are with.

Both programmes are for families who understand that something meaningful takes time. Three weeks gives you the space to do that properly. 

If your child is between 7 and 9, Seeds & Stories is the right programme. Roots & Rhythms is for ages 10 and up.

If you are not sure which fits your family, that is exactly what the discovery call is for.

The Value

Both Programmes include

A journal designed specifically for each programme, daily reflection prompts, recipe pages, conservation pages, and mixed media art pages.

Please note, flights, accommodation and transfers are not included. We are happy to help with recommendations for accommodation and transfers

Both programmes start with a soft welcome the Sunday before they start, to ease you into the space and community.

Summer 2026 Seeds & Stories, Wander & Wonder week and Roots & Rhythms run as one continuous seven week arc. In other seasons each runs as a standalone programme

Nearly 70 years of life on this coast, between our founders and our associate partner Susanna, alongside relationships with BriBri Indigenous and Afro-Caribbean communities that were built decades before this programme existed. Educators who are not performing their culture for visitors, they are living it, and they are letting you and your children stand alongside them.

"This is our home. That's what makes this different."

That is not a marketing line. That is the whole point.

Your child will learn to read a cacao pod, to cook alongside a woman and man who have been doing it their whole life, to record sloth data in the field, to make music with local instruments, to understand this coastline well enough to care about it, and to collaborate through community service. The three-week arc is designed so that by the final week, they are not observing anymore. They are contributing. That shift - from visitor to someone who belongs somewhere - is what families come back talking about.

Ready to talk it through?

The next step is a short discovery call with Claire or Sam. We will walk through which programme fits your family, answer every practical question, and make sure this is the right thing before anyone commits to anything.

There is no pressure in this conversation. We open a door. You decide whether to walk through it.

→ Apply and schedule your discovery call

Questions before you apply? Write to us at cacaocoastcr@gmail.com. You will hear from Claire or Sam directly.