The Station

Until late November/Early December, I'm residing at the Iguana Station in Utila. Also at the station are 6 other volunteers. There are three people from Germany who came here together, one person from Scotland, one from England, and one from Honduras. Another volunteer from Honduras is arriving here shortly. All are around 22-24 years old. I share a room with John, from Scotland. There is a lot of space, and a nice balcony area with a few hammocks. Also, we have access to a kitchen.


On site, there are about 10 large iguana cages. Three are filled with ~60 yearlings each, and the rest have just a few. The station has a breeding program, and releases half of the newborns right away, and care for the other half.

Work is pretty easy so far. The general plan for a weekday is work from 8-11, long break, and then work again around 2 for awhile. Most of the jobs are pretty easy and involve cleaning/feeding. We dug a bunch of 1m deep holes to prepare for a building addition, which proved to be pretty difficult due to the hard soil. Other than that, nothing has been too labor impressive. I think we have weekends pretty free, except for feeding in the mornign.

(Pictures added soon)