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Dreamsea surf camp made my experience here in Costa Rica completely unreal! The people you meet here soon become your family and make saying goodbye extremely hard. Most days there are activities, excursion and events on in town so there’s always something to do, and the staff and surf instructors and really helpful and friendly. I planned to stay here for 3 weeks as a volunteer and loved it so much I stayed for an extra week. Would highly recommend to anyone who wants to learn to surf, experience Costa Rica, make new friends and have a good time. !

The place looks absolutely nothing like any of the photos that are shown online. I was a volunteer and was shocked at the filthy living conditions around the camp. The volunteer dorms were exposed to the outside leaving countless critters around us at all times. They were careful to not have any photos of inside the volunteer dorm on the website because of how filthy it is. You can’t even walk around without shoes because of the mud that is all on the floors inside. Some people that I met from the UK called it a military camp. The 2 meals you are promised a day are basically scraps as they barely have enough food for everyone at the camp. The “bar” that they have there is not worth it to drink at all it’s overpriced and there’s no real bartender there anyway. They forget to mention that the shuttle that is offered to the beach only comes once a day at 11am and then it takes you back at 6pm. The camp had a lot of people so everyone squishes onto it. It is not a 20 minute walk to the beach it is an hour walk because you are in more of a jungle area. So it’s not as accessible to get to the downtown area on your own unless you uber. As for the surfing lessons it is one “instructor” teaching like 20 people at a time. It is overpriced and you could get a solo lesson for the same price if not cheaper at the beach yourself. While I was there I also heard of peoples things like their passports and money going “mysteriously missing” there’s no lockbox or anything to put your valuables in. There is absolutely no sense of security. Anyone really could just walk in there. The whole site is just run down nothing feels clean. I’ve been to summer camp before I wouldn’t even say dream sea is as clean as a summer camp. I would advise not to stay here even if you are coming as a guest because it is all 18-21 year olds at the camp. They specifically ask the volunteers to bring cash to pay for the stay because they will not refund you in that case. Most of the people I met there wanted to leave but were young and did not have the money to do so. The hostels in town are a better option to stay at. Also this dream sea is not affiliated with the other dream sea organizations that exist. They just took the logo and put in on their instagram page but it is not an official dream sea surf camp. A lot of time is spent into making their social media page look amazing but it’s not what it seems.

Hospedagem boa para poucos dias.

I had a great time at Dreamsea Surfcamp Costa Rica. Beautiful camp area, amazing people, fun times. Alot of different things to do, nice excursions to fantastic beaches and waterfalls. I love it! Furthermore I can say, that the freelancing experience at camp was more than fullfilling. So many Tattoos and happy people!

I needed to a bit younger to stay here, but I'd recommend to anyone wanting to find a home away from home with young likeminded travellers finding their way in the world.

It was a fantastic experience! In the camp you can breathe very good vibes and share moments with awesome people. Surf lessions with Mariano are fantastics, he gives you a lot of tips and makes you better in surfing day by day, best teacher ever!

Dont stay here.I stayed in playa hermosa,the rooms are crazy hot ,they charge you $25 for a pasta dinner thats worth $1,they wont let you bring in any food not even snacks or soft drinks ,they dont want you to eat outside ,they tell you to get a private taxi transfer that costs $260 and dont tell you about a $60 shuttle bus which is perfectly fine ,I got it on the way back .the beach has no life guards,I had to save two people from a very strong rip which they dont tell you about,one of the owners has 3 dogs that are not friendly ,I got chased by them and the owner didint seem bothered ,thats what they do ,its also very expensive to stay in the camp and all the trips are very expensive ,there is also a building site right next door that they dont tell you about till you have payed to stay ,the noise starts at 7am till dark . Playa hermosa is a wonderful place ,just dont stay in the camp .

They take care of their residents…. In all situations… Respect

Grace and Danny at reception were so inviting and very helpful. A bit far from town but a shuttle is offered to and from the beach everyday for guests. I recommend getting dinner at the hostel because the food was amazing every night. Very social and the pool was great to hangout by for a chill day.