COVID POLICY & PROTOCOLS

We are concerned about the health and safety of our guests and community members and continue to develop our protocols as they relate to COVID-19. Due to the uncertain nature of international travel these days we recommend that people who are concerned about the possibility of their attendance being affected or of having their travel delayed due to COVID-19 that they should buy travel insurance. Please make sure to check with your insurance company that you will be covered.

We are doing our best to provide a safe environment so that our operations can continue. We feel like the pandemic has been going on for long enough now that people should be able to take the precautions they deem necessary and we are doing our best to accommodate those. We would like to stress that each individual is responsible for their own health and safety and we will provide a safe environment to meet people where they are at. If you are concerned about something please approach us so we can try and resolve the issue.

If you test positive while at the Ranch, let us know immediately so that we can keep the rest of our community safe. You will be provided with a private, isolated room or house to limit your exposure to others as soon as you let us know. If this requires us to incur additional expenses then these will be passed on to you. We therefore encourage all students and guests to buy appropriate travel insurance to cover this possibility. As soon as you discover that you are positive please let someone know, maintain distance from people and wear a mask.

Home tests can be purchased in country at Fischel among other places and we encourage people to come with sufficient tests for their length of stay. While we do have some tests, we are far away from town and sourcing them is much harder for us. In the event that you need to use one of our tests the cost will be passed on to you. As of writing, this is approximately $10 per test and if it becomes cheaper we will pass this on to you.

If you begin to feel unwell, please immediately assume that it may be COVID-19, keep your distance from others, wear a mask and let someone know and we will provide you with a home test (it will cost you $10) if you do not have your own.

If you have to quarantine at the Ranch beyond your planned stay we will do our best to accommodate you in a private, isolated room or house to limit your exposure to others. You will be charged at the usual guest rate for that accommodation. Please make sure you have travel insurance to cover this eventuality.

While quarantining you will not be able to participate in classes and you are asked to stay in your room or far away from others. Please do not come to the main house area unless there is an emergency and if you need to come please keep your distance and wear a mask. We will endeavor to deliver your food after meal times and tend to you as you need during your quarantine.

Length of quarantine is determined by the Ministry of Health in Costa Rica.

If you miss portions of a workshop or your stay due to you contracting COVID-19 or for any other reason we will be unable to refund you. Please make sure that you have suitable travel insurance to cover this eventuality.

If you have to cancel your trip before coming due to COVID-19 our regular cancellation policy will apply.

For detailed entry requirements to enter Costa Rica go here.