Utilising time outside of the normal expedition research season, universities are able to design and plan their own individual field courses at a number of the Opwall field research stations. These field courses can be completely personalised to meet the needs of the group, and are available for 7, 10 or 14 days between September and May.
Field trips start at $640 per week for basic use of field facilities, but bespoke packages including provision of lectures, lecturers, field experts and PADI dive training can be also be provided. One free place for an academic for each 10 students is also provided (pro rata).
If you wish to run a field trip inside the normal Operation Wallacea field season, between June and August, please contact us at academics@opwall.com
The Indonesia marine research centre is based on the stunning Hoga Island in the famous Wakatobi Marine National Park, the most published site in the Coral Triangle. Accommodation is small traditional wooden huts with a bathroom based on two people sharing, lecture facilities and dining hall are within the main lodge.
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Running from a research ship in the remote Amazonian Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve. Basic dorm style accommodation, lecture facilities and dining room all within the research ship.
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This course can be run at Big 5 reserves in either the Highveld, Lowveld and Fynbos reserves if a one week course or a mixture of two of these sites if 10 days or longer.
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Terrestrial elements of this course is run in the jungle of the Yucatan Peninsula. If dive training is required for the second week then the best option is to go to our Akumal site where accommodation is in shared rooms a short way from the beach. If a more extensive marine science training course is required, the Honduras marine site of Tela is ideal, linked from Mexico via a flight from Belize City. Courses can be run as a forest only course or marine only courses if run for one week, or as a mix of the two options if run as a course for 10 days or longer.
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