Protect dolphins in Croatia

You share a four-bed room with three other volunteers, which you keep clean together. You bring your own bedding. A kitchen is available in the apartment. You have WiFi in the research base. On the days of departure, the volunteers are asked to clean the dormitories thoroughly and to help with cleaning and tidying up the entire apartment.

There is a small supermarket XNUMX minutes from the research base, where you can also buy English and German newspapers. There is an open marketplace right next to the supermarket where fresh seasonal fruit and pastries are on sale in the summer. There are also more shops in the vicinity where you can buy everyday items.

During your stay you will enjoy healthy and tasty Mediterranean dishes and also learn how to cook them yourself (if you feel like it). On the excursions you can taste Istrian olives and truffles and get inspiration to take home.

The project site is in a village, right by the sea. Live your everyday life here a little slower while listening to the sound of the sea and the chirping of the cicadas. You can stroll around the open market square and buy fresh seasonal fruit or pastries.

A beautiful view of the sea with crystal clear water awaits you on the Croatian Adriatic coast. Green pine forests and the karst mountains also adorn the landscape in the background. But Croatia is not only beautiful on the coast - the country also has many national parks to offer, with waterfalls, mountains and gorges.

Would you like to get to know this little place by the sea? Are you interested in marine conservation and dolphins and want to learn more about them? Then we warmly welcome you to our project location in Croatia!

As a volunteer on the Croatian Adriatic, the entire coast is available to you for a wide range of leisure activities after work and on your days off.

On the beaches you can have a really good time, relax and swim. If you prefer to be active, then go snorkeling, diving, sailing or SUP. You can also work out by riding a bike. There are numerous cycle paths in the area around your project location and there is even an organized cycle tour planned for one day. You drive from Zambratija towards Slovenia and have a wonderful view of the Alps from one of the points.

There are numerous small fishing villages and towns along the coast that you can visit. Rovinj, Porec, Pula and Umag, for example, are recommended. 
Pula enchants with buildings from Roman, Venetian and Byzantine times. The triumphal arch, the Augustus temple and the castle are particularly reminiscent of times gone by. The most impressive is probably the old amphitheater, also known as the Pula Arena. But the city also inspires with its modern architecture. In the Uljanik shipyard you can admire the light show of the luminous giants in the evening. The cranes light up in different colors and radiate a special flair.

Also in Umag there are some interesting buildings from the old days. There you can admire the city walls with its partially preserved city gate and drawbridge from the tenth century, visit a museum displaying ancient vessels and crafts or visit the Church of Saint Roch with its beautiful painted ceiling from the 16th century.

Other places worth seeing are, for example, the oldest lighthouse on the Adriatic in Savudrija and all national parks, such as the Brijuni National Park, Kamenjak National Park or the Plitvice Lakes, which were also the location of the Winnetou films.