Farm, Food & DrinkCentral America
Permaculture design certificate
Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
Photo by Jonathan Cooper on Unsplash
The standard 72-hour PDC on working tropical farms — water, soil, food forests — with surf 10 minutes away.
- How long
- ~18 days
- Cost
- $1,600 – $3,000
- In rupees
- ₹1.5L – ₹2.9L
- Starting level
- Beginner
14–30 days
$128/day
₹12,200/day
moderate pace
Price covers: 18-day PDC, tuition + cabina + farm meals. Range built from typical 2026 market rates. Verify before you book. Flights and visas are never included, and nothing here is a quote.
The price includes
- Tuition
- Somewhere to sleep
- Meals
- A certificate
You come away with: Permaculture Design Certificate
Best months — Dec-Apr
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While you're in the region
Is this a good one?
- Against others of its kind
- At $128 a day this sits a little under the $136 median for farm, food & drink. It is cheaper than 9 of the 18 farm, food & drink options mapped here.
- Other things to learn in Costa Rica
- 1 other option in Costa Rica, starting with tropical ecology and naturalist guiding in Monteverde from $2,200.
- When to go
- Workable across 5 months of the year — Dec-Apr. Outside that the season is against you, not the school.
- How long it really takes
- Most people give it 18 days, but the honest range is 14 to 30. The narrow spread means the course length is largely fixed.
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