Medicinal plant life abounds. The forest is home to monkeys, tapirs, capibaras, wild pigs and jaguars. Treetops sound with the calls of parrots and macaws of every color. In addition, GAI receives and cares for injured and displaced animals. To participate, students must be 18 or older and in excellent health.
Enrollment is limited to ten.
Tuition is extra, and, along with credit and financial aid, must be worked out with each participant's degree-granting institution. Service scholarships may be available through GAI upon request. The Summer Field Study program is eight weeks and the new Winter Semester program lasts 16 weeks. Currently, students or groups from other universities or colleges that use the site must provide a faculty member or enroll in the NSU program. GAI is looking for other universities to locate semester programs of their own on the reserve.