Conjugate verbs on ancient Incan trails. Master your pronunciation while living with locals. Practice grammar near the world’s highest volcano. This is Spanish immersion, Ecuadorian style.
Se habla adventure? Spanish class meets at 15,000 feet. Grab your backpack and cross the rugged Andes through famous Incan ruins to get there. Don’t be late. Then, drop down into cobble-stoned colonial cities and charming villages to talk the talk. With everyone: hat makers, weavers, even llamas. No one speaks English. Which is exactly the point. Back up, into a cloud forest, to volunteer with local residents and children on environmental and educational projects – in Spanish, of course. Doing crafts, dancing salsa, eating and laughing, constantly surrounded by native speakers. As language instruction goes, this is as immersive as it gets.
“Charlotte's Spanish improved incredibly, and she loved her host family, the kids on her trip, and leaders. It was fabulous!” — Robin and John Parsons, Chicago, IL
One day, years from now, you will reflect on where and how you learned to really speak Spanish. And at once, these incredible experiences will come flooding back. For now, leave here with three college language credits, over forty service hours and memories, forever etched.
COLLEGE CREDIT
Three Spanish language college credits through Lesley University
COMMUNITY SERVICE
40 hours of community service
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costs and trip dates
| Dates | Days | Cost |
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- Highlights
- Learn Spanish in Cuenca and the gardens of Hacienda San Juan Pamba
- Backpack the ancient Inca Trail through spectacular Andes Mountains
- Home stay for a week with an Ecuadorian family
- Do service work with a local foundation in Otavalo
- See majestic volcanoes on foot and horseback
- Visit the true equator
- Experience Required
- 2 years high school Spanish
- Locations
- Cotopaxi
- Cuenca
- Otavalo
- Paute
- Quito
- Salasaca
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