Responsible Holidays in Latin America

Learn the lingo, put it to use in on a project then go and discover some of the country’s most famous landmarks. Soak up the Latin American culture and experience the warmth of the natives.

Take your TEFL, then help out with lessons or lead your own. Teach deprived children or teenagers, or adults that need English to improve their job prospects. Combine it with Spanish lessons to make communicating easier.

Give disillusioned young people a reason to be positive. Play games and sports with them, set up clubs, collect food and clothes donations, run workshops, serve them meals or organise trips out.

A trip that combines an incredible variety of sights and experiences: living with an indigenous family, being awed by the world’s biggest salt lake, volunteering on a project, learning to speak Spanish, dancing salsa and much more.

Organise fun activities that allow orphans to enjoy themselves and be children again. Run painting, dancing, drawing, music or sport sessions, and help out with cooking, cleaning and feeding the children.

A brilliant way to learn enough of the language to take part in a Spanish-speaking project or to travel around South America. Small classes and living as part of a Bolivian family make learning fast and fun.

Help abandoned and vulnerable teenagers learn manual skills – their lifeline if they don’t go to university. You’ll be based in Sucre, a vibrant city where the colourful, native traditions are still in evidence.

Complete novices can learn and test their skills above one of the world’s most spectacular cities, Rio de Janeiro. You’ll have the chance to climb Sugar Mountain and to explore the sights in your free time.

Help out a city with exceptional levels of poverty by teaching English and organising fun activities. Your work will keep children off the streets, contribute to their social wellbeing and show them how to enjoy their childhood.

Teach English, take part in vocational and health workshops, organise leisure activities and help with fundraising. You’ll give people of all ages the chance of a better education and a better life.

Make a difference to a community that is slowly but surely helping itself. Get involved with one of several successful projects, teaching English, taking craft sessions, coaching sports, promoting dancing or helping in other ways.

Give children in the most deprived part of Brazil the chance of a better future by teaching football, English or arts and crafts. You’ll get the feel-good factor and they’ll get improved social skills, more confidence and brighter prospects.

Board a specially designed boat and get creative about teaching children to preserve the environment. Plant trees with them, help them put on a green-themed play and get involved with a cinema project.

Get to the heart of a country famous for its music. Learn the lingo and discover the secrets of drumming and capoeira. You’ll stay in Salvador, the home of rhythm and the capital of joy.

Take part in a truly unique project. Give English lessons in the morning, help build the touring, floating school in the afternoon then learn capoeira from locals in the evening. No experience needed, just enthusiasm!

Learn capoeira, jiu-jitsu and Portuguese while living just minutes from Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Visit a samba school, sunbathe on the beach or admire the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue in your free time.

Learn what you need to get around Brazil through small, relaxed classes that encourage conversation. You’ll stay with a family in Rio and extra curricular fun could include sunbathing on Copacabana beach or climbing Sugarloaf Mountain!

Work with the blind and help reintegrate them back into society. Accompany them on visits, run dance sessions, help with occupational activities and get involved in promoting the work of the centre.

Get a recognised TEFL certificate, teach English to disadvantaged children and make a valuable difference to many lives. Any extra time you spend with them – even just helping brush their hair - will be gratefully received.

If you like tennis, this is an opportunity to teach it to deprived children in Belo Horizonte. You’ll also learn Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro, with time to explore some of the most beautiful areas of Brazil.

Help brighten up the lives of underprivileged children in Rio. Whether you teach them English, play games with them or run arts and crafts sessions, you’ll improve their self-confidence and social skills.

Help out an orphanage for children who have been abused or abandoned by their families. Babies and toddlers up to the age of four need waking, feeding and bathing – but most of all, love and attention.

Pick up one of the most rhythmic languages in the world with small, friendly classes, dedicated teachers and excellent facilities. Great for travelling round South America or for taking part in a Spanish speaking volunteer project.

A four-week trip of a lifetime, during which you’ll learn Spanish, volunteer in an orphanage or school, live with a Costa Rican family, sail along the Tárcoles River, bathe in volcanic hot springs and learn about the local fauna.

You’ll be invaluable to the over-worked leaders of orphanages and homes. Finger-printing, hopscotch or baking cakes will encourage abused, neglected and orphan children to smile again, while you’ll get a rare insight into Costa Rican life.

A four-week trip of a lifetime, during which you’ll learn Spanish, volunteer in an orphanage or school, live with a Costa Rican family, sail along the Tárcoles River, bathe in volcanic hot springs and learn about the local fauna.

Do something completely different in stunning surroundings – kite surfing! You’ll learn to glide across the waves of the Pacific Ocean and if you wish, you can take language lessons and discover the culture in San José.

Learn the lingo in the mornings with small classes that focus on speaking and understanding. Dance the afternoons away with lessons in Salsa and Chachacha and take part in cultural activities in between.

Teach English or computer skills or organise fun activities such as plays, arts and crafts and sport in schools or centres around Costa Rica. Living with a family will give you an excellent opportunity to practise your Spanish.

Escort baby turtles to the sea, take part in patrols to protect the eggs and observe turtle behaviour. Working next to the Pacific Ocean or the Caribbean Sea, you’ll be part of a highly successful conservation project.

Give orphaned and injured sloths the TLC they need. You’ll help out at a centre dedicated to the protection of these endangered creatures, feeding them, potty-training them and helping them return to the wild.

Put yourself at an immediate advantage in South America and take Spanish lessons at whatever level suits you. Cultural activities such as cooking and dancing are included and staying with a family means you can practise at home.

Help with PE lessons in local schools and organise games of football and other sports. Your skills and enthusiasm will inspire underprivileged children who often have to make do with little or no equipment.

Ride some of the warmest waves in the world, against a backdrop of beautiful sand and a deep blue sky. Suitable for beginners and amateurs, the course includes intensive coaching and unlimited use of a board.

The perfect combination of sport and conservation. Help look after turtle eggs and the baby turtles – not difficult when they’re so sweet! Then learn to surf or improve your technique at a nearby beach.

An action-packed, adrenaline-pumping holiday that will have you kite surfing, learning Spanish, white water rafting, cooking traditional dishes, surfing, dancing the Latino way and more – all amid seriously spectacular scenery!

Make a difference from heart of the Amazon Jungle by teaching English and other subjects to local children – vital if they want a job in the future. Help preserve the traditional values of Ecuadorian tribes too.

Volunteer in the Andes, in the Amazon or on the coast and help with the day-to-day care and rehabilitation of animals that have been abused or injured. These might include monkeys, jaguars, lions, parrots and other native species.
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Eat, sleep and breath football as you play alongside the champions of South America! Learn the typical Latin tricks of the trade from those who do them best and maybe teach them a thing or two of your own.

Trek in the Andes, surf on the coast, learn Spanish, go fruit-tasting, make your own chocolate, go canoeing, kayaking and rafting, visit the Inca ruins, practise salsa dancing and volunteer on the Galapagos Islands – leaving might be hard!

Experience Ecuador through Spanish lessons, cooking classes, trips around Quito, community and conservation projects in the Andes and the Amazon, horseback rides, sunbathing on the beaches, surfing, scuba diving, a night forest walk and lots more!

Participate in one of several marine conservation projects that take place around Ecuador. Your contribution to protecting the Machalilla National Park might be to tag sea turtles, map coral, monitor sharks or educate fishermen’s children.
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This short adventure is ideal for anyone enthusiastic about the rich culture and diverse customs of Ecuador, taking you from Quito to the lowlands of the steamy Amazon jungle.

Learn one of the most rhythmic languages in the world and experience the culture of some of the friendliest people on earth! One-to-one teaching and activities such as salsa lessons make for progreso rápido.

Help give children in Quito a better future by working with them on the streets or in a special summer school. Your work improving parent-child relationships or planning activities will make a difference.
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Help ensure no more of these wonderful creatures are lost by contributing to a conservation project in the middle of the Pacific. You’ll take care of the adult turtles, their eggs and the irresistible baby turtles!

Teach English and other activities to underprivileged children on two of the most remote and beautiful islands in the world. The help you give them will greatly improve their chances of working in tourism or other industries.

Be amazed and humbled at the spirit of Guatemala’s poorest communities. You’ll play a vital role in improving their lives by teaching English and other lessons, or by helping with carpentry workshops or building projects.

Three weeks of volunteering, exploring and taking language and culture lessons make up the perfect introduction to Guatemala. Highlights could include climbing Guatemala’s highest volcano or giving a family the key to their first concrete home.

A rewarding programme that will see you help build stronger homes for families having to make do with cardboard and dirt floors. Their smiles when you hand them the keys will be more than enough compensation for your efforts.

Get properly involved in conservation work to protect turtles and caimans. Take part in the nightly beach patrols, help release the hatchlings, work on iguana and caiman breeding projects and much more.

Pick up the phrases that’ll make travelling round South America more enjoyable or equip you for one of our Spanish speaking programmes. You’ll enjoy individual tuition, excellent facilities and activities such as craft sessions and meringue classes.

Nurse injured and confiscated wildlife back to health. You might care for monkeys, parrots, ocelots, taras or kinkajous, carry out wildlife surveys or get see the animals released. Take a trip to the Mayan ruins, too.

Get involved in a fascinating marine research project that looks at whale sharks, mangroves, dolphins, the coral and much more. You’ll be volunteering in the second largest barrier reef system in the world!

Earn your passport to explore underwater life in the warm waters around the Honduras. Master the basics or build on what you already know and qualify to work as an instructor.

Travel from Lima into the heart of the Andes to participate in one of the most coveted journeys on Earth: the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu!

A great way to enjoy the Machu Picchu experience while staying away from the crowds, trekking along a unique alternative route towards this incredible destination.

Experience the diverse landscape of the southern tip of South America, from the snow-capped Andes to the staggering beauty of Patagonia.

Learn how to identify and photograph dolphins, penguins and other sea creatures. You’ll be working towards making dolphin watching a tourist attraction, and thus persuading fishermen not to kill them for food.

Get totally immersed in Peruvian culture as you’re taken to Lima, Lake Titicaca, Machu Picchu and Huascaran National Park in the Andes. You’ll also study Spanish, stay with a Quechua India family and more besides.

Take a unique and memorable trip around Peru – trek to Machu Picchu, learn the lingo and dance the dance, haggle at the markets, visit an alpaca farm, work with local children, sail around Lake Titicaca and more.

Learn hablar español in record time, with experienced teachers, small classes and lots of opportunities to practise. Activities such as tours of Cusco, cooking lessons, dance classes and parties make it even more fun.

Make some of Cusco’s poorest children smile again. Help in the classrooms, with occupational activities, with teaching the children to prepare meals, and with fundraising. Most of all, show them love and affection.
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A massively rewarding project that involves helping wash, feed and look after mentally and physically handicapped children, and, if you wish, getting involved in their lessons. Great whether you have care experience or just want to make them smile.

Journey across South America exploring the continent's highlights, from Chile to Argentina via Bolivia's Salt Flats and the Iguacu Falls on the Brazil-Argentina border.

Organising activities, visiting children in hospital or helping decorate classrooms will make a huge difference to one of Venezuela’s friendliest but most deprived communities. The project is based in the stunning Gran Sabana national park.

Help ensure the beauty of La Gran Sabana national park lives on. Get involved with projects that protect the monkeys, toucans and other wildlife, and pass on your enthusiasm for conservation to local children.

Discover the real Venezuela. Your experiences will include: Learning Spanish, sea kayaking, exploring the paradisiacal beaches, searching for anacondas, horseback riding, visiting the tribes of the Orinoco Delta, trekking through the mountains - and more!

Put your love of children and horses to a worthy cause. Work with disabled children as they learn to ride and care for horses, and watch how their confidence increases. You can improve your own riding at weekends, too.

Learn about and help preserve the fascinating culture of the Pemon Indians. Work on projects set up to protect their beautiful surroundings, teach English to native tour guides or help build facilities.

Use songs, games and anything else your imagination comes up with to make vital English lessons fun. Relieve some of the pressure on the schools by helping with homework, conversation, sports coaching, computer classes or music tuition.

Spend 5 months or more on an amazing gap year in Latin America. This programme provides all the structure you need, with lots of activities including Spanish lessons, volunteering with wildlife or disadvantaged street children.