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HEREDIA/CENTRAL VALLEY

Your suburban classroom close to the city is the perfect balance of culture and comfort! • Explore Poas Volcano National Park and walk to the volcano’s cone! • Get your adrenaline pumping on a whitewater rafting adventure! • Bond with your group at a night of crazy Karaoke • Experiment with the local cuisine in cooking class

Service Project: Run programs such as sports, reading, dance, crafts and face painting for the children of La Carpio. Participate in a beautification and local development project in this impoverished town by painting murals on the walls and improving their homes and community.

ARENAL

Visit La Fortuna waterfall and relax in thermal hot springs • View the lava flowing from this active volcano…don’t worry, we keep a safe distance! • Ride the Zipline.

FLAMINGO

This beachfront paradise is an ideal stop for our classes • Sail off Flamingo beach and dive into the crystal blue waters to snorkel • Learn to surf at Tamarindo Beach – our expert instructors will have you standing on the long board in no time! • Experience local nightlife at a disco and beach bonfire

Service Project: Participate in a community improvement project; groups may be doing beach preservation or improving local homes for underprivileged residents.

RINCÓN DE LA VIEJA

On this retreat, spend two days river tubing and pampering yourself in rustic mud baths.

MONTEVERDE

The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is home to unique wildlife and will be the base for more language learning • Hike to the Santa Elena reserve and relax in the hot springs • Visit the San Luis Waterfall • Learn the art of Latin dancing!

Service Project: Complete a project focusing on reforestation (planting trees) under the supervision of a local guide. Protect growing plants from invasive species and plant coffee plants at a local co-op.

MANUEL ANTONIO ECO-RESORT

Now, this is Costa Rica! Spend your last few days with your close friends at the most popular and most visited National Park in the country • Relax on pristine sandy beaches • Hike through lush rainforest • View sloth, iguanas and the rare squirrel monkeys • At our final banquet, we reflect together on all we have learned and the friendships we’ve made along the way.

A 14 Day or 21 Day Costa Rica Combination is available as well. Click here for details