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    • Listing Type: Summer Programs
    • Program Delivery: Residential
    • Destination: Bolivia
    • Provided By: Independent Provider
    • Session Start: June
    • Session Length: Four Weeks
    • Entering Grade: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
    • Gender: Coed
    • Category: Travel/Cultural Immersion
    • Sub-Categories: Spanish
    • Selective: No
    • Ages: 15, 16, 17, 18
    • Minimum Cost: > $7,000+
    • Accreditation: Gap Year Association - Program
    • Career Clusters: Hospitality and Tourism
    • Credit Awarded: Yes
    • Last Updated:February 2025
    • Meeting: Schedule a Meeting
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    Overview

    Immerse yourself in stunning Andean landscapes while deepening your Spanish language skills through intensive daily practice, interactions with homestay families, and hands-on Independent Study Projects. For students interested in becoming more confident Spanish speakers, building trekking skills, and gaining knowledge about Indigenous social movements.

    PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS & OUTCOMES

    • Deepen your Spanish language skills through 40+ hours of personalized classes and an extended homestay in a welcoming and picturesque farming community.
    • Learn about Bolivia’s cultural and ecological diversity, while building your trekking skills by hiking along ancient Incan roadways from snow-capped Andean peaks into subtropical cloud forests
    • .Gain knowledge about themes related to Bolivian social mobilization, resistance, US imperialism, social justice, and Indigenous representation.
    • Apprentice with a local master to build new skills related to an area of interest such as cooking, charango making, music, dance, photography, traditional medicine, and more.