With Rustic Pathways, we travel because exploring new places and interacting with people from other cultures provides opportunities to learn about ourselves, about others, and about the world in a way nothing else can. Let Rustic help you discover your passions!
Since 1983, Rustic Pathways has been empowering teens to create positive energy, great friendships, and meaningful impact through inspired student travel programs. Join travel adventures designed for animal lovers, environmental activists, and explorers of all kinds between the ages of 12 and 22. Rustic Pathways students are a community of globally-minded, self-aware young people able to identify their passions, grow in confidence, and create positive impact at a local and global level.
There is a Rustic Pathways experience for every kind of student. In addition to our high school summer experiences, we offer spring break, college, and Young Explorer programs for those travelers not yet in high school. We offer programs that go from perfect for first-time travelers, to deep immersion and service programs geared toward future change makers.
We offer programs in the following countries:
- United States
- Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Peru
- Puerto Rico
- Croatia & the Balkans
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Italy
- Cambodia
- China
- India
- Japan
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Vietnam
- Ghana
- Morocco
- Tanzania
- Australia
- Fiji Islands
At Rustic Pathways, we work at the intersection of education, travel, and philanthropy. Our programs facilitate life-changing educational experiences for students and use travel to achieve sustainable development in the cities, towns, and villages where we work. Focusing on this goal allows us to provide transformative experiences for students while having a positive impact on local communities.
Programs vary from 8 days to 25 days. All 2024 program dates, ages, costs and locations can be found on our website!
I was part of the Costa Rica Leadership program and there was nothing more heart felt from the realationships you make with not only the young Tico students, but also with your teammates, and leaders.
Going into this program I didn't make my plane. Rustic Pathways was very accommodating and helped me through the process of getting to Costa Rica. When I finally arrived they treated me to a wonderful day at a beautiful waterfall while my team was white water rafting.
During the first week we started to build a strong team relationships. We went through a process of how to work with others and discussed what culture means to us. We planned the camp for the Tico students. This trip also included many unforgettable adventures.