COSTA RICA IMMERSION EXPERIENCE

Prepare yourself for Spanish immersion, cultural exploration, and lots of fun in the sun! 

Next trip: 5-12 March 2025

Cost: $1800

Includes: Accommodations, food at homestays, Spanish instruction/activities/experiences, and general guide/coordinator sorts of services, travel within Costa Rica

Does not include: Cost of travel to or from Costa Rica (airfare from Seattle tends to be around $700), food outside of homestays.

Single supplement: $500

Group size limit: 10

Please note that the focus of this trip is immersion in the Spanish language and Costa Rican culture, not sightseeing.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrive in San José (Alajuela really) get settled

Day 2: Lessons and activities in Alajuela (a small and accessible city)

Day 3: Travel north to San Carlos (Ciudad Quesada and San Vicente) and activities

Day 4: Projects and activities in San Vicente (small farm community) and meet host families

Day 5: Continue projects and activities in San Vicente and spend time with host families. Go to hot springs.

Day 6: Travel to Playa Hermosa via Arenal volcano area.

Day 7: Hang out at beach and/or in town and activities

Day 8: Fly out of Liberia (NW airport)

"Activities" means Spanish instruction, scavenger hunts, man-on-the-street interviews, hot springs soaking, coffee drinking, exotic fruit tasting, bus taking, latin dancing and other fun stuff. We will take public transportation and students will be encouraged to sit next to Costa Rican nationals and strike up a conversation. Some knowledge of Spanish required.

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