International business trip: Colombia

Overview

Shaping future business leaders

Prepare your students to work in a global business environment that’s helping to shape a more sustainable world. Enhance their knowledge of social enterprises in Colombia, giving them first-hand experience of pioneering businesses that are delivering commercial success while working to a triple bottom line.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Impacted

Example Itinerary

Day 1: Arrivals & introduction to the program

Private airport transfer. Hotel check-in. Intro to the program and welcome dinner at one of the city’s favorite social-impact restaurants.

Day 2: Award-winning urban development

City transformation tour in a vibrant community. Visit the Memory Museum, traveling along the city’s famed transformative metro and cable car system. Evening salsa show and urban dance class.

Day 3: Social entrepreneurship in Medellin

We visit the city’s hub of local and foreign business as students meet pioneering social entrepreneurs. Through interactive workshops and business visits, students learn first-hand how successful businesses work to a triple-bottom-line.

Day 4: Impactful start ups in Medellin

Visit Impact Hub – students hear from local and foreign social enterprises that are working towards the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Evening cooking class with a local foundation.

Day 5: B Corporation - Coffee company visit

Visit a socially and environmentally responsible coffee company, learning the process from bean to cup. Evening entertainment playing the explosive sport – tejo.

Day 6: Day trip to Guatapé

Day trip to Guatapé – a town that wows visitors with its quaint streets, decorated with colorful and beautiful artwork before students ascend an otherworldly rock with barely believable views.

Day 7: Shaping future business leaders

Visit one of Medellin’s finest universities, discovering how local students are developing ideas to create impactful social enterprises. Farewell dinner in Medellin.

Day 8: Departures

Private airport transfer.

Essential information

Location: Colombia (other locations available upon request)
Date: Flexible
Number of participants: 6+
Cost: From $799 per person (not including flights)
Faculty: Faculty travel for free
Language: Spanish or English
Subjects: International development, social entrepreneurship, global development, sustainable development, international business
Carbon emissions: 57kg of CO2e p/p – we offset 100% of these emissions plus your journey here! See below for more details.

Free professor place for every 10 students that sign up
All meals (we chose varied dishes to give a real taste of the Colombian Andes)
Accommodation (rooms are shared but privates are available on request and at an extra cost)
Private transport – buses and small jeeps depending on the size of the group
All scheduled excursions, activities, visits
Local guides and translators
Safety documents – risk assessment, safety protocols, liability cover
Health Insurance
One Kagumu guide for every 8 students

We have worked out this trip generates an average of 58kg of CO2e per person. This includes all the carbon equivalent emissions (CO2e) from your trip including accommodation, food, transport, guides, and staff operations.

Extra potential CO2e emissions from your journey to and from Santa Marta.
New York – Medellin 521kg (round trip)
Mexico City – Medellin 455kg (round trip)
Miami – Medellin 307kg (round trip)

You can read more about how we measure our carbon emissions by reading our climate action policy here.

Book this itinerary or tailor one to suit your curriculum by contacting us.

Fully Customizable

Remember we customize every itinerary to your curriculum. If you have a specifc academic focus in mind, allow us to tailor a trip for you.