Spanish Immersion in Medellin

Trip Overview

Preparing for a more sustainable future

Take your Spanish language skills to the next level while discovering a country bursting with music, color, dance and biodiversity. During this 4-week program you will utilise your communication skills by interacting with graffiti artists, social leaders, local farmers, salsa dancers and entrepreneurs. Earn credit with Kagumu’s ground-breaking Jaguar Spanish Program in South America’s hub of innovation and transformation, Medellin, Colombia.

Details

Where: Medellín, Los Nevados National Park – Santa Marta, Cartagena (optional)
Focus: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), environmental conservation, social impact, project development
Date: Summer 2023 (mid June to mid July)
Suggested Ages: 17-25
Number of participants: 6-18
Cost: 2,499 USD (4-week program), 3,399 USD (5-week program)
Discounts: Refer a friend to receive 200 USD off!
Credit: Available depending on your university
Language: Spanish
Kagumu Support: Local guides and support staff. 24/7 emergency support
Contact: [email protected]

Program Activities

Your learning: 20 hours of formal classes on the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals with our partner institute: EAFIT or Spanish classes.
Project visits: Reforestation, organic farming, community gardening, urban development, bio-construction, and human rights projects and organizations.
Your project: Develop the necessary skills to be able to start your own impactful social or environmental project in your country.
Soft skills developed: Problem solving, leadership, adaptability and cross-cultural communication skills among others.
Cultural activities: City tours, salsa class, cooking challenge, exotic fruit tasting, soccer match, coffee workshop, graffiti workshop and a nighttime bike ride!
Adventure weekends: Raft and zip line in the Andean jungle, trek the UNESCO-listed coffee zone, explore a stunning Spanish colonial town
Responsible Travel: Travel responsibly, limiting your environmental impacts and increasing your positive social impacts.

Itinerary

Week 1: Medellín & Rio Claro

Mornings: Classes at EAFIT University.
Afternoons: City tour, urban transformation, museum visit, salsa classes and graffiti workshop. Organic farming and responsible production, reforestation of native forests.
Weekend: Natural nature reserve trip – rafting, zip lining and river swimming.

Week 2: Medellín

Mornings: Classes at EAFIT University. Afternoon: Coffee tasting and workshop, urban nature tour, fruit exhibition and market tour. Human rights and gender equality workshop and community gardening and home composting.
Weekend: Free weekend

Week 3: Medellin & Los Nevados National Park

Mornings: Classes at EAFIT University.
Afternoons: Colombia’s national game – tejo, visit to a transformed community, and evening cycling tour. Award-winning zero-carbon emissions living, social gastronomy and sustainable cooking class.
Weekend: Trip to UNESCO-listed coffee zone. Hiking and artesian handicrafts.

Week 4: Medellín & Guatapé

Mornings: Spanish language classes with EAFIT University
Afternoons: Canopy experience in Parque Arvi, evening soccer match, salsa and urban dance show. Social impact organizations workshops, helping lives through education.
Weekend: Trip to Guatapé, trip up an otherworldly rock and final group celebration.

Week 5: Santa Marta & Cartagena (optional)

You travel to Colombia’s Caribbean coast to explore the highest coastal mountain range in the world. Engage in reforestation projects, discover world-class cacao and coffee and discover a rarely-visited archaeological site that dates back to 700AD!

End your adventure with a trip to Cartagena, enjoying Caribbean beaches, a unique mud volcano experience and a Afro-Colombian drum workshop.