Costa Rica

Multiple itineraries available: Adventure Tour, Volunteering Tour, Immersion Program and more.

1. Students speak Spanish because they have to

The base for most Costa Rica programs is El Rancho Lodge in La Guacima - a village where English is simply not an option. Families speak Spanish, guides speak Spanish, the market speaks Spanish. Immersion happens naturally because there is no fallback.

2. 70% of tropical forest life lives in the canopy - and students zip through it

Zip lining through the forest canopy at Arenal Volcano National Park is not just fun - it is a biology lesson at altitude. Most of the biodiversity in a tropical forest never touches the ground. Your students will.

3. Sea turtle conservation on the Caribbean coast

The volunteering itineraries include hands-on conservation work protecting Leatherback Sea Turtles at Las Baulas National Marine Park - one of the most critically endangered species on Earth. Students do not observe. They participate.

4. Monteverde Cloud Forest is unlike anywhere else on the planet

The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve holds over 2,500 plant species, 400 bird species, and 100 mammal species in a single protected area. Walking through it is a genuine encounter with biodiversity at a scale that does not exist in Europe or North America.

5. The Immersion Tour uses language like a tool, not a subject

The Costa Rica Immersion Program places students with host families, adds formal Spanish classes at Rancho de Espanol, and wraps it all in cooking, dancing, and daily village life. Students practice conjugations in the morning and make gallo pinto with a host family in the evening. The acquisition that happens in a week takes years in a classroom.

Explore Costa Rica itineraries - Adventure, Volunteering, and Immersion programs

Puerto Rico

5 Day Immersive student itinerary in Puerto Rico. 

6. No passport. Domestic flight prices. Full Spanish immersion.

Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory - American students do not need a passport, flights price as domestic routes, and there are no entry complications. But the moment you land in San Juan, you are in Spanish. It is the most frictionless immersion trip available for U.S. schools.

7. 500 years of history in one afternoon in Old San Juan

The Castillo San Felipe del Morro is a 16th-century Spanish citadel overlooking the Atlantic - a UNESCO World Heritage site and a National Historic Site managed by the U.S. National Park Service. It puts the entire arc of Caribbean colonial history in front of students on Day 1.

8. The Taino people built something extraordinary here

The Centro Ceremonial Indigena de Tibes in Ponce is one of the most significant archaeological sites in the Caribbean - ceremonial plazas and ball courts built by the Taino people, who inhabited the island for centuries before European contact. A reminder that the story of Puerto Rico did not start in 1493.

9. The bioluminescent bay has no equivalent in Europe

At La Parguera, students kayak at sunset through water that glows blue-green with every paddle stroke. Puerto Rico has three of the world's few remaining functional bioluminescent bays. There is simply nothing like this on a European trip.

10. El Yunque is the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System

The El Yunque National Forest covers 28,000 acres of Caribbean rainforest - the only one federally protected in the U.S. system. For science and biology teachers, it is a full outdoor classroom. It also happens to be one of the most beautiful places in the Caribbean.

Puerto Rico itinerary details coming soon - contact us to learn more.

Both Costa Rica and Puerto Rico are fully planned, all-inclusive programs with Prometour's bilingual tour directors on the ground every day. 33 years. 98% of groups say they would travel with us again.

Ready to explore options for your class? Contact your Prometour consultant for availability, pricing, and a personalized quote.