Cartagena Cultural Activities 

Cartagena is well known as a Latin American paradise where breezes off the ocean, warm climate, and colonial architecture will engage the senses.  Nueva Lengua takes advantage of this to provide students not only with unique activities in and around the city, but a wide diversity of water sports for beginners and experts alike.  Below are just a few of the options to get students out of the classroom with fun activities designed to put your new language skills to use!

Important: Nueva Lengua organizes, plans and accompanies students in all activities. Personal expenses such as tickets, transportation and meals are the responsibility of each student.   Activities vary each week and by school, please contact us if you have specific questions related to cultural activities.

Cartagena 

Learn about the colonial city of Cartagena:  This town was the main shipping port for the gold collected by the Spaniards all over the South American continent. Historically, Cartagena was one of the main ports for the trade of slaves in South America as well.  Today students can visit a beautiful church built in remembrance of Saint Pedro Claver, a famous “slave of slaves” that lived here.  View more photos on Facebook!

Stroll through a National Coffee Park:  The National Coffee Park is a thematic park, unmatched in Latin America.  Here visitors learn about the rich history of this important commercial product, and the lifecycle from coffee plant to coffee pot.  The park also houses beautiful landscapes and interesting exhibits of fauna and flora.  View the National Coffee Park website!

Experience the natural beauty of El Rosario Islands: These islands near Cartagena are widely known for their outstanding beaches and incredible Caribbean coral reefs.  Students can select between scuba lessons or snorkeling to study the amazing marine life protected in the national park.  Additionally, our teacher that leads a fantastic weekend diving excursion is a professional biologist and provides extensive explanations on the wonders of found in this unique ecosystem.  Learn more about this beautiful national park! 

Relax with a trip to El Totumo: “El Totumo” is a mud volcano approximately 15 meters high. Here you can take a break from your Spanish studies and enjoy a relaxing mud bath locally believed to provide health benefits.  View more photos on Facebook!

Celebrate in “La Chiva Party” Style: La Chiva is a traditional public transportation bus which today is still found in use by peasants in the countryside. In big cities it is a traditional custom to go on a festive “La Chiva” city tour, where party goers tour the city in one of these colorful buses, dancing and enjoying popular music.  View more photos on Facebook!

Bingo contests, movies, karaoke, parties to dance salsa, merengue or vallenato: Our schools look to provide a wide diversity of activities aimed a having fun, getting to know your fellow classmates, and improving your Spanish.  View more photos on Facebook! 

Delight your senses with Colombian fruits and flowers: In Colombia, it is traditional to enjoy fresh fruit juice during meals. What makes this unique for our guests is the fruits are unknown in much of the rest of the world with strange names such as curuba, lulo, zapote, guanábana, pithaya, uchuva, feijoa, níspero, tamarindo, and maracuyá.  Here too, a visit to the market will awaken your sense of sight and smell with the amazing diversity of tropical flowers.  This country is home to the largest number of orchids in the world, with the national flower being the Cattleya trianae orchid.  Learn more about Colombian flora! 

Excursions to other Colombian archaeological or natural parks:  Colombia is a special place that due to its geographical location offers a wide variety of parks with unique natural and archaeological diversity.  Nueva Lengua makes it a priority to offer our students the opportunity to get away from the city and gain a better appreciation of range of beauty that is home to over 45 million people.  View more photos on Facebook!

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