Cultural sightseeing along the walls, the castle and the streets of the ancient city of Cartagena.  This town was the main shipping port for the gold collected by the Spaniards all over the South American continent. Cartagena was also one of the main ports for the trade of slaves in South America. Saint Pedro Claver, the “slave of slaves” lived here. Today, a beautiful church reminds us of his deeds (Cartagena school).

Visit to the National Coffee Park.  The National Coffee Park is a thematic park, unmatched in Latin America. You will be delighted learning not only about coffee but also about ecology and history. You will see beautiful flowers, animals and landscapes.

Visit to Ráquira.  Ráquira is a small town located in the Andes. There you will find some of the best and most beautiful handicrafts. The neighbouring landscape is beautiful and it is quite close to a desert full of marine-life fossils. (Bogotá premises)

Visit to the natural park of El Rosario Islands: Near Cartagena you will find wonderful beaches, among which the ones of the National Park El Rosario Islands are outstanding. This is a park composed of dozens of coral islands in the Caribbean.  Our students can dive or take scuba diving lessons at a very special price. You will enjoy beautiful beaches and marine fauna. (Cartagena premises). One of our teachers is a biologist and in his classes he gives extensive explanations on the wonders of this park. A weekend diving excursion accompanied by this teacher is really a fantastic experience. (Cartagena premises).

Visit to El Totumo mud volcano. “El Totumo” mud volcano is approximately 30 meters high. People from all over the world go there to take the famous “mud baths”. They do it for health or just for fun. (Cartagena premises).

Visit to the Salt Cathedral in Zipaquirá.  One of the wonders that you will enjoy visiting in our school of the Andes is the underground Salt Cathedral. This is a giant work of architecture carved in a mountain. It was built by the workers of a salt mine. (Bogotá premises).

Sightseeing “La Chiva Party”. La Chiva is an ancient public transport bus which is used nowadays by peasants in the countryside. In towns it is a traditional custom to go on a festive “La Chiva” city tour listening to music and dancing. (Cartagena and Bogotá premises). 

Getting to know the Colombian fruits, flowers and handicrafts. In Colombia, it is a traditional custom to have a fruit juice during meals. What makes this custom interesting is that juices are made from fruits which are unknown to the rest of the world (with strange names such as “curuba”, “lulo”, “zapote”, “guanábana”, “pithaya”, “uchuva”, “feijoa”, “níspero”, “tamarindo”, “maracuyá” (passion fruit), etc.). You can always get fresh fruit at the market. Also, there is an enormous variety of handicrafts and flowers. Colombia is the country with the greatest variety of orchids and exotic flowers in the whole world.)

Cycle tour of the entire city. Many years ago, it was decided by local authorities that on Monday mornings the city’s main streets would be used exclusively as cycle ways. The custom prevails today and due to the initial success of the project many cycle ways were built into a network covering all the city,  to be used on a permanent basis for this ecological and cheap form of transport.  Also some years ago, the inhabitants of Bogotá got a commitment with the environment. Eight million inhabitants voted on public election supporting the “automobile-free” day, which takes place once a year.  On that day, it is common to see all kinds of people going on bicycle or on foot to their place of work or study. (Bogotá premises).

Bingos, contests, movies, karaoke, parties to dance salsa, merengue or vallenato. Many activities aimed at having fun, improving Spanish and making new friends are programmed at the school and at the university.

Visits to other Colombian archaeological or natural parks. In Colombia, there are a wide variety of parks with an infinite natural and archaeological diversity.