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When you look for information about Costa Rica, you will very quickly find a lot about how this small country is a tropical paradise. Costa Rica is densely biodiverse with a great variety of weather and activities. But there is a lot more to Costa Rica besides nature. Answering the question of “What is the […]

Planning a school trip abroad means a lot of responsibility, not only to find the right tour to the perfect place with the appropriate goals but also to make sure it is affordable and available to all of your students. Sometimes that means finding other ways to fund the trip, besides the student’s parents having […]

Why It’s Important to Consider a Middle School Summer Travel Program? Middle School students are right in the middle of turning into more independent people. Therefore, it is an excellent time to give them the right exposure to the world. Many of these kids are leaving their parents and/or their neighborhoods for the first time. […]

It’s not a secret that the best way to learn a language is by immersing yourself in it. The reason is that language is much more than grammar and vocabulary, it is also about culture and context. If you want your Spanish students or children to learn the language faster and better, organizing a trip […]

The cost of a Costa Rica School Trip depends on two significant variables: airfare and in-country program expenses. In general, the trip can cost anywhere from $1,500 to $5,000 per person. We at Costa Rica Explorations try to keep the price fair for the student, the trip group, and the providers. How much can airfare […]

Spanish is the second-most spoken language in the world, after Mandarin, so it is not a bad idea to help your students and children learn how to speak it. More than 30 countries like Spain and countries in Latin America speak Spanish, but it is also spoken quite widely in the United States. However, when […]

Costa Rica is a tiny country, only the size of the US-state West Virginia or the country of Denmark, but there are many reasons why it is a renowned country around the world. You might have heard about Costa Rica’s efforts to protect the environment or maybe the fact that it doesn’t have an army. […]

The Girl Scouts are all about turning girls into go-getter, innovator, risk-taker leaders (G.I.R.L.™), exactly what we need to make our world a better place one powerful girl and woman at a time. We at Costa Rica Explorations believe that an international trip, which can be cross-cultural, service-based, and adventurous, will help Girls Scouts achieve […]

The most straightforward answer to that question is yes, Costa Rica is a safe destination country to organize a student trip. When you look at the world we live in, it is normal to worry about leaving your country or your neighborhood. Even if you have crime and violence around you, at least you know […]

Are you a teacher looking for cultural immersion project ideas for an international trip? Costa Rica is one of the best places for this, especially for students studying Latin American culture and Spanish! In this article, we’ll provide some background on authentic cultural immersion in Costa Rica as well as some cultural immersion project ideas […]