Everything an immersion should be... fun, warm, Spirited - youth to youth local Village experience.

Spanish confidence thrives when we are open to new people, new outlooks and new challenges. Slow down this summer, take in the breeze and follow toucans in the trees.  While toasting tortillas make new friends, laugh, and feel at ease exploring yourself in a holistic place of waterfalls, horses, honey and cheese. 
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2023 high school hosted summer dates

Enjoy our active youth- culture

​​Since 1998, our Costa Rica high school summer exchange brings youth together in a mutually shared experience of friendship and community spirit. Healthy and wholesome, visiting teens enjoy a truly warm and caring family environment to experience the daily life of a high school student. As a guest at our high school , you will thrive in our welcoming and engaging youth culture.  Visiting students partake in fun, lively cultural classess and volunteer events with local students.  From cooking to sports, each student has a variety of ways to interact within the high school. Afternoon and weekends include festive youth events and outdoor adventure within our 5 villages. Don't miss out on this truly unique community driven youth program.  Over 2200 students have attended.
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dates from May 14 - August 12

2023 Dates / Costs

Un-avoidable friendships, fluency and fun.

Spanish thrives when you socialize in it

Fostering healthy friendships

Come together for a community purpose

Explore our nearby hidden adventures.

Enjoy impromptu, neighborhood village life

Feel welcomed - from our Youth Ambassadors.

Connect your interests to like-minded youth

  Our Summer of Youth - invitation!

• Youth-driven / dynamic, engaging, peer to peer Spanish 
• Flexible dates / Affordable, fully supervised immersion​
• Overseas emergency travel Insurance / Family doctor for minor ills.​
• Onsite U.S. Director/ Individual support and parent communication
• Family Lodging and Meals / Neighborhood homestays with children
• Community Supported Leadership / Mayor's Youth Council of Tilaran
• 24 years of hosting youth / 96 high school partnerships, U.S, UK, Canada

Wholesome small-town adventure.

• School hosted - Arts, Music, Sports.
• Cook outs, bonfires, swimming holes.
• Ecology, farms, rural service projects
• Healthy, engaging, village life experience.
• Spanish conversation - novice to advance
• Family friendly, walk-able home town.​
• 5 villages along our "hammock highway".

Hold my program spot

Leave your comfort zone - join ours!

​​"As a parent, I wanted my son to gain some life experience on his own, this program inspired him in ways I never imagined.  He truly responded to the nurturing local community".
​Carol M.

Between two oceans, the lush green highlands of Tilaran

Summer of Youth - High School events

Non-academic school events:

• Art / Music / Dance 
• Peer to Peer sports/games
• Outdoor classrooms and school gardens
• 5 village network of cultural events
• Youth-led volunteer programs
• Water and wildlife neighborhood trails.

"So, we actually helped to re-design local signs that link each small village".

learn more.

"it's an awesome place with a real sense of community"
​- student, Anna C.

One community, one unforgettable summer.

Relax, be yourself.

Youth mentorship

Your Second Home

Action based Leadership

healthy & cozy - Costa Rica

Community events

True wellness fosters healthy relationships.

Experience Costa Rica like a local high school student.