Patagonia, Adventure Volunteering

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In small groups we travel through South America. We Learn, we Volunteer, we Explore!

Learn

Learn Spanish in the ancient Inca capital of Cusco and stay with local Peruvian families absorbing their culture, food, music and dance. The language school is based on one-to-one tuition in the mornings with the afternoons and evenings free to explore. Be amazed at this dramatic cities sights and sounds.Weekends are free to white-water raft in the stunning Sacred Valley or mountain bike in the high Andes.

A one week refresher course in Chile is also included.

Volunteer

Help out on a community development project working with street children in Cusco or joining the Quechua people’s fight to save endangered species.

Our aid projects involve working directly with local people on a small-scale practical project giving you chance to put your Spanish into practice.

Explore

• 6 weeks of pure adventure.
• Trek through stunning Andean landscape to the magical lost city of Machu Picchu.
• Sail across Lake Titicaca experiencing life on the ancient mythical islands.
• Catch your breath in Potosi, the highest city in the world
• Cross the surreal Uyuni salt flats where all is not as it seems
• Trek on the Patagonian ice cap as part of the awe inspiring 9 day Torres del Paine trek.
• Venture to the southernmost part of mainland earth in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

All this is possible with this unique 3 phase ethical venture.

Highlights

• Travel survival course in the UK before departure, included in the cost and a great chance to meet your fellow travelers.
• Three weeks of one-to-one Spanish tuition in Peru and Chile along with cultural orientation.
• Community development projects in Peru, work with the people and live their culture.
• Trek to Machu Picchu on an amazing 5 day high altitude trek.
• Sail on boats made of reeds and stay on the worlds highest navigable lake
• Visit the witches market in La Paz where you can pick up a dried llama foetus for good luck!
• Travel by 4x4 jeep across the Uyuni salt flats, incomparable to anywhere else on earth.
• Explore the Atacama Desert, Chile where very little survives and no rain falls.
• Climb a volcano in the Chilean Lake District
• Trek on a glacier in Patagonia’s Torres del Paine National Park.
• Adventure activities including mountain biking, surfing, white-water rafting and sand boarding
• New friends and the time of your life!

This is an all-inclusive trip with full support and a range of services provided before during and after the Venture. You will be accompanied by VentureCo guides throughout the whole journey as well as in country project and activity co-ordinators.

The VentureCo Trust

Registered Charity No: 1111268

Funding for our development projects comes directly from the VentureCo Trust. For each person that joins a Venture, we as a company, donate a set amount to the Trust. 100% of the money the Trust receives is spent on projects. To date, the Trust has funded 63 development projects around the world.

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Our users say...

"I had the best time ever and it exceeded my expectations so much! I’ve gained so much more than I thought I would from this- new friends, new skills, greater confidence to travel and meet people, a more open outlook on life. And of course I saw some amazing sights and scenery" Jess Haigh