Programme Highlights
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Live and work with the Tacana tribe- something few people will ever experience
- Trip to the biggest salt lake in the world!
- Visit to the blood red and emerald green lagoons high in the Andes mountains
- BBQ parties, traditional food cooking lessons and dance lessons
- A visit to Potosí, the highest city in the world with a fascinating and turbulent history
- Journey into the depths of the earth to join the local miners reworking old
- colonial silver mines. Light some dynamite and take cover!
- Volunteer with children from poverty stricken backgrounds
What’s Included in the Programme
- All accommodation
- Five-day language school, including meals
- Cultural activities
- The Best of Bolivia excursions
- One week volunteering work at social projects
- One week volunteering at Wildlife and Indigenous Community project
- One-day jungle excursion at San Miguel del Bala
- Flights from La Paz-Rurrenabaque-La Paz
- Proof of participation certificates
What’s Not Included in the Programme
- Personal travel insurance for the duration of your placement, which must include cover for repatriation (i.e. flying you back to the UK in the case of an emergency).
- International flight to Sucre
- Breakfast and lunch not included if in student residence
- Meals in Potosi
- Flight from La Paz to Sucre
- Bus transfer from airport to Rurrenabaque (approx. 7 Bolivianos or US$1)
- Soft drinks, beer, wines and spirits
Prices and Durations
Bolivia Experience - 4 weeks £1,299
