Welcome to Venezuela!… The land baptized by Christopher Columbus as “The Promised Land” and which inspired to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write “The Lost World”. Now, this wonderful country should be explored by you. Undiscovered by mass tourism, Venezuela offer you a nice weather, friendly people and a biodiversity and culture. Venezuela is an earthly paradise. 

Venezuela offers countless natural wonders and strikingly different landscapes. This is the only Latin American country where you can take a breakfast in the Andes Mountains and lunch in the Amazon rainforest with an flock of parrots flying over you near a lodge in the same day!

We are proud to present you these selection of Spanish classes and tours for this unmatched tropical country. We are inviting you personally to join us in this memorable experience of learning in Venezuela. 

About Us 

Eco-Travel Venezuela is a company formed by a group of young professionals with over 14 years of experience in the business of tourism and Spanish language educational programs.

During 1998 a pioneer Learning Program of Spanish was designed and developed in Venezuela through a partnership between AndígenA Foundation and the Skaelskor Folkehojskole of Denmark. This initiative allowed to young people an unique opportunity in to carry out a Spanish course for all levels (beginners, intermediate and advanced) at the same time of to participate in a series of voluntary social work projects linked to social and environmental subjects. The participants travelled around Venezuela, visiting the most beautiful places of this country.

In 2005 Eco-Travel was created to continue this type of tourist and educational programs. We carry out the same line of work through an initiative called "Eco-School of Spanish". 

Eco Tourism and Learning ...This program offers an opportunity unique in it´s style that will let you know the country and visit the most beautiful ecological reserves here, some unique ecosystems in the world, during the Spanish lessons we will teach ecological issues of importance, and our guides are young naturalist specialized in the environment, this allows to the participants to have a more comprehensive, detailed and reliable view of the various eco-systems presents in Venezuela, in this country you can access in the same territory all eco-systems on the planet, rainforests, cloud forests, snow covered peaks, beaches, islands, mangrove forests, deserts, plains, etc... and a unique territory in the world "The Gran Sabana", where are the oldest mountains on earth, locally called TEPUY, wildlife  and flora existing in some of them are endemic...and of course with the Eco-School of Spanish we will take you to know all these lovely eco-systems

Program 
Our program has a duration of 3 months and offers a Spanish course developed by teachers with ample experience in teaching Spanish to foreigners, while trips to Venezuela's natural beauties, beaches, deserts, jungles, forests, savannas, becomes the classroom, making your experience unique in its style, the teachers travel with the participants offering a unique opportunity to have a Spanish guide available at all times.

The program also featured in its final month the opportunity to stay involved with people of the country carrying out volunteer social work. Here the participants could be involved in projects developed in social and ecological area...

Once you decide to participate in this program you will have a real vision of a Latin American country like Venezuela, you will not only be a tourist or a student, you will have the opportunity to get to know their culture and social reality, something that not all tourists or all foreigners students can see and understand. This program has been designed to meet Venezuela in all its aspects. 
Spanish Classes 
The program provides approximately 144 hours of Spanish classes divided   five days from Monday through Friday in a schedule from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Sometimes the classes can be performed in the afternoon, 3:00 to 6: 00, depending on the travel itinerary or activities that we have to do.

The classes are composed of Spanish grammar, vocabulary, verbal studies, videos and music in Spanish, dancing classes of Latin rhythms like salsa and merengue, typical cuisine of Latin America, where students may learn the use we make of our most typical food bananas, big  bananas, cocoa, corn, typical drinks and much more... 
Knowing Venezuela 
Venezuela is one of the most beautiful country in the world, here we can find a variety of unique eco-systems: beaches, jungles, cloud forests, snowy peaks, paradise islands, the world's oldest mountains (located in Canaima and the Gran Sabana), the Venezuelan plains, untamed land of rough men where you will have the opportunity to observe a stunning wildlife such as crocodiles, anacondas, capybaras, river dolphins, monkeys, almost endless variety of spectacular birds, and much more…
OUR DESTINATIONS
Morrocoy National Park 
This park is composed of a group of islands locally called keys, located in the Caribbean Sea... We will navigate through several of these islands, making skorkel, swimming, going through the mangroves… a wonderful experience hard to forget.Venezuelan Andes 
The Andes are a mountain range, from Venezuela to Argentina, its towering mountains invite us to visit this beautiful region, the hospitality of its people is well known in and beyond the country. We will know the Andes through a series of tours and hiking, horseback riding, etc. 
La Gran Sabana 
Here are located the oldest mountains in the world: the Tepuis, a unique landscape in the Gran Sabana.Hollywod has taken this inspirational landscape as a reference to recreate famous movies like: Dinosaurs (Disney), Avatar and Up! (Disney-Pixar), among others.  The vast landscape has not changed here in millions of years, it is like if the time stopped here... In the Gran Sabana, we will visit the Tepius, rivers and the breathtaking waterfalls. 
Mochima National Park 
Mochima Bay is world famous, the village is tiny with only 2 main streets, but its beaches which can be only reached by boat, are of unsurpassed beauty. Playa blanca is named so because its sands are of a stunning white. Mochima is a paradise on earth and here we will have the opportunity to swim close to dolphins.  This place has become a sanctuary for dolphins and step by step all the people have understood that their conservation is vital and may represent income for their people who are mostly fishermen… 
Margarita Island
Margarita Island is known as the “Caribbean Pearl”, this is the last stop in our itinerary, where the participants will have fun and relax in front of paradisiacal beaches. Margarita is a tax-free territory where the participants can shop for souvenirs… 

Download our itinerary and program here

More destinations and activities will be available soon...

Eco-Travel Staff in Denmark...!!!

We have a new member of Eco-Travel and Andigena Foundation staff in Denmark, in our educational programs expansion process it is a great pleasure to have a professional of much experience as 

REX O. SCHADE, 

Højskolelærer, PD & member of Board, "Association for World Education.

Eco-School of Spanish Coordinator in Denmark

Møllergade 54

DK-5700 Svendborg

tlf: +45 50419104

Skype: rex.schade

' We stand at a historical crossroad, heading into an uncertain and perilous future '

citat: UNESCO 2010 ' to morrow to day '

Welcome aboard...!!!!

Have not you registered yet?...!!!

We are ready for our Spanish courses for 2012 ... have not you registered yet? you can already download the application form here...!!! 

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37813552/APPLICATION%20FORM.doc

Become an Eco-Travel Agent...!!!

Eco-Travel is looking for people like you...!!!, enthusiastic, active, self-starter, a lover of adventure and nature, to be one of our AGENTS, would you  like a Spanish course in Venezuela?, one of the most beautiful countries in the world, 3 months of travel, adventure, and Spanish classes, interacting with people and culture of this beautiful country? ... FREE?...!!!  Would you  like to learn and travel FREE? ... yes, you're reading it correctly .... FREE...!!! ....Ask us and join our staff ... (valid until September 30)

Feedback...!!!

"My experience in Venezuela was one of the best in my whole life. During
the 3 months we travelled all around Venezuela and saw the nature, animals
and the daily life in Venezuela. This is what I really liked. You don’t
get to spend time with hundreds of backpackers going to the same places in
the same areas – no, you travel in a group of 10 people were you get to
see the places where there are no tourists. This is also where you can
meet the local people and learn how to communicate in Spanish. Furthermore
you actually learn Spanish during the mornings with a teacher who also
travels with you all around Venezuela. If you are considering going to
South America but don’t know who to go with or where to go, I think that
this trip is the answer and you are still able to experience what you
would like to experience. I hope that my recommendation has brought new
thoughts into your mind and a hope that you will have a great trip in
Venezuela that you will never forget" - I never will:)

Nada Maria El-Tal (Arhus- Denmark)

"It has now been some years since I travelled in Venezuela with Eco-Travel, and I 
still think about my trip almost every day. First of all Venezuela is a 
beautifull country with amazing nature scenes and friendly people, and its 
still not overcrowded with tourists.
The best thing about the trip is that there is something for everyone and 
you get to see and experience a lot of different things. We travelled around 
different nature parks seeing so many different animals, fishing for 
pirate-fish, driving jeeps and talking long hiking-trips. We went out every 
night in Mérida - learning salsa and drinking way to many cuba libres and 
practising our spanish - spanish lessons and salsa lessons were a good 
start! We relaxed in the sun on the white sand beaches with the iceblue 
water and palm trees. We went paragliding. We ate lunch in Brazil. We ate 
tons of icecream - there is an icebar in Mérida with thousands of different 
kinds of icecream like beer-, vodka-, spaghetti-, tuna-, tomato-, and 
garlic-icecream:)
This way of travelling in a safe enviroment with two local guides provides 
you with a great start in South America. You learn a lot about the local 
customs and way of life. We went back to Venezuela and Peru on our own the 
year after, and we had a great trip again".
 

Cecilie Staur (Copenhague - Denmark)

"Traveling around in Venezuela for two months with Omar and Louis was a 
great life experience. Venezuela is magnificient and we have experienced so 
many different things and learned so much about another beautiful country, 
that I would newer have thought possible. The trip was well organized and it 
took us around in different parts of this great country.

We have experienced the perfect beaches and colourful birdwildlife in north. 
The facinating high mountains with snowtops, vigorous forests and living 
towns in west. Ranches and flat countryside with lots of rivers and wildlife 
further in the mittle of the country. The speciel Gran Sabana plateau with 
tepui-mountains, high waterfalls and goldmines in the east and of course the 
touristlife with shopping, swimmingpools and discos in Isla Margarita.

Everywhere there waited a unique experience a little closer to the 
inhabitants and the animal wildlife than a normal tourist usualy experience. 
In the cities we lived in lovely comfortable apartsments and in the 
countryside more primitively with hammocks. The nature experiences were 
everywhere intence - sailing from one beautiful palmbeach to another, 
horsebackriding up the hillsides and hiking in the jungle, sailing the ocean 
with dolphins around the boat and barbeque at night on the white beach 
eating freshly caught fishes, horsebackriding in the countryside with apes 
swinging around and thousands of cattles resting on the riverbanks and in 
the fields. Sailing the rivers at night with anacondasnakes, leguanas and 
caymans close by. Facinating excurtions to high waterfalls and viewingpoints 
that takes your breath away.

Everyday was a speciel experience - and with enough time to realy get 
Venezuela and the spanish language under your skin. It was a trip and a 
country that I'll never forget! I can only highly recommend Venezuela and 
with Omar as the organizer, you are sure to experience the country the right 
way."
 

Sandra Larsen (Denmark)

Pics...!!!

New links where you can have a vision of the accomodation, and some videos about Venezuela that we want to share with you...!!!
https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/37813552/1/pics?h=857c3f  (NEW)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37813552/venezuela%205.mpg (NEW)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37813552/venezuela.mpg (NEW)
https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/35521675/1/Galeria?h=7cf817
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