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.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
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...
