In this section you can obtain more information about the possible destinations available within our programs. At the moment we offer Ecuador, in the Andes, Uruguay and Chile in the southern cone and Costa Rica in Central America. If you want to stay in a Spanish cultural heritage city then come and do and internship or volunteer program in Quito. Ecuador has to offer a great biodiversity of nature and culture alike. During your stay you could visit the Amazon jungle or the famous Galapagos Islands. In Uruguay you can enjoy cultural highlights of the capital Montevideo or dream away in the enormous pampas. Chile is famous for its mountains were you can pratice wintersports and in Costa Rica you will enjoy a splendid environment.
Argentina, the eighth largest country of the world, is situated in South America, to the east of The Andes and limits with Chile to the west, with the Atlantic Ocean to the east and with Uruguay, to the north with Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil to the northeast.
With four large geographical areas: the Andes, the North, Mesopotamia, La Pampa and the Patagonia. The highest mountain in the western hemisphere is the Aconcagua that has a height of almost 7.000m and the Waterfalls of Iguazú passes more than 5,000 cubic meters of water by second in a spectacular fall of 70m on the river Paraná. In the southwest a species of small Switzerland with a mountains surrounded by glacial and lakes chain is found. In its enormous surface of 3.757.407 km2, Argentina offers all the varieties of climates and landscapes: from the hot tropical north, to the polar cold, with its temperately white aspect thanks to the snow and the ice.
In the last century Argentina was a destination of all races and cultures where wove a complicated identity that little by little was characterizing the Argentines. The tango, soccer, the political passions are only some of the characteristics of our identity.
Spanish is the official language; English is also spoken by a substantial percentage of the people, French and German are spoken, but more rarely. One of the biggest passions of the Argentines is soccer. In the city of Buenos Aires, there are 17 stadiums, many of them, with capacity for more than 40,000 spectators. "El Pato" is the most genuine one of the indigenous sports, and Polo has reached international hierarchy by the dexterity of its players, considered one of the best in the world. In rugby, the Argentine national team “The Pumas” has had strong showings in world championships. Skiing has boomed with the installation of new resorts with very good trails and modern lifts.
Our traditions
We are… tango, mate, truco
TANGO… Feeling... that is danced, that is felt in all of the one hundred neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. The Argentine version is more divulged one that with insolence has lavished the Argentine name on the way of the land.
MATE… In Argentina, it is typical of the people to drink mate, the family gathers at a specific hour to drink mate and talk about life and news, like tea time in England. To drink mate is more than drinking a liquid through a special straw, is a sensation, a feeling, a tradition, an institution.
TRUCO… Truco is a card game, traditional in the countries that border El Rio de La Plata and some countries of Central America, such as Costa Rica, it is a great after dinner game, especially after “una parrilla.”
Buenos Aires
Is the capital of Argentina and is the economic, political and entertainment center of the country. Bordered to the east by “el Río de la Plata”, and the south by “el Riachuelo”, while the remainder of the metropolitan perimeter is demarcated by the Bypass, Avenue General de la Paz, that flanks the north and west of the city. The climate of Buenos Aires is of the oceanic temperate type and the annual average temperature is of 18ºC. The winters do not present frosts, with temperatures that vary among the 3º and 8ºC. In summer, the heat is humid with an average of temperature of 28ºC. Buenos Aires counts on a system of transportation with multiple options, comprising the International Airport Ezeiza, the Airport Jorge Newbery, an important network of subways and more than a hundred lines of bus that travel through the entire city and they connect it with the remainder of the localities of the Great Buenos Aires. Known popularly as the "Reina del Plata", the city of Buenos Aires is characterized for the multiplicity of artistic expressions that enthrall and surprise the tourists with the most various monuments, murals, galleries and museums of art. Among the most they visited places of this beautiful capital they are found the Fair of San Telmo, the Recreational Complexes of the North Flank and the nature reserve of the South Flank. The walks and excursions that denote the strong cosmopolitan spirit de Buenos Aires son Caminito, Recoleta, La Boca, la Feria de Mataderos, el Jardín Botánico, el Zoológico, el Jardín Japonés y Tierra Santa, the the first religious theme park of the world. Other places of notable interest by their high historic value are Cabildo, la Catedral, el Palacio Municipal, el Obelisco, el Teatro Colón, la Manzana de las Luces y el Planetario. At night, in "the city that never sleeps" one can go concerts, recitals, theaters, movies, floating casinos, record stores, cafes and pubs. For all these reasons, Buenos Aires possesses an identity of open doors that offers an unlimited variety of possibilities to be entertained.
